Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Weekends;Standby coverage as required
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Pensionable Salary Enhancement - Nurses in eligible classifications may be eligible to earn an additional $5.95/hour when working full-time hours within a prescribed six-month reporting period. (Effective April 1, 2025 – March 31st 2027.)
Preference will be given to those with demonstrated current perioperative nursing experience.
Successful completion of the AORN Periop 101 on-line course or equivalent Operating Room training/experience is preferred.
Applicants without previous Operating Room training/experience must successfully complete the AORN Periop 101 on-line course* within three months of the date of employment. Extensions to complete the course may be granted up to six (6) months in special circumstances.
*The WRHA Surgery Program offers basic orientation through the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Periop 101 Didactic course to successful applicants with no previous perioperative experience. This is an on-line, evidence-based, accredited course for current operating room nurses to learn the basic, core principles of practice.
The successful candidate may be required to purchase the required textbook and reading material for this orientation course. Successful completion of the course within three months of their start date (prior to the end of their probationary period where applicable) is a requirement.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
Graduate of an approved Registered Nursing education program required.
WCCNEP EKG course or equivalent preferred. **
Conscious Sedation training preferred. **
**NOTE: Successful completion of the WCCNEP EKG Course must be obtained when the opportunity to take the course is scheduled by the employer, or as otherwise mutually agreed to between the nurse and employer.
**NOTE: Adult Conscious Sedation/Procedural Sedation Education validation must be obtained when the opportunity is scheduled by the employer, or as otherwise mutually agreed to between the nurse and employer.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Current CRNM registration required.
Active participation in professional associations e.g. Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) preferred.
Annual BLS Level C Registration/Re-Registration is required.
Qualifications and Skills
Scope of practice as documented in the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
Nurses currently working on the Unit will be deemed qualified.
Please be advised this unit has standby and on call shifts.
If there are no applicants meeting the qualifications, the employer may consider an applicant who does not meet the above qualifications.
Physical Requirements
Not Applicable
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.