Registered Nurse; RN​/Registered Psychiatric Nurse; RPN - New Grad

PHSA’s New Grad Program provides new RN/RPN graduates with the opportunity to use their nursing practice skills acquired through education and training and enter into a nursing specialty working in one of pediatrics, child & youth mental health, perinatal, oncology, or adult mental health nursing.

All new employees who are new graduates and hired as a registered nurse (RN) or registered psychiatric nurse (RPN) will be placed into a regular or temporary position, with a minimum 0.7 FTE to full-time hours for the first six months of employment.

Nursing shifts are days, evenings, and nights, usually 8 or 12 hours, with shifts varying by unit/department.

Wage: $40.21 – $57.78 per hour

This posting covers all “New Grad” opportunities for all PHSA locations and facilities. Opportunities for New Grad RN/RPNs are at the following areas/locations:

• BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
• Correctional Health Services
• Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Coquitlam
• Forensic Regional Clinics — Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna
• Red Fish Healing Centre, Coquitlam
• Heartwood Centre for Women, Vancouver
• Provincial Assessment Centre, Coquitlam
• BC Cancer — Regional Cancer Centres:
  Abbotsford, Kelowna, Prince George, Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria
• BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver — Mental Health Programs;
  Medical Inpatient Unit (T7);
  Surgical Inpatient Unit (T6);
  Nursing Resource Team;
  Oncology/Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplant Unit (T8);
  Emergency department;
  Emergency department - Mental Health Team;
  Operating Room – AORN Training (three intakes/year; next intake to be confirmed)
• Sunny Hill Health Centre — Acute Rehabilitation Unit
• BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre — Families in Recovery (FIR) Unit;
  Postpartum Unit (Next intake December 2025; applicants accepted from September 1, 2025);
  Birthing Unit (Next intake September 2025; accepting applicants now)

• Completion of BCIT's Perinatal Theory 1 course or equivalent
• Current CPR and Newborn Resuscitation Certification (NRP)
• Breastfeeding course, minimum 6 hours, in the last 2 years
• NICU – Next intake is November 2025

• Current adult CPR and/or Newborn Resuscitation Certification
• Neonatal Theory 1 from BCIT
• Current CPR Training – Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Level 1 is required for some positions
• Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports
• Knowledge of Indigenous Cultural Safety and anti-racism considerations in BC health care

• Plan and direct care in accordance with the care plan
• Provide nursing assessments, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation related to real or potential health problems
• Collect and document patient health care information
• Consult with nurses, family members, the interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals
• Support patients with psychosocial, life, and personal care skills
• Administer medications and monitor patient reactions to treatment and changes in physical and mental status; consult a physician as required
• Refer patients to other health care professionals and programs
• Maintain accurate computerized and paper records in accordance with established procedures and policies

• Have graduated from a nursing program in the last 18 months, and have not previously participated in a New Grad Program with a BC Health Authority
• Have provisional or practicing registration as a registered nurse/registered psychiatric nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
• For positions with BC Children’s Hospital Operating Room, Emergency Department (Mental Health), Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Heartwood Centre for Women and the Forensic Regional Clinics: current CPR Training – Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Level 1 is required
• For positions with BC Cancer: current CPR (Level
  
  C) certification is required
• Commitment to Indigenous awareness and reconciliation obligations per TRC and BC DRIPA

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