Registered Nurse, Family Newborn Care Unit

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Halifax; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a respected academic health sciences center as a Registered Nurse in the Family Newborn Care Unit. This role involves providing holistic, evidence-based care to families and individuals, ensuring their needs are prioritized and met. You will work within a dynamic interdisciplinary team, utilizing your critical thinking and clinical judgment to promote health and well-being. With a focus on family-centered maternity care, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of mothers and newborns. If you are passionate about nursing and eager to contribute to a supportive and innovative healthcare environment, this role is for you.

Benefits

Training and mentorship opportunities

Enhanced benefits and wellness programs

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required; licensed with NSCN.
• Current BLS certification and experience in postpartum nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic, evidence-based care to patients and families.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality patient care.

Skills

Holistic patient care

Critical thinking

Clinical judgment

Family-centered maternity care

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Job description

Registered Nurse, Family Newborn Care Unit

Req ID: 195335
Department/Program: Family Newborn Care Unit, Women's & Newborn Health
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) approximate twelve (12) month long assignmentx 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $40.5534 - $51.7412/hour
Closing Date: January 18, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Family Newborn Care Unit, the Registered Nurse (RN) is a member of an interdisciplinary care team, providing holistic, comprehensive evidenced-based care to meet the needs of individuals, families and/or communities. The RN provides leadership in nursing assessment, and the planning, implementation and evaluation of patient/family care for the purpose of promoting, maintaining or restoring health, preventing illness, injury, and disability. The RN provides care in collaboration with the patient and family, other nurses and health team members throughout all stages of health and complexities of illness.

The RN builds professional relationships with other nurses and health team members to support the work of a strong interprofessional team and provision of quality patient/family care. The RN ensures the goals and needs of the patients and families are prioritized and individualized, using nursing knowledge, critical thinking and clinical judgment. The RN engages in independent, interdependent and dependent functions to provide healthcare focusing on comprehensive assessment, patient/family education, and coordination of care.

The RN practices according to the Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses, the Nova Scotia College of Nursing Standards of Nursing Practice, specialty standards as applicable and the policies and procedures of the IWK.

Hours of Work

11.25-hour shifts; rotating shifts (0700-1900, 1900-0700).

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required (candidates with commensurate experience and education will be considered).
• Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) required.
• Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required.
• Current experience in postpartum or neonatal nursing preferred.
• Successful candidates are expected to orientate to all duties within FNCU (Post Partum, Follow-Up Clinic, Team Lead).
• NRP Certification an asset.
• IBCLC considered an asset.
• Sound understanding of, and commitment to family-centred maternity care and mother-baby nursing required.
• Competency in other languages considered an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.