Registered Nurse (RN) | Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education opps

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health Authority is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the ICU at Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC. The role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care with a focus on critical care and family support.

The ICU team emphasizes collaboration with an interdisciplinary group, delivering client-centered care in a fast-paced environment. This is a permanent full-time position with day and night shifts.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse in British Columbia
• Experience in critical care nursing preferred
• Ability to work day and night shifts in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team
• Ensure client-centered care and support families
• Demonstrate nursing knowledge across clinical settings

Skills

ICU Nursing

Critical Care

Patient assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) team at the Kelowna General Hospital in beautiful Kelowna, B.C. 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

We offer a range of employee benefits and services to support you at every stage of your career:

• 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 Permanent Full Time opportunity. Shift of work will be days and nights, with shift times of 07:30 to 19:45 and 19:30 to 07:45.

About this location/unit

Kelowna General Hospital’s (KGH) Multi-System ICU department consists of 19 patient care beds. RNs work 11.25 hour shifts and new nurse to patient ratios are 1:1. Our department provides an exceptional professional environment for Critical Care nursing and our nurses have excellent clinical and communication skills, high commitment of professionalism and commitment as team players. We have a future of unparalleled opportunity for professional growth. Patient populations include trauma, sepsis, medical, and surgical (orthopedic, neurology, thoracic, vascular, plastics, general).