Nursing Assistant I (Northern Health)

Position Summary

Are you someone who has a real passion for helping others? Follow the path to an exciting career as a Nursing Assistant I at Fort St. John Hospital and Health Centre.

Reporting to the Manager Patient Care Services and under the direction of the Clinical Coordinator, the Nursing Assistant collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and assists with the delivery of patient care in accordance with Fort St John Hospital policies, procedures, and standards.

Skills and Abilities: Days, Nights - 07:00 to 19:00, 19:00 to 07:00, rotating

Fort St. John Hospital and Health Centre is a 46-bed hospital with 115 residential care beds in the adjoining Peace Villa Care Home. They have two state of the art operating rooms, ambulatory clinics including cancer care and hemodialysis, emergency and ICU, a birthing centre with single maternity rooms for labour, delivery and post-partum.

Fort St. John is located above the Peace River Valley, and has a diverse population of 21,000 (2021) and serves an area of approximately 69,000. The friendly, small town feel comes with big city amenities and a vibrant arts community. Check out Fort St. John for more information on what this energetic community has to offer.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

• Employee referral program
• Comprehensive benefit packages including MSP, extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• "Loan Forgiveness Programs" are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions

Qualfications

• Grade 10.
• Plus, graduation from a recognized Nursing Assistant Program and one year recent (within one year) acute care experience, or
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to deal effectively with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and public.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Who We Are

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation's communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.

Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.

There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.

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