Specialty Education, Licensed Practical Nurse; Lpn), Operating Room

Position: SPECIALTY EDUCATION, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN), OPERATING ROOM
Position Summary
Do you have a passion for nursing? Do you want to extend your nursing knowledge? We have a training opportunity that may interest you! We are seeking a motivated Registered Nurse with a dedication for delivering compassionate patient care to join our team in the Operating Room department at Ksyen Regional Hospital.

In accordance with the established mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities of Northern Health, and under the general supervision of Manager or designate, the Licensed Practical Nurse, Operating Room, provides practical nursing services in an operating room environment as a member of an integrated surgical team performing varied surgical interventions. Consults, confers, and collaborates with other members of the surgical team in facilitating safe and effective surgical interventions through the performance of scrubbing and circulating duties in accordance with established standards and protocols.

This includes pre-operative, operative, and post-operative activities such as assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting client care, and providing support to clients and their families.

The Northern Health Regional Operating Room Education (NHRORE) uses a standardized, evidence informed on-line curriculum offered by the Association of Registered Nurses (AORN), called Periop 101. This curriculum is offered throughout British Columbia, contributing to a standardized provincial perioperative education program, along with provincial continuity of care and portability of practice. NHRORE combines AORN’s Periop 101 online curriculum with a skills lab and clinical preceptorship to help prepare nurses to provide safe and competent perioperative nursing care in both the scrub and circulating roles, at a novice level.
There are 3 training positions available for 2026/2027

• Northern Health provides placement support and funding for tuition, textbooks, and travel expenses for clinical placements, as required

• Learners should expect to make a 4-6 month commitment for this education, which includes online and in-person learning

• Additional study time, outside of schedule hours, will be required to successfully complete the program

• Flexibility for practicums is necessary

• Applicants must successfully complete the education program prior to working in the department

• 6 months recent acute care experience required - Upon successful completion of the education program, Northern Health requires an eighteen (18) month return of service in a regular position in the area of nursing applicable to the education program.

• Qualified applicants will be considered first for specialty positions. If there are no qualified applicants, training lines will be awarded to unqualified applicants, and training will be provided

SCHEDULING INFO: Education:
Monday - Friday/ 8 AM - 4 PM Practicum:
Based on unit scheduling. The rotations/ start and stop times may vary dependant upon unit scheduling and education.

ACTUAL START DATE & HRS OF WORK for education varies as education is on-going throughout 2026/2027. Contact for info.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Days, Nights, 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 (rotating)

Qualfications

• Graduation from a recognized program for Practical Nurses with the full range of current licensed practical nursing competencies, and graduation from an accredited . program for Licensed Practical Nurses plus one (1) year recent related experience working as a Licensed Practical Nurse in acute care, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Current full practicing licensure with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

• Current CPR certification is required.

Skills and Abilities:

• Assessment and Intervention – Demonstrated ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning) and provide nursing care through appropriate/ prescribed technical, therapeutic, safety type interventions.

• Communication – Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with the clients, families, the public, medical staff, and the members of the interdisciplinary team using verbal, written and computer…