Registered Nurse Rural General

Position Summary

This position offers a $10,000 signing bonus, a generous relocation allowance, and temporary housing. *Eligibility criteria applies.

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse to join our Emergency Department at the SLOCAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL in beautiful NEW DENVER, B.C. If emergency nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated registered nurse interested in working in a beautiful rural setting, apply today!

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 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

Effective April 1, 2024, the hourly wage for this position will be $41.42 to $55.91.

About the Job:
The Registered Nurse:
• Provides nursing care to patients in a variety of clinical settings, 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 PERMANENT PART-TIME (0.56 FTE) OPPORTUNITY.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights; rotating from 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00 hours.

About this location/unit:
The Slocan Community Health Centre serves the villages of New Denver, Silverton, Slocan, and Rosebery. It is a small rural Health Centre with residential unit that has 30 beds and 24-hour emergency department. It is located on the eastern shore of Slocan Lake with the peaks of the Valhalla Mountains rising more than 2,100 metres on the opposite shore. All manner of water sports include kayaking, canoeing, sailing, fishing, water skiing. In the winter, down hill, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are the outdoor sports of choice. New Denver has a strong sense of community where artisans, environmentalists, tourism operators and many other entrepreneurs and businesses work together. The local high school supports grades k-12 The sheer physical beauty still stuns local citizens when they take a closer look at the Shangri-La. Come and they will be happy to share it with you.

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. Apply Today!

• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
• Advanced preparation in the clinical specialty of the assigned area as required by the position:
o Emergency – Advanced preparation in an ED clinical specialty or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
o Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) within 3 years

Effective April 1, 2024, the hourly wage for this position will be $41.42 to $55.91.

This posting is covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination orders and selected applicant(s) must comply.

Interior Health now offers assistance from an Aboriginal Employment Advisor. If you self-identify as Aboriginal (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) and if you would like assistance with internal career exploration, send your question via email to ***************@interiorhealth.ca to be redirected to the Employment Advisor. We invite applicants to self-identify as First nations, Métis, or Inuit within cover letters and/or resumes.