Registered Nurse | Operating Room

This position may be eligible for relocation allowance. Apply today and ask if you qualify!
Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Perioperative Registered Nurse to join our Operating Room team at East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH) in beautiful Cranbrook, .C.! If you are a Registered Nurse who has completed a recognized Perioperative certification program and has recent related clinical experience, 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.
About The Job
The Registered Nurse:

• Provides nursing care to OR patients, both by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrates continuous improvement and evidence based practice in nursing practice
• Participates on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned
• Enhances quality of life for the patient and family; consults, confers, and collaborates with other health care providers
• Maintains and advances own clinical competence

This is a Relief Full Time (1.0 FTE) opportunity until April 6, 2024, or the return of the incumbent.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings; rotating from 07:00 to 15:24, 10:00 to 18:00, 15:00 to 23:00, 10:00 to 14:00 hours.
About this location/unit:
EKRH is a 77-bed regional referral centre serving over 80,000 people. This hospital offers 24/7 emergency services, a brand new state-of-the-art six bed ICU, a new MRI space along with our four Operating Theatres, Medical Device Reprocessing Department and a separate expanded Ambulatory Care and Surgical Daycare Centre. EKRH Operating Room Department consists of four Operating Room Theatres including a new Urology suite which is supported by Pre-Surgical Screening, OR Booking, Surgical Day Care area and a 5 bed PACU. EKRH provides services in general surgery, urology (laser), gynecology/obstetrics, ENT (laser), dental and orthopedics. In addition there is cystoscopy, endoscopy, and cataract surgery. We are a team who likes to work and play in our own backyard. Educational and recruitment opportunities are ad hoc and based on necessity.
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!