Registered Nurse (RN) | Surgical

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our IHSC 1 Surgical team at the Kelowna General Hospital in Kelowna, BC. This Relief Part-time (0.66) role supports rotating day shifts from 07:00 to 19:00, until March 13, 2028, or return of the incumbent.

The RN collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate client care; delivering client-centered care and applying nursing science across diverse settings within the Okanagan

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Assessment

Care planning

Implementation

Evaluation

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient-centered care

Education

Registered Nurse education (BCCNM)

Tools

Nursing processes

Job description

Position Summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our IHSC 1 Surgical team 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:

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 Relief Part-time (0.66) opportunity until March 13, 2028, or return of the incumbent.

Shifts are rotating days; with shift times of 07:00 to 19:00.

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.

IHSC 1 is a 20 bed Surgical inpatient unit for shorter length stays. Main specialties include Urology and Dental but also supports the following services: Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Gyne, Plastics, ENT.

Qualfications

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