Licensed Practical Nurse | Surgical

14 hours ago

Kelowna, Canada Interior Health Authority Full time
Position Summary

This position may be eligible for relocation allowance. Apply today

If you are passionate about being part of a team that is committed to providing high quality client-centered care, then join us as a

Practical Nurse

at the

Kelowna General Hospital, Surgical Float Pool

in Kelowna, BC

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

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

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/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.

As a member of our surgical nursing team you will work collaboratively to provide pre and post-surgical care nursing care for thoracic, plastics, urology and dental patients. As a member of the surgical float team, you will primarily be based in our very busy 37 (plus 2 overflow beds) bed vascular and general surgical unit.

This position also floats as needed to other surgical units including plastics, urology, thoracic, dental, ENT as well as extended daycare. VAC dressing skills are considered an asset on 4A.

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.

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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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