Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Practical Nurse

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We create innovative solutions that tackle complex challenges and help organizations and communities stay resilient, informed, and connected. If you’re driven by purpose and energized by solving real-world challenges, we want you on our team. Job Type: Full Time

Location2: Victoria, BC

Calian is proud to continue a long-standing contractual relationship with the Department of National Defence (DND) to provide healthcare services to the Canadian Armed Forces. Through the Health Care Provider Contract, Calian employs health care professionals across Canada who are integral to supporting the health and wellbeing of our military members.

Position Overview

Calian is seeking to hire a full time time Licensed Practical Nurse/Registered Practical Nurse interested in joining the Health Services team at the Canadian Forces Base in Esquimalt

This opportunity is ideal for individuals who have always wanted to work in a military health clinic and support the health of military men and women. Clinic hours are Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 4pm and if available casual coverage during mornings.

Responsibilities

• Perform triage assessments of patients during walk-in hours and patient assessments, which include medical or incident history, physical examinations, vitals signs measurement, and vision acuity testing
• Perform nursing interventions such as taking vital signs, applying aseptic techniques such as sterile dressing, and ensuring infection control, and conducting specimen collection
• Developing a nursing care plan based on the result of the assessments, communicating any changes or abnormal findings of the patients’ condition or status, and referring to a physician or other health care provider as required
• Administering medications as per doctor’s orders and provincial scope pf practice while observing and documenting therapeutic effects, assist in treatments and procedures with physicians or other health care providers
• Perform therapeutic injections and wound care, administer, and monitor established respiratory therapy and IV therapy, and prepare patients for minor surgery procedures
• Provide health education to patients including pre-operative and post-operative patient teaching such as clinical and procedural instructions and comfort care
• Perform administrative tasks such as written or telephone responses to patient queries, preparation of medical files for physicians or other health care providers, and return of the medical files to the health record department
• Monitor all medical supplies and inventory including ordering and replenishing
• Clean all patient care areas between patients, and clean, sterilize, and package surgical instruments

Qualifications

• Graduate from a Practical Nursing Program and licensed and in good standing as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta
• Current BLS for Heath Provider or CPR Level C Certification
• 1 year of full-time experience in the last 3 years in nursing practice conducting patient assessment and providing direct nursing care for a broad range of diseases in an adult population in a primary care setting or ambulatory care setting

Additional Requirements

• You must be able to obtain a Government of Canada Security Clearance (Enhanced Reliability)

Compensation $39 – $46 hourly (approximately)

Vacancies

We have two available position

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