Registered Nurse (RN/RPN) | Long-term Care

Interior Health Authority; Penticton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare organization dedicated to enhancing the well-being of its community. As a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse, you will provide compassionate care to long-term care patients, ensuring their comfort and quality of life. This role offers the opportunity to work within a supportive interdisciplinary team, where your contributions will be valued. Enjoy a range of benefits, competitive wages, and a chance to grow your career in one of Canada’s most beautiful regions. If you are passionate about nursing and making a difference, this is the place for you!

Benefits

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education opportunities

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to long-term care patients and enhance their quality of life.
• Consult and collaborate with other healthcare providers for patient care.

Skills

Nursing Care

Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration

Evidence-Based Practice

Clinical Competence

Education

Registered Nurse License

Registered Psychiatric Nurse License

Job description

This position may be eligible for relocation allowance. Apply today and ask if you qualify!

Interior Health is seeking a reliable and flexible Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join our Long-term Care team at Trinity Care Centre in beautiful Penticton, B.C.

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 Long-term Care 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 (0.70) opportunity until July 01, 2025, or the return of the incumbent.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings; rotating from 07:00 to 15:00, 15:00 to 23:00.

About this location/unit:

Trinity Care Centre (TCC) opened in 1983 and is a long-term care site with 75 beds. Two of these beds are respite beds. There is also a Drop-In program 7 days a week (for those clients living in the community), along with a community bathing program (Monday to Friday). TCC has 7 rooms with adjoining doors so that we can easily accommodate couples. We are pet friendly and we have resident birds, fish, and cats. All exit doors are secure (and some in-house doors) with swipe cards that are used by staff to access locked doors. The wander guard system is in place. A call bell system has also been upgraded (2012) so staff and clients can communicate to the nurses station while in the clients’ room.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 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? Apply Today!

Interior Health is an organization where you have room to grow and where life outside of work is just as important to us as it is to you. Apply Today!