Regsitered Nurse (RN) | Critical Care Transport/High Acuity Response Team (HART)

Interior Health Authority; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education机会

Generous Vacation Entitlement

Employer Paid Health Benefits

Municipal Pension Plan

Shift Premiums

Competitive wages

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the High Acuity Response Team (HART) in Kelowna, BC. The role focuses on inter facility transports and direct patient care within a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to provide client-centered care, covering days and nights with rotating shifts. This is a relief full-time assignment until March 24, 2027, or return of the incumbent.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse licensed to practice in BC.
• Experience in fast-paced or critical care settings is preferred.
• Strong collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care.
• Work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Ensure delivery of client-centered care by assisting clients and families.
• Demonstrate knowledge base in nursing science and related content.
• Perform inter-facility transports as primary duty; provide patient care when not transporting.

Skills

Critical care

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Patient-centered care

Education

Registered Nurse license (BC)

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our High Acuity Response Team (HART) in Kelowna, 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

• 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
• The primary responsibility of the Registered Nurse is to perform inter facility transports. When not performing transfers, the Registered Nurse performs patient care as assigned.

The HART program

The HART program at Interior Health is a very successful innovative provincial initiative. The mission is to provide mobile critical care for patients who reside in the rural areas. The clinical scope of service encompasses adult, pediatric and neonatal patients who require greater than Basic Life Support level of care. The team is comprised of a Critical Care RN and Registered Respiratory Therapist as required. They are supported by Basic Life Support paramedics provided by the British Columbia Ambulance Service and an on-call transport physician. Working in a team environment, HART collaborates with rural clinicians to stabilize the patient and when appropriate, transport the patient to a higher level of care. When not on transport, HART RNs are actively supporting patient care at their base hospital.

This is a Relief Full-time opportunity until March 24, 2027, or the return of the incumbent

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights, rotating from 05:30 to 07:30, 07:30 to 19:30, 17:30 to 19:30, 19:30 to 07:30 hours.

About this Location

Surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery, the thriving city of Kelowna is situated on the eastern shores of Lake Okanagan in the south central region of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area and boasts all of the amenities of a major centre including fine dining, unique shops and a vibrant arts and culture scene. Wine tours, golfing, skiing, boating, swimming and camping are among the many recreational activities enjoyed by residents here in the Okanagan Valley.

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?

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