Registered Nurse (RN) | Surgical

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Education opportunities

Vacation entitlements

Health benefits

Pension plan

Shift premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Surgical team on 3 East at Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC. This casual opportunity offers consistent scheduling and access to a robust benefits package.

The successful candidate will assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care, collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and deliver client-centered services to families as health needs shift. Licensure with BCCNM is required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates client care
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team
• Delivers client-centered care to patients and families while responding to changing health care needs
• Applies nursing knowledge from nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities

Skills

Registered Nurse

Education

BCCNM RN Registration

Job description

Position Summary

Looking for consistent scheduling and access to our robust benefits package? A permanent role may be right for you!

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Surgical team on 3 East at the Kelowna General Hospital in beautiful Kelowna, 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

• 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

• 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

Casual Opportunity

Casual Employees are not guaranteed hours of work and can range from 0-37.5 hours per week on an as-needed basis.

About this location/unit

Interior Health has embarked on an expansion plan to meet increasing demands, expand health services, and enhance patient care in the Okanagan. Construction of the six-storey, Centennial Patient Care Tower was completed in May 2012. It includes an expanded emergency department and ambulatory care department, five new operating rooms, a rooftop helipad, an expanded adult inpatient psychiatric unit, and extra space for more patient beds in the future. Kelowna General Hospital is the site of the brand new clinical academic campus for the University of BC Medical School.

3E is a 36 bed unit with 1 overflow bed that can have us at 37 patients. 3E is a team based nursing unit with 4 RN/LPN teams, as well as an RN/LPN float for day shift, and an RN float on night shift. 3E is a wonderful unit full of opportunity to consolidate and build nursing skills and competencies. This unit specializes in complex wound care, tracheotomies and plastic surgery.

Qualfications

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