Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Alberta Health Services

  • Wainwright, AB
  • Permanent
  • Temps-partiel
  • Il y a 16 jours
Your Opportunity:Relocate to Wainwright and you may qualify for a $15,000 incentive. Visit rcif-alberta.ca for more details. Wainwright Health Centre is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (OR Nurse) with the peri-operative course for their busy surgical unit. This OR Nurse role acts as a patient advocate, providing a link between the patient care unit and the Operating Room. The Wainwright Health Centre provides extensive health care services including an active Acute Care, Emergency department, maternity, general medicine, the surgical department, and Long-Term Care. As the Operating Room (OR) Nurse at Wainwright Health Centre, you are an integral part of the surgical team, responsible for providing perioperative patient care using the nursing process in accordance with CRNA, Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC), and CSA standards of practice. You will deliver safe, effective and efficient care in both the scrub and circulating, post anesthetic recovery of patients, including day surgery. To be successful in this position you must collaborate within the expectations of a highly complex integrated team and be able to perform consistently in a highly organized, rapid moving, and complex environment. You must demonstrate advanced critical thinking, good judgment and expert problem-solving skills. This role can be physical demanding as you may be required to stand scrubbed for many hours as well as wear a lead apron for protection. This place of work is in a community designated for Canada Student Loan forgiveness. You may be eligible for Canada Student Loan forgiveness if you meet other eligibility requirements.Description:As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS. PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit Holders shall be paid $35.87/hour - $43.82/hour. Upon being entered into the register of Registered Nurses, the rate of pay shall be adjusted to the rate of pay applicable to a Registered Nurse in accordance with AHS/UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii) as applicable. This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee who holds a position within the unit, program, or office expresses their interest in this vacancy by 23:59 MT on the 5th calendar day following the posting date, under LOU #25. In the event that no Regular Employee from this workplace expresses their interest by the deadline, the vacancy shall be filled under the provisions of Article 14: Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies. Please be advised this posting may be used to fill multiple identical vacancies arising as a result of the administration of the Trial of Modified Posting Provisions.
  • Classification: Registered Nurse
  • Union: United Nurses of Alberta
  • Unit and Program: Day Surgery, Operating Room
  • Primary Location: Wainwright Health Centre
  • Location Details: As Per Location
  • Multi-Site: At (UNA only)
  • FTE: 0.60
  • Posting End Date: 10-MAY-2024
  • Employee Class: Regular Part Time
  • Date Available: 20-MAR-2024
  • Hours per Shift: 7.75
  • Length of Shift in weeks: 20
  • Shifts per cycle: 57
  • Shift Pattern: Days, On Call
  • Days Off: As Per Rotation
  • Minimum Salary: $39.21
  • Maximum Salary: $51.46
  • Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). If you have not practiced as a Registered Nurse within the last five (5) years, completion of the following free courses is required: CRNA Medication Management - Chapters 1 - 4 (https://connect.nurses.ab.ca/home/%2Flearning-and-development%2Flearning-modules%2F) and the NextGenU Health Assessment Resources Certification (https://courses.nextgenu.org/course/view.php?id=271#section-0) Additional Required Qualifications:Completion of Perioperative Program required. Preferred Qualifications:Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification. At least two (2) years of experience within the last five (5) years in an OR suite, day surgery unit and post-anesthesia recovery room. Post-Anesthesia Care Nursing Course.Please note:All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.Security Screening:A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We're passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it's about putting patients' and families' experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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