Licensed Practical Nurse | Medical

2 days ago


Kelowna, Canada Interior Health Authority Full time
Position Summary

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

Interior Health is seeking a patient focused; team oriented

Practical Nurse

to join our

Medical 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:

We offer a range of employee benefits and services 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

Effective April 1, 2024, the hourly wage for this position will be $32.84 to $41.35

About the Job:

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN): • Performs assessments and plans, implements and provides personal and nursing care to patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team; the scope or extent of the skills that the LPN performs varies according to the predictability of the outcome for a given client population • Administers oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications in accordance with pharmaceutical and organizational policies and procedures • Operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols

We currently have

PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME

opportunities available with the Medical team. These opportunities include

RELIEF AND PERMANENT

positions. Relief position end dates are determined by the anticipated return date of the incumbent.

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/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.

The Medicine Portfolio at the Kelowna General Hospital

consists of multiple departments, each with their own designated area of care. The departments within the Medicine Portfolio include:

• Unit 3MU (Medical Unit) is a new, 18-bed Medical Overflow unit • Unit 4A is a 32-bed Medical Renal unit • Unit 4B is a 32-bed combined Respirology/Oncology unit • Unit 4 East is a 32-bed Geriatric Medical unit • Unit 5B is a 24 bed Medical/GI Unit • Unit 6 West is a 34-bed Stroke/Clinical Teaching Unit • The Rehab unit includes 38 Rehab beds

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

See why Nursing at Interior Health is such an amazing opportunity

Learn more about the Okanagan Valley

Qualfications • Graduation from a recognized program for Practical Nurses

• Current full practicing licensure with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)

• Current CPR certification required. *Please upload a copy of your valid CPR certificate with your application*

Acute care experience is considered an asset. Along with a copy of your CV (resume) please provide details regarding your previous acute care experience.

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