Licensed Practical Nurse | Perioperative

Interior Health Authority; Kamloops; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Operating Room Licensed Practical Nurse to join their dynamic surgical team. In this full-time role, you will provide essential nursing services in a fast-paced operating room environment, ensuring the highest standards of patient care. You will collaborate closely with surgeons and other healthcare professionals to facilitate safe surgical interventions, while also participating in pre-operative and post-operative care. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive team that values well-being and professional growth, all within a beautiful and vibrant community known for its outdoor activities. Join us and make a difference in patients' lives while enjoying a rewarding career.

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

• Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse with experience in an operating room.
• Strong skills in patient care and collaboration with surgical teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical nursing services in an operating room environment.
• Collaborate with surgical teams for safe and effective interventions.
• Participate in all phases of surgical care, including pre and post-operative.

Skills

Practical Nursing

Surgical Assistance

Patient Care

Collaboration

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse Certification

Job description

Interior Health is currently seeking an Operating Room Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to work within a patient and family centered care model at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC.

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

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN):

• 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 full-time opportunity until November 2, 2025, or the return of the incumbent.

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 hours.

About this location/unit:

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 ongoing 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.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 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? Apply Today!