Registered Nurse (RN) | Surgical

Interior Health; Penticton; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 98,000; 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 in Penticton is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Surgical Department at Penticton Regional Hospital. You will provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of client care, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced setting.

The role offers permanent full-time employment with day and night rotating shifts (07:00–19:00 and 19:00–07:00), employer-paid benefits, competitive wages, and opportunities for training and career advancement

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care.
• Work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Delivers 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

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Care planning

Patient-centered care

Education

Registered Nurse with BCCNM registration

Job description

Position Summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Surgical Department at Penticton Regional Hospital. 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

• 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

This is a Permanent Full Time opportunity.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights rotating from 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 hours.

About this Location

Penticton Regional Hospital (PRH) acts as a referral centre to three community hospitals and one diagnostic centre in the South Okanagan and includes a regional population of 85,000. It has an operating capacity of 158 acute beds and 102 extended care beds. A full range of services are provided with the exception of open heart surgery, neuro surgery, and recent spinal cord injury care. This is a great place to experience a variety of medical and surgical nursing units and build and expand your nursing skills.

Level 4 of the David E. Kampe Tower in Penticton Regional Hospital is a very busy surgical unit with 28 beds. The unit provides pre and post-surgical nursing care for orthopaedics, urology and general surgery patients. There is lots of interaction with Allied health OT/PT/SW/Pharmacy and the Transition Liaison RN.

Qualfications

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