Position Summary
Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in Kamloops, B.C., has an opportunity for employer sponsored training for registered nurses to become Operating Room Nurses. The training is an in-house Regional Perioperative Education Program (RPEP) and is administered in a blended format. The program is a systematic integration of online and face-to-face learning aimed to facilitate critical thinking skills while applying an understanding of perioperative care.
If you are an experienced registered nurse and would like to move into the Operating Room environment but do not have formal education, we would love to consider you for paid in-house training.
This training would require an 18-month return of service commitment. Training is anticipated to start on July 10, 2023.
The RPEP uses a standardized, evidence informed online curriculum offered by the Association of Registered periOperative Nurses’ (AORN). RPEP has three (3) components to be completed:
• *Prerequisite Online Theory: Modules Videos and Readings (90 hours)
• Facilitated Lab/Simulation: 75 hours in-person sessions
• Clinical Practicum Shifts/Consolidated Learning: 375 hours at RIH’s Operating Room Department
*Must be completed prior to commencement of Education Opportunity (unpaid study hours).
RIH’s Operating Room Department runs eight OR theatres per day plus a trauma room. Surgical services are ENT, gyne, ortho, neuro, vascular, general, plastics, urology, ortho trauma, and trauma. The department has a Clinical Manager, a Clinical Educator, and Resource Nurses for each service. Operating Room RNs are expected to work in all services.
If you are interested in expanding your nursing practice to become an Operating Room Nurse, Apply Today!
Qualifications
• Graduation from an approved School of Nursing.
• Current practicing registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (BCCNM).
Comments
Effective April 1, 2023, the hourly rate for this position will be: $40.21-$57.78
This posting is covered by the Provincial Health Officer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination orders and selected applicant(s) must comply.
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