Primary Care | Registered Nurse

Interior Health Authority; Cranbrook; On-site; CAD 78,000 - 94,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer training

Paid vacation

Insurance premiums

Extended health & dental

Work-life balance

Job summary

Interior Health Authority in Cranbrook is seeking a term-specific part-time Primary Care Registered Nurse to join a collaborative interprofessional team. The role emphasizes autonomous, self-directed practice with client-centered care across primary care settings, virtual services, and community outreach.

The position entails delivering health promotion, prevention, and care interventions, with emphasis on trauma-informed practice, Indigenous knowledge, and equity.

Responsibilities

• Delivers client- and family-centered care through health promotion and prevention activities, care interventions, and teaching based on client needs and best practices.
• Provides care with a trauma-informed, evidence-informed approach, respecting Indigenous knowledge, and fostering self-determination and independence.
• Supports navigation of the health care system and promotes health equity and social determinants of health in all responsibilities.

Job description

Cranbrook Urgent & Primary Care Centre has an exciting opportunity for a term specific part‑time Primary Care Registered Nurse to join our team at Interior Health. We are looking for a confident, self‑directed professional who thrives in an autonomous role and is comfortable working independently while delivering high‑quality patient‑centered care. The end date of this position is August 21 2027, or return of incumbent.

This position operates day and evenings, with shifts scheduled from 08:30 to 20:00 & 08:30 to 19:00.

What We Offer

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health and Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP

How will you make an impact?

The Primary Care Registered Nurse works in an interprofessional collaborative team‑based care environment with physicians, nurse practitioners, allied health, other health care professionals, and community partners to provide comprehensive and coordinated nursing care in IH and non‑IH primary care, virtual, community, outreach, and/or client home settings.

Interior Health Primary Care encompasses a wide range of primary care services depending on the assigned practice area. These primary care practice areas may include, but are not limited to, primary care networks, longitudinal primary care, urgent and primary care episodic/longitudinal care, sexual health, women and children's health, maternity and perinatal care, mental health and substance use, and rural and remote care.

What will you work on?

The Primary Care Nurse delivers client and family centered care services through health promotion and prevention activities, care interventions, and teaching based on the client’s needs, urgency of request and best practices. The primary care nurse ensures clients, families, caregivers, and communities are provided with ease of access to timely, person-centered, holistic, continuous and culturally safe quality health services. Responds to changing health care needs to achieve optimal health focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, living well with complex chronic conditions, and end‑of‑life care.

The Primary Care Nurse provides client and family centered care through a trauma‑informed approach, evidence‑informed practice, and honoring Indigenous knowledge, wisdom and diversity. Establishes a dignifying, purposeful and trusting relationship with clients, promoting self‑determination and independence. Encourages knowledge exchange in day‑to‑day activities, and empowers clients to engage and connect within their communities. Applies a health equity, social justice, and social determinates of health lens to all key responsibilities. Ensures clients and their family members are supported in navigating the health care system.

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?