Registered Nurse (rn), Emergency

Northern Health; Hazelton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is looking for a motivated Registered Nurse to join their Emergency department at Wrinch Memorial Hospital. The ideal candidate will provide compassionate patient care, assess and evaluate complex health issues, and collaborate within an interprofessional team. Qualifications include graduation from a recognized nursing program, BC nursing registration, and emergency nursing specialty training. This position offers extensive benefits, vacation, and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits packages

Four weeks vacation after one year

Financial support for moving expenses

Employer-paid training opportunities

Loan forgiveness programs

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing and registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant.
• Completion of a recognized Emergency Nursing specialty program or equivalent.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care in the Emergency department.
• Collaborate with the interprofessional team for patient-centered care.
• Utilize nursing science and related knowledge in practice.

Skills

Current cardiac monitoring skills

Ability to deal with emergency situations

Ability to initiate intravenous therapy

Effective communication

Patient advocacy

Organizational skills

Education

Graduation from an approved School of Nursing

Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives

Completion of recognized Emergency Nursing specialty program

Job description

Position Summary

Do you have a passion for nursing? We have the position for you! We are seeking a motivated Registered Nurse with a dedication for delivering compassionate patient care to join our team at Wrinch Memorial Hospital.

In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, the Registered Nurse practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice and code of ethics as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) as well as within a patient and family centered care model.

The Registered Nurse - Emergency, working collaboratively with the interprofessional team, plans and provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing and evaluating nursing care to clients with various complex health care issues, from non-urgent to life threatening, to patients in the Emergency department. The Registered Nurse demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities.

Shift Rotation / Hours of Work

Days, Nights, 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 (rotating)

Wrinch Memorial Hospital

Teaching is a time-honored tradition at Wrinch Memorial hospital. There is an ongoing rotation of Medical Students, Nurse Practitioner Students and Medical Residents. It serves a population of 8,000 with:

• Nine Complex Care beds
• One Respite bed
• 13 Acute Care beds
• Dental Clinic
• Laboratory
• Wrinch Medical Clinic
• One secure psychiatric observation room
• Medical Imaging, including ultrasound
• Retail Pharmacy On-site

Other health and community care services include:

• Public Health
• Mental Health and Substance Use
• Skeena Place Assisted Living Complex
• Home and Community Care support services
  • Home Care
  • Palliative Care
• Visiting specialists include
  • General surgery
  • Internal medicine
  • Gynecology
  • Rheumatology
  • Pediatrics
  • Urology
  • MyoActivation Pain Clinic
  • Neurology (coming soon)
• Pre and Post-Natal outreach programs
• Chronic Disease Management

The Hazeltons

The communities that make up what is collectively known as the Upper Skeena, are situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Gitxsan Nation. The Gitxsan people have lived on these lands for 10,000+ years and along with the Wet'suwet'en Nation to the east, established the precedent setting Delgamuukw court decision in 1997. Some of the communities included in the Upper Skeena are the incorporated municipalities of Hazelton and New Hazelton, unincorporated settlements of South Hazelton, Two Mile, Suskwa Valley, Miskinish (Cedarvale), Kitwanga Valley, Andimal and the Kispiox Valley, and the 7 Indigenous villages of Gitanyow, Gitwangak, Gitsegukla, Hagwilget, Gitanmaax, Sik-e-dakh, and Anspayaxw. Some would say the natural beauty of the land is unparalleled - it certainly holds a central place in health and wellbeing for many of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who live on these unceded lands. Check out The Hazeltons , known as the historic heartland of northwest BC.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

• Comprehensive benefit packages including extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• "Loan Forgiveness Programs" offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.

IMPORTANT NOTE

• Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession)
• Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position.
• Examples may include:
  • Program certificates or diplomas
  • High school/college/university transcripts etc.
• It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resume

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Qualfications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing and registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) as a practicing RN registrant.
• Completion of a recognized Emergency Nursing specialty program or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS), Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Skills and Abilities

• Current cardiac monitoring skills.
• Ability to determine and deal with emergency situations and make appropriate clinical decisions.
• Ability to initiate intravenous therapy and maintain IV lines.
• Ability to complete initial and ongoing patient assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning) and provide nursing care through appropriate/ prescribed technical, therapeutic, safety type interventions.
• Ability to communicate effectively with the patients, families/care givers, the public, medical staff and the members of the interprofessional team using verbal, written and computer communication means.
• Ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) to problem-solve effectively.
• Ability to promote person-focused care that demonstrates empathy for patients and families/care givers, sensitivity to diverse cultures and preferences, patient advocacy and social justice concerns.
• Ability to transmit information intended to instruct patients, families/care givers and others about topics essential to health care and well-being.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Promotes staff morale, cooperation, assertiveness and risk-taking, creative planning for change and innovations, implementation of NH policies or other protocols, and ongoing professional development of self.
• Using factual information, prior learning and basic principles and procedures to support decisions and actions with relevant research-based evidence. Integrates best practice from nursing and health-related disciplines and the humanities, arts and sciences disciplines into professional practice.
• Ability to operate related equipment including relevant computer applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Who we are

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation's communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.

Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.

There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.