Registered Nurse (RN) | Perioperative

Interior Health; Vernon; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Training opportunities

Vacation entitlement

Health benefits

Pension plan

Shift premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health in Vernon, BC is seeking an experienced Perioperative Registered Nurse to join the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Operating Room team. This is a relief part-time position with rotating day/evening/night shifts.

You will provide nursing care to OR patients, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to evidence-based practice while maintaining your own clinical competence. Join a region known for its balance of work and lifestyle, with opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Current CPR certification required.
• Advanced preparation in perioperative nursing and one year recent related clinical experience in an operating room or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to OR patients, independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Collaborate with other health care providers to enhance patient and family well-being.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement and evidence-based nursing practice, maintaining clinical competence.
• Participate in hospital committees/teams and approved research as assigned.

Skills

CPR certification

Perioperative nursing

Education

Nursing degree or diploma

Job description

Position Summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Perioperative Registered Nurse to join our Operating Room team at Vernon Jubilee Hospital in Vernon, 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

We offer a range of employee benefits and services for eligible positions, 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:

• Provides nursing care to OR patients, both by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team


• Enhances quality of life for the patient and family; consults, confers, and collaborates with other health care providers


• Demonstrates continuous improvement and evidence based practice in nursing practice


• Maintains and advances own clinical competence


• Participates on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned

This is a Relief Part Time (0.67) opportunity until November 20, 2027 or the return of the incumbent.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days, evenings, and nights rotating from 07:30 to 16:00, 09:00 to 17:30, 14:00 to 22:30, 15:30 to 00:00, 00:00 to 07:30 hours.

About this Location

VJH is a regional care facility where you will find five beautiful, large, totally integrated operative theatres. The OR’s are supported by the new Pre-Surgical Screening, Surgical Day Care area, ten monitored Recovery Bays and a new Medical Device Reprocessing area. Four of the operating theatres provide the following services: general surgery, urology (laser), gynecology/obstetrics, ENT (laser), dental, and orthopedics/spinal. The fifth operating theatre opens several times a month to provide local cystoscopy services. In addition, there is a separate vision center with an operating theatre located in Armstrong that performs cataract surgery. There is a case cart delivery system and Vocera as a communication tool. Perioperative records are online and the Alex Gold instrument tracking system was implemented and currently all joint prostheses are being bar coded.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of B.C’s Top Employers!

Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?

Qualfications

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)


• Current CPR certification required


• Advanced preparation in the clinical specialty of the assigned area (perioperative nursing) and one year recent related clinical experience in the assigned practice environment on an operating room similar in size and scope to the facility or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience

Note: Sites requiring competency in Emergency Room, Perianesthesia and medical device reprocessing functions may also require NRP, TNCC and ACLS certificates.