Licensed Practical Nurse | Long-term Care

Overview

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Licensed Practical Nurse to join our Long-term Care team at Orchard Haven in Keremeos, BC. If Nursing is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual, apply today!

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.

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Generous Vacation Entitlement
• Employer Paid Health Benefits
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Shift Premiums
• Competitive wages

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN):
  Performs assessments and plans, implements and provides personal and nursing care to patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team; the scope or extent of the skills that the LPN performs varies according to the predictability of the outcome for a given client population.
• Administers oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications in accordance with pharmaceutical and organizational policies and procedures.
• Operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.

This is a Permanent Part Time (0.65) opportunity.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and nights rotating from 07:00 to 19:00, 08:00 to 20:00, 19:00 to 07:00 hours.

Orchard Haven was built in the year 2000 after much planning and hard work by many local residents. The Health Centre had been a dream for many years and it was only through the persistent efforts of these local residents that the Health Centre was finally built. It is a very unique Health Centre in that it has combined many health care services under one roof.

Adjoining the Health Centre is a 38 bed Assisted Living unit including a specialized unit for Dementia Care.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers as well as one of

B.C’s Top Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Apply Today!