Registered Nurse - Emergency - Term - Mentorship

Registered Nurse
- Emergency
- Term Full-Time
- Mentorship

Job Category: Emergency

Requisition Number: REGIS
002743

• Posted:
  July 14, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Whitehorse General Hospital, 5 Hospital Road, Whitehorse, YT , CAN

July 27, 2026 - July 26, 2027

There will be a component of classroom training (6 weeks) and supernumerary orientation (352 hours)

This position is at the L09 level with an hourly pay range of $49.73 - $66.42

(PIPSC Bargaining Unit)

We are offering professional development opportunity to 2 Registered Nurses to train in Acute Care in the Whitehorse General Hospital Emergency Department. This exciting opportunity is available to all Registered Nurses.

As a multidisciplinary team member, the incumbent provides nursing care for patients through the administration and implementation of medical investigation and therapeutic programs through the application of knowledge of general nursing, physical health, and psycho-social well-being; provides organization, direction, supervision an collaboration in the planning and implementation of nursing best practices.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Knowledge of established practices and procedures of professional nursing care;
• Knowledge of trends and developments in the nursing field;
• Effective interpersonal skills;
• Initiative, good judgment and reliability;
• Advocacy and assertiveness skills;
• Basic computer literacy;
• Ability to teach nursing practices and other relevant clinical skills;
• Ability to develop and implement nursing care/treatment/discharge plans;
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing;
• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.

The successful candidate is required to have a Diploma/Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, a minimum of (2) two years nursing experience in hospital setting or completed final practicum in an Emergency Department and be currently registered or able to be licensed with Yukon Registered Nurses Association (YRNA) and have current C.P.R certification.