Registered Nurse - Rural Locum
Req ID: 198904
Location: Eastern Zone, Victoria County Memorial Hospital
Department: OPEZ Medical Unit Nursing VCM
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT short-assignment (100%) x 1
Nursing Position
Posting Closing Date: Open Until Filled
REPOST - Previously applied applicants are not required to reapply to be considered
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
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About the Opportunity
Join Nova Scotia Health and elevate your nursing career while exploring Nova Scotia!
Nova Scotia Health's Rural Locum assignments offer a unique and rewarding opportunity for nurses across the Eastern Zone. With placements available in diverse communities throughout Cape Breton Island and Guysborough County, you'll have the chance to expand your skills, experience the warmth of new environments, and contribute to our critical Rural Hospitals Medical Units and Emergency Departments. Enjoy the flexibility, professional growth, and dynamic experiences that come with being a valued member of this team.
What to expect in this role:
- Diverse Experience & Professional Growth: Work in various Rural settings across Cape Breton Island and Guysborough County. Share your experience, enhance your skills and expand your clinical knowledge in a collaborative and supportive environment.
- Flexibility: To support work life balance, Rural locum short term assignments provide an opportunity to work in different communities based on your availability. Schedules will take this preference into consideration as well as operational need.
- Competitive Benefits: Benefits include competitive salary, preferred shifts will be taken into consideration, paid travel / accommodations and more!
- Meaningful Impact: Improve healthcare access in rural areas.
- Incentives: Please note that the incentives are available to successful applicants residing outside the Eastern Zone of the Nova Scotia Health Authority and willing to relocate. Candidates who are currently employed within the Eastern zone must have capacity to accept temporary assignments that do not result in operational disruptions or result in the payment of overtime for regular shift assignments.
Responsibilities
The Locum Program is focused on specific assignments opportunities for short term periods to address high staffing needs in the Eastern Zone.
Reporting to the Site Lead / Health Services Manager, the Registered Nurse is a health professional who, through the nursing process and therapeutic relationship, assists clients and families to attain/maintain an optimal health status. The Registered Nurse is also responsible for the overall planning and delivery of nursing care. (S)he practices within the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia, CRNNS Standards of Nursing Practice for Registered Nurses and the Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics, providing guidance and leadership to peers and other staff; working in a collaborative relationship with colleagues, unit staff, students and members of various related health disciplines.
Please Note: You may be required to work at various rural facilities within the Eastern Zone which could include Victoria County Memorial Hospital, Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital, Buchanan Memorial Hospital, Sacred Heart Hospital, Eastern Memorial Hospital, Guysborough Memorial Hospital, Strait Richmond Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
Based on the facility and area of need the qualifications will vary.
Medical/Surgical Areas:
- Licensed or eligible for licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)
- A minimum of 1 years emergency nursing experience required
- Valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- Current RQI BLS or, BLS-C (Basic Life Support - C) required
- Current RQI ALS or, ACLS - (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) an asset
- Experience working in a rural setting considered an asset
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
About You (Continued)
Emergency Department Areas:
- Licensed or eligible for licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)
- A minimum of 3 years emergency nursing experience required
- Valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- CTAS (Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale) required
- EPICC - Foundations (Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care - Canada) or TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) required
- Current RQI BLS or, BLS-C (Basic Life Support - C) required
- Current RQI ALS or, ACLS - (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) required
- Current RQI PALS or, PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support); EPICC - Pediatrics (Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care - Canada) or ENPC (Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course) required
- Trauma course - EPICC - Trauma (Emergency Practice, Interventions and Care - Canada); Rural Trauma Program or TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) required
- Emergency Nursing Program or Critical Care Nursing Program an asset
- ENC© Certification an asset
- If above not available at least five (5) years medical/surgical experience with evidence of good assessment skills.
- Experience working in a rural setting considered an asset
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Short Assignment Full-Time position(s), 75 Hours Bi-weekly.
- Assignments are three (3) to six (6) months duration.
- Shifts include days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
Compensation and Benefits
$40.55 - $49.99 hourly
$51.74 with 25 years of Registered Nursing experience.
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
This position is eligible for a Shift Premium of $6.00 per hour for all hours worked during the Locum assignment.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.