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LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE – ARROW LAKES HOSPITAL (CASUAL)
Location:Nakusp
Facility:ARROW LAKES HOSPITAL
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Competition #:00473950
Employee Type:CASUAL
Bargaining Unit:BCNU
Facility:ARROW LAKES HOSPITAL
Reports To:MANAGER/RESIDENTIAL CARE COORDINATOR/TEAM LEADER
Hourly Wage:$24.49 - $27.05
Close Date:OPEN UNTIL FILLED*
Comments:Rate subject to change as of April 2013 per the Collective Agreement

Position Summary

If you are a dynamic and innovative individual who enjoys working with a leading edge team in a teaching environment, we are looking for you.

Rural community hospitals provide a wide range of services and require the Licensed Practical Nurse to be competent in multiple clinical settings. Working in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, the Licensed Practical Nurse ensures the delivery of client–centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs.

Exciting Opportunity:

As the Licensed Practical Nurse you will perform assessments, plan, implement and provide personal and nursing care to residents. Administer oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications in accordance with pharmaceutical and organizational policies and procedures. The scope or extent of the skills that you will perform varies according to the predictability of the outcome for a given client population. As the Licensed Practical Nurse you will operate in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia, and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.

This is a casual position. Casual employment does not guarantee a set amount of hours and hrs can range from 0 to 37.5 per week.
 
Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience:

Graduation from a recognized program for Practical Nurses (please upload certificate)
Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Current full practicing licensure with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia (CLPNBC)
(please include you licence number)

Skills and Abilities:

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

* All postings with a closing date specified close at 11:59 pm PT