About the Job :
The Registered Nurse :
- Provides comprehensive sexual assault / forensic nursing care to patients triaged to the Sexual Assault Forensic Examination (SAFE) program.
- Provides care through a trauma and violence informed lens, using evidence informed practice
- Ensures patients and their support systems are supported in navigating the health care system and accessing community supports.
- Completes a comprehensive assessment of the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural and spiritual needs of the client
- Determines client status and responses to actual or potential health problems.
This is a CASUAL OPPORTUNITY. Casual means hours are not guaranteed and may vary and shifts may be at short notice. Casual employees are eligible to apply for internal postings including permanent and temporary positions.
There are many opportunities with Interior Health that begin with casual employment and lead to regular employment.
About this location / unit :
The VJH Emergency department offers 26 beds plus two trauma rooms and two secure rooms and is located in the new Polson Tower.
Our bright, spacious ED has been developed with consideration for privacy, confidentiality, infection control measures and features state-of-the-art technology in equipment (i.
e. cardiac monitoring, diagnostic imaging in our trauma room, negative pressure isolation rooms), communication devices (Vocera, nurse call system), and other care delivery processes (pneumatic tube system, Rapid Assessment Zone, and Minor Treatment Area).
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.