If you’re an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a meaningful career move - and a change in lifestyle - Island Health welcomes you. As an essential member of the healthcare team, your expertise plays a critical role in delivering safe, compassionate, and patient-centred care every day. Join a team that values your knowledge, recognizes the impact of your work, and invests in your professional growth.
This is a casual role for a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department of Port McNeill Hospital in Port McNeill on Vancouver Island, BC.
What You’ll Do
As a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department, you will provide responsive, patient- and family-centred care to individuals with a wide range of urgent and complex healthcare needs.
You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care while working closely with an interdisciplinary team to support patients and their families as their needs change. Depending on the hospital and clinical area, you may practise across multiple emergency care settings that require advanced training, specialized knowledge and experience.
You will practise in accordance with Island Health’s values and the professional standards and code of ethics established by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
What You’ll Need to Apply
- Current registration (or eligibility) with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing Registered Nurse.
- Completion of a recognized advanced program in emergency care nursing or two (2) years' recent, related experience; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Current CPR certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred.
- Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care Canada (EPICC) certification preferred.
What We Offer
At Island Health, nursing professionals can build long-term careers supported by competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, a strong pension plan, internal mobility, and opportunities across urban, community, and rural practice settings throughout Vancouver Island.
- Competitive salary: $41.42 - $59.52 per hour plus applicable shift differentials.
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision.
- 4 weeks paid vacation (prorated to FTE) plus 13 statutory holidays.
- Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
- Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
You shouldn’t have to choose between meaningful nursing work and quality of life. Apply today and find more connection and balance here.
Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples. As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.
Pay: $41.42-$59.52 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
