About the Job:
The Registered Nurse:
•Provides nursing care to OR patients, both by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team
•Enhances quality of life for the patient and family; consults, confers, and collaborates with other health care providers
•Demonstrates continuous improvement and evidence based practice in nursing practice
•Maintains and advances own clinical competence
•Participates on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned
This is a RELIEF PART-TIME (0.74 FTE) OPPORTUNITY until November 19, 2025, or the return of the incumbent.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings; rotating from 09:30 to 17:30, 11:00 to 19:00 hours.
About this location/unit:
Nelson: Kootenay Lake Hospital’s Operating Room Department has two OR theatres functional Monday to Friday. Types of procedures include: Endoscopy, Major Obs/Gyne, Dental, Ophthalmology/Cataracts, minor Ortho, and minor General Surgery. Up to nine Operating Room RNs circulate/scrub, including a float nurse plus a RN is Daycare Surgery and PAR. The hospital has a strong Obs/Gyne program supported by 24/7 on-call operating room capacity.
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.