Registered Nurse| Critical Care Transport/High Acuity Response Team (HART)

Interior Health Authority; Cranbrook; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Training opportunities

Vacation entitlement

Health benefits

Pension plan

Shift premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health Authority in Cranbrook, BC, seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to join the HART team at East Kootenay Regional Hospital. The role supports mobile critical care for rural patients, collaborating with local clinicians to stabilize and transport as needed.

The position is a permanent full-time opportunity, with days and nights on a rotating schedule, based in Cranbrook. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality care in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• RN with critical care scope and readiness for mobile care.
• Experience supporting rural patients in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide mobile critical care for rural patients as part of the HART team.
• Stabilize patients and coordinate transport to higher levels of care when needed.
• Support base hospital patient care when not on transport.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Critical Care

Team collaboration

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our HART team at East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, BC. If Nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

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

The HART program at Interior Health is a very successful innovative provincial initiative. The mission is to provide mobile critical care for patients who reside in the rural areas. The clinical scope of service encompasses adult, pediatric and neonatal patients who require greater than Basic Life Support level of care. The team is comprised of a Critical Care RN and Registered Respiratory Therapist as required. They are supported by Basic Life Support paramedics provided by the British Columbia Ambulance Service and an on-call transport physician. Working in a team environment, HART collaborates with rural clinicians to stabilize the patient and when appropriate, transport the patient to a higher level of care.

When not on transport, HART RNs are actively supporting patient care at their base hospital.

This is a Permanent Full Time opportunity.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights rotating from 07:00 to 19:05, 19:00 to 07:05 hours.

About this Location

Located in the southeastern corner of British Columbia, Cranbrook is the business capital of the East Kootenays and the largest city in the Rocky Mountain Region. Nestled on a gentle plain with scenic mountain vistas in the distance, it is considered by many to be an ideal location to raise a family or retire. Residents enjoy a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities including golf, hiking and skiing. For those who enjoy more urban pursuits, there are shops, boutiques and cafes, as well as an arts centre and heritage attractions. Cranbrook’s economy is driven primarily by mining, forestry, transportation, and tourism.