Registered Nurse (RN) | Cardiac Inpatient

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Training/Education opportunities

Generous vacation entitlement

Employer paid health benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Cardiac Inpatient 2W Team at Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC. This relief full-time role supports delivering comprehensive, patient-centered cardiac care in a fast-paced clinical environment.

The successful candidate will participate in telemetry-based cardiac care, collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, and uphold nursing standards with a focus on well-being and work-life balance in British Columbia’s Interior

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with BCCNM.
• Successful completion of Cardiac Basic Course (telemetry) within last six months or equivalent.
• BCLS within 3 years.
• Cardiac Surgery Basic Theory Course completed.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates client care.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to deliver patient-centered care.
• Responds to changing health care needs with nursing knowledge and evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrates a specialized body of nursing knowledge for cardiac care.

Job description

Position Summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Cardiac Inpatient 2W Team at the Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC. If Cardiac Inpatient 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 Registered Nurse:

• Practices in a variety of clinical settings and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of client care
• Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
• Ensures the delivery of client–centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs
• Demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities

This is a Relief Full Time opportunity until June 25, 2028, or return of the incumbent.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights; rotating from 07:00 to 19:12, 19:00 to 07:12 hours.

About this location/unit

Kelowna is home to the new Interior Heart and Surgical Centre (IHSC) at Kelowna General Hospital built in 2015. The new Regional Cardiac Revascularization Program provides residents of the British Columbia Interior with the cardiac care they need, right here in the heart of the Okanagan Valley.

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Qualfications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Successful completion of a recognized Basic Cardiac Course (which includes telemetry) within the last six (6) months or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• BCLS within 3 years
• Note** This position is located at the Interior Health and Surgical Centre (KGH) and applicants will also be required to have successfully completed the Cardiac Surgery Basic Theory Course.