Open to the Public

Registered Nurse

Specialty Inpatient / Outpatient Services

Operating Room

Health PEI

Location - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown

Full-Time (100%) Temporary (PEINU) Position

(Commencing Immediately until August 2027)

Are you ready to make meaningful connections and drive impact in a growing healthcare organization? At Health PEI, we offer more than a job - we’re inviting you to join a dynamic workplace committed to creating meaningful changes. From hospitals to community care and beyond, you’ll play a pivotal role in attracting top-tier health professionals and building a workforce that supports the evolving needs of Prince Edward Island. With access to training and development resources, leadership opportunities, and a team-oriented environment, this is your chance to thrive while making a real difference in the lives of others. If you’re passionate about shaping the future of healthcare, we want to hear from you.

Health PEI values the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that a diverse, equitable and inclusive work-place culture can bring. Not only does this help us deliver better outcomes, more innovation, but it also creates a safer space for our patients when our employees are more reflective of the communities we serve. It is important for us to create an environment where our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and challenging the status quo to make Health PEI a better, more inclusive employer and healthcare system. We recognize we have more work to do but finding intentional ways to grow our understanding and support of those who have faced barriers due to accessibility, ethnicity, ancestry, gender identity, age, sexual orientation,



language or other grounds is a key priority for us. We encourage underrepresented groups to join our team, be yourself, and help us achieve our vision for an inclusive workplace and healthcare system.

Role Summary

The Registered Nurse is a member of a collaborative team who is responsible for coordinating the delivery of safe, quality nursing care while working in a specialty nursing department. The fundamental role of the Registered Nurse is to promote the achievement and maintenance of each patient’s optimal level of health and function through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and development of individualized care plans.

The Registered Nurse provides evidence-based care, using an enhanced level of critical thinking, while working in a high acuity, unpredictable and changing technological environment.

The Registered Nurse develops therapeutic relationships with patients and their families/partners in care and practices within their scope of professional, legal, and ethical standards. The Registered Nurse fosters mutual relationships partnering with patients and their families/partners in care which are based on dignity, respect, and collaborative communication.

The Registered Nurse will possess and maintain thorough knowledge base of specialty/critical care competencies and proficiency in equipment utilized to provide safe patient care.

Clinical Practice





- Implement critical procedures and crisis intervention strategies as necessary and responds to life saving situations using nursing standards and protocols for treatments and may be an active member of Code Blue and rapid response/trauma teams where applicable
- Assess and continuously analyze data from patient monitoring and diagnostic testing
- Use critical thinking to evaluate patient care quickly in emergent situations
- Monitor the effectiveness of patient care in collaboration and consultation with other members of the health care team
- Make immediate decisions and identify sudden or subtle changes in patient conditions
- Administer medications, monitor vital signs, develop and implement care plans with patient and their family
- Maintain competence in clinical skills, managing patient care and recognizing recurring themes relevant to the area of practice
- Use comprehensive assessment (using objective, subjective, verbal and nonverbal data), critical inquiry, technology, and research to provide safe, competent nursing services
- Evaluate a patient’s health status, health concerns, response to illness and ability to manage health care needs and functions as a patient advocate
- Assess learning needs and provide instruction to patients and their families in the areas of health, life-style adaptation, and self-care measures in collaboration with other healthcare providers
- In collaboration with the patient/family determine the discharge plan, plan of care for home and links to community agencies; assist patients to navigate health system processes and provide the patient with strategies to work within the system
- Take a lead role within the health

📌 Registered Nurse (Charlottetown)
🏢 Health PEI
📍 Charlottetown