Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Perioperative

Interior Health Authority; Vernon; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education

Shift Premiums

Job summary

Interior Health’s Vernon Jubilee Hospital in Vernon, BC is seeking an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse to join the Perioperative team. You will provide direct patient care in the operating room as part of a dynamic surgical team.

This is a Relief Part-time (0.87FTE) opportunity ending March 14, 2028 or until the return of incumbent. Shifts will include days, evenings and nights, rotating as required.

Qualifications

• Active LPN license in British Columbia.
• Experience in perioperative or operating room settings preferred.
• Ability to scrub and circulate during surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provides practical nursing services in an operating room environment as part of a surgical team.
• Performs scrubbing and circulating duties in accordance with standards.
• Participates in pre-, intra-, and post-operative patient care planning and documentation.

Skills

Perioperative nursing

Scrubbing duties

Circulating duties

Patient care

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in BC

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Licensed Practical Nurse to join our Perioperative team at Vernon Jubilee Hospital in Vernon, BC. If Nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment,

Who We Are

Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work life balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve.

What We Offer

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Generous Vacation Entitlement
• Employer Paid Health Benefits
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Shift Premiums
• Competitive wages

About The Job

• Provides practical nursing services in an operating room environment as a member of an integrated surgical team performing varied surgical interventions.
• Consults, confers, and collaborates with other members of the surgical team in facilitating safe and effective surgical interventions through the performance of scrubbing and circulating duties in accordance with established standards and protocols.
• Participates in pre-operative, operative, and post-operative activities such as assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting client care, and providing support to clients and their families.

This is a Relief Part-time (0.87FTE) opportunity ending March 14, 2028 or until the return of incumbent.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days, evenings and nights rotating from 07:30 to 16:00, 09:00 to 17:30, 14:00 to 22:30, 15:30 to 00:00, 00:00 to 07:30 hours.

About this Location

VJH is a regional care facility where you will find five beautiful, large, totally integrated operative theatres. The OR’s are supported by the new Pre-Surgical Screening, Surgical Day Care area, ten monitored Recovery Bays and a new Medical Device Reprocessing area. Four of the operating theatres provide the following services: general surgery, urology (laser), gynecology/obstetrics, ENT (laser), dental, and orthopedics/spinal. The fifth operating theatre opens several times a month to provide local cystoscopy services. In addition, there is a separate vision center with an operating theatre located in Armstrong that performs cataract surgery. There is a case cart delivery system and Vocera as a communication tool. Perioperative records are online and the Alex Gold instrument tracking system was implemented and currently all joint prostheses are being bar coded.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of B.C’s Top Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?