Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) - Surrey Memorial Hospital

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; Vor Ort; CAD 45.000 - 61.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Vacation: four weeks

Employer-paid benefits

Municipal pension plan enrollment

Maternity top-up (87%)

Translink transit subsidy

Zusammenfassung

Fraser Health Authority is seeking a Relief Full Time Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) to join the Surrey Memorial Hospital Operating Room team in Surrey, B.C. The role covers pre-, intra-, and post-operative care as part of an integrated surgical team.

You will collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists and perioperative staff, performing circulating and scrub duties while ensuring patient safety and documentation.

Qualifikationen

• Graduate from a recognized Practical Nurse program with current LPN competencies and OR program completion.
• One year of recent related experience in acute care or an equivalent combination of education and training.
• Current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and current basic CPR/BLS.

Aufgaben

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care across pre-, intra-, and post-operative phases.
• Perform scrub duties and circulating duties in the OR in collaboration with the peri-operative team.
• Assist the RN coordinating care in the OR and support the primary circulating RN as needed.
• Highlight problems or changes in patient status to the team during surgery.
• Document patient observations and care activities in the patient record.

Kenntnisse

Effective communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Physical stamina

Organizational skills

Ausbildung

Practical Nurse Diploma

OR program certification

BCCNM registration

Jobbeschreibung

Salary

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

Job Summary

We are currently hiring for a Relief Full Time Licensed Practical Nurse (Theatre Qualified) to join our Operating Room team at Surrey Memorial Hospital located in Surrey, B.C. This position is available until approximately November 2026 or until the return of the incumbent.

Benefits

• Four weeks of vacation to start
• 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 are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and documents patient care during the pre-operative, operative and immediate post-operative periods.
• 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.
• 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.
• Alerts the RN to any problems, changes or unusual signs or symptoms of the patient while in the operating room setting.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assists with orientation of new staff by performing duties such as demonstrating work procedures.
• Attends educational sessions, in-services and workshops as required to facilitate knowledge enhancement and technology changes.
• Performs related clerical duties such as answering the telephone, taking and relaying messages and assisting in maintaining standardized records.
• 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.