Licensed Practical Nurse & Operating Room

Interior Health Authority; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join the Operating Room team at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. This full-time position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment performing practical nursing services as part of a surgical team. Candidates should be reliable and motivated with an LPN certification. The role provides a competitive salary alongside generous benefits including a pension plan, vacation entitlement, and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education opportunities

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Qualifications

• Provide practical nursing services in an operating room environment.
• Collaborate with the surgical team for safe interventions.
• Participate in patient care assessments.

Responsibilities

• Perform varied surgical interventions in a team.
• Scrub and circulate during surgical procedures.
• Support clients and families pre and post-operation.

Skills

Reliable

Flexible

Motivated

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse certification

Job description

Applicable positions may be eligible for relocation allowance. Apply today and ask if you qualify!

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Licensed Practical Nurse to join our Operating Room team at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. If Nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment, apply today!

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 Permanent Full Time (1.0) opportunity.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings rotating from 07:00 to 15:30, 07:15 to 15:45, 14:45 to 23:15, 09:30 to 18:00, 10:00 to 18:30 hours.

About this Location

Royal Inland Hospital’s Operating Room Department has 9 theatres offering services that include: General (MIS bowels, hernias, spleen, whipples), Trauma, Ortho Trauma, Obs/Gyne (LAVH), Urology (MIS Nephrectomy, Cystectomy, PCNL’s), Ortho (total joints, sports medicine), ENT, Neuro (Craniotomies, Spinal surgery), Vascular (AAA stents, Bypass grafts, pacemakers, wound management ), Major Plastics, Dental, and Laser cases (Holmium, CO2, YAG). OR RNs are expected to work in all services. As a member of the RIH Operating Room team, you will have circulating and scrubbing duties while coordinating and overseeing the overall care of the patient.

Orientation to the OR is tailor made to the experience of the new staff member, with the average orientation being 12 weeks. Orientation is a week or two in each service depending on prior experience.

We have Resource Nurses in all the specialties to ensure there is on‑going support and teaching for all staff members. In‑services are provided on a weekly basis. Additional nurses involved with leadership of the department include the Manager, Clinical Operations OR, an Operation Room Educator and Equipment Coordinator. Library Services to support patient care, education and research are available. As well, The OR department has moved into a beautiful new tower!

At RIH you will find a seasoned, supportive and cohesive team that will allow you to challenge yourself professionally while enjoying all the personal pursuits available to you within this fantastic community and world renowned sports‑enthusiast destination.

Apply Today!