Licensed Practical Nurse | Orthopaedic Technician

About the Job :

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
• Under the direction and supervision of a physician / nurse practitioner (NP), provides orthopaedic care by performing duties such as assessing and evaluating patient condition; reviewing x-rays to confirm plan of care; applying casts and splints; removing externally exposed pins, wires, staples and sutures; setting up traction equipment and performs related orthopaedic duties
• 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 (0.47 FTE) OPPORTUNITY.

Shifts of work will be scheduled days and evenings; rotating from 09 : 00 to 17 : 00 and 14 : 00 to 22 : 00 hours.

About this location / unit :

Located in Vernon, between Kelowna and Kamloops, VJH offers services including core physician specialties, 24 hour emergency and trauma services, acute and obstetrical care.

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.