Are you a Registered Nurse with Operating Room experience, looking for an exciting new opportunity in a truly unique setting? Are you seeking exceptional pay and benefits, with educational and development opportunities to help support career advancement? Then check out our RN, OR/PARR position at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories!
Salaries start at $106,158 - $126,809/year plus $24,900.00 to $28,500.00 in paid benefits within the first year. Our amazing benefits package also includes health and dental, a generous pension plan, outstanding leave benefits, relocation assistance, and professional development opportunities and education support. Our graduate nurses are also typically eligible for student loan forgiveness through Canada’s Loan Forgiveness program.
Reporting directly to the Manager, Operating Room and Day Procedures, the Registered Nurse, Operating Room/Post Anesthesia Recovery Room, (RN) is one of several RNs providing culturally sensitive nursing care and assisting and supporting physicians during surgical procedures in the Operating Theatres.
The Operating Room performs approximately 2700 surgical cases annually. The RN works Monday to Friday and will be on call on a rotating basis (2 RN's at a time) to assist with emergency surgical procedures. The RN provides Perioperative care to the patient though the Perioperative period. The position encompasses the roles of circulating nurse, scrub nurse, and post anesthesia recovery room nurse.
This job typically requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing and a minimum of one (1) year of recent clinical experience, preferably in an OR/PARR unit.
Equivalencies may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
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We are also accepting locum and casual applicants. Submit your resume to hlthss_recruitment@gov.nt.ca for short-term work opportunities.
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So just what is the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services System (HSS System)? The HSS System includes the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA), the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority (HRHSSA), theTłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency (TCSA – Health), and the Department of Health and Social Services. Combined, these four organizations support health and social service delivery across all 33 communities of the Northwest Territories.
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