Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) - Jim Pattison Outpatient Care & Surgery Centre

Fraser Health; Surrey; On-site; CAD 45,240 - 61,936; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to four weeks of vacation

100% employer-paid benefits

Defined municipal pension plan

Maternity top-up

50% subsidy on TransLink passes

Job summary

A leading health care organization in Metro Vancouver is seeking a Casual Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) to join the Operating team at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care & Surgery Centre in Surrey, B.C. The role involves providing practical nursing services in an operating room environment, implementing patient care during surgical procedures, and collaborating with surgical team members. Candidates must have relevant nursing qualifications and experience. This position offers competitive salary and benefits including vacation and health coverage.

Qualifications

• Must have current licensed practical nursing competencies.
• Recent experience in acute care as a Licensed Practical Nurse required.
• Registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse with BCCNM is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Assess and document patient care during all surgical phases.
• Perform scrub and circulating duties for surgeries.
• Alert RN to any changes in patient condition.
• Document activities related to patient care accurately.

Skills

Effective communication

Ability to deal effectively with others

Physical ability to perform job duties

Organizational skills

Ability to operate related equipment

Education

Graduation from a recognized Practical Nurse program

Graduation from an accredited O.R. program

Current registration with BCCNM

Basic cardiac life support certification

Job description

Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $32.84 - $44.96 / hour

Job Summary

We are currently hiring for a Casual Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) to join our Operating team at Jim Pattison Outpatient Care & Surgery Centre located in Surrey, B.C.

Connect with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:

• Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
• Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
• Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
• 87% maternity top-up
• 50% subsidy on TransLink passes

*Eligibility based on employment status *

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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Detailed Overview

The Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) provides practical nursing services in an operating room environment as a member of an integrated surgical team performing varied and complex surgical interventions. Consults, confers, and collaborates with other members of the surgical team in facilitating safe and effective surgical interventions through the performance of circulating duties, and scrubbing in accordance with established standards and protocols. This includes 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.

Responsibilities

1. Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents patient care during the pre-operative, operative and immediate post-operative periods.
2. Performs scrub duties, admission of patient to the OR and circulating duties, in collaboration with the peri-operative team and the RN coordinating care in the O.R.
3. As an assistant to and upon request of the RN coordinating care in the operating room, performs duties which assist the primary circulating RN in her role.
4. Alerts the RN to any problems, changes or unusual signs or symptoms of the patient while in the operating room setting.
5. Documents observations, treatment and other patient care activities during the pre, intra and post-operative periods by performing duties such as recording observations/information onto patient record.
6. Attends a variety of meetings such as staff meetings and quality improvement rounds to provide and obtain information and feedback about patients and patient care.
7. Assists with orientation of new staff by performing duties such as demonstrating work procedures.
8. Attends educational sessions, in-services and workshops as required to facilitate knowledge enhancement and technology changes.
9. Performs related clerical duties such as answering the telephone, taking and relaying messages and assisting in maintaining standardized records.
10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Graduation from a recognized program for Practical Nurses with the full range of current licensed practical nursing competencies, and graduation from an accredited O.R. program for Licensed Practical Nurses plus one (1) year recent related experience working as a Licensed Practical Nurse in acute care, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Current practicing registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Current basic cardiac life support certification.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner. Together, we are the heart of health care.

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