Description

Title: Registered Nurse– OR/RR/Day Surgery/CSR- Job Share

Department: Health

Community: Iqaluit

Requisition Number: 768

Type of Employment: Job Share- 6 week rotation

Salary range: $108,741 to $123,413 per year, 37.5 hours/week

Northern Allowance: $16,328 per year

Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is Available

Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union

Closing date: Open until filled

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.

For full time and permanent positions, recruitment bonuses include: $5,000 on start date, $5,000 at 18 months of service and $10,000 at 30 months of service. Additional premiums include a $9,000 Annual Frontline Allowance and a $375 Monthly Retention Bonus of $4,500 per year. For Job shares, salary, bonuses/allowances are pro-rated in accordance with hours worked.

The Registered Nurse (RN) OR/ /RR/Day Surgery/CSR is a member of the surgical team that focuses on identifying and meeting the individual needs of the surgical patients throughout the perioperative experience.

The Registered

Nurse provides excellent care to the surgical population using critical thinking skills guided by the Perioperative Standards through the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards, Guidelines and Position Statements. Working in collaboration with the health care team, the Registered Nurse OR/ RR/Day Surgery/ CSR uses basic and expanded nursing knowledge to address the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural and spiritual responses of the patient of the surgical event, with the objective of maintaining or regaining optimal patient health.

Responsibilities

Services offered include, but are not limited to, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Urology, ENT,



Gynaecology, Obstetrics, and Dental Surgery. Knowledge of procedures in all areas is required in order to provide quality surgical care.

Qualifications The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through a Degree or Diploma in Nursing and minimum two years of recent acute care experience with one-year recent experience within an Operating Room setting. Candidates must be eligible to register with CANNN. Current CPR and annual recertification is a requirement.

The incumbent must have possession of one or more of the following would be preferable but not required upon initial hiring: WHMIS, PALS, ACLS, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, Back Injury Prevention Program, EKG interpretation, Fit testing. Upon hiring, the incumbent must be able to acquire these certifications and remain current within 12 months of hire.

This is a Highly Sensitive Position and a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, along with a clear Vulnerable Sector Check is required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. The ability to communicate in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit,



Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural setting are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies

- The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
- Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
- Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position.

This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.

- Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
- Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.

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