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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 for eligible positions, 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
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 Full Time opportunity until December 31, 2027, or return of the incumbent.
Shifts of work will be scheduled nights; rotating from 19:30 to 07:45, 09:00 to 21:00 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.
Our new ER department is quadruple the size of the previous department and features:
Zone 1 (acute): 15 beds and 3 trauma rooms
CDU (clinical decision unit) beside zone 1 and will have 8 beds for patients not admitted but needing more time in the department
Zone 2 (Urgent care/Streaming) has a large waiting room where patients will be triaged and an additional 7 rooms to treat patients
Zone 3 (Minor treatment) will be for suturing, casting, splinting, etc. and will be staffed by ER Physician and LPN/Ortho tech. 10 spaces to treat patients (space includes an ortho and gyne room)
Heli-pad is manned by BC Ambulance Service
Negative pressure rooms, no positive pressure
4 ambulance bays
3 seclusion rooms
3 bariatric rooms and 3 isolation rooms
Come join our team and see why we’re one of
B.C’s Top Employers!
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?
See why Nursing at Interior Health is such an amazing opportunity!
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