SPECIALTY EDUCATION, REGISTERED NURSE (RN), EMERGENCY
Top Benefits
About the role
Do you have a passion for nursing? Do you want to extend your nursing knowledge? We have a training opportunity that may interest you! We are seeking a motivated Registered Nurse with a dedication for delivering compassionate patient care to join our team in the Emergency department at the Chetwynd General Hospital.
In accordance with established mission, vision, values and strategic priorities of Northern Health, the Registered Nurse (RN), Rural General practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice and code of ethics as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) as well as within a patient and family centered care model.
The RN practices in a variety of clinical settings and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of client care. Working in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, the RN ensures the delivery of client–centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs. The RN demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities.
Rural community hospitals provide a wide range of services and depending on the location may require the RN to be competent in multiple clinical settings. This job description addresses various scenarios where nurses are required to work in one or more areas requiring advanced training & experience.
Regional Emergency Training Program Details: The Northern Health Regional Emergency Department Education Program (REDEP) utilizes a standardized, evidence informed on-line curriculum offered by Elsevier, called Emergency Nursing Orientation (ENO). REDEP combines Elsevier's ENO online curriculum with a skills/simulation lab and clinical practicum to prepare registered nurses to provide safe and competent emergency nursing care, at a novice level.
- There are 2 training positions available for 2025/2026.
- Northern Health provides placement support and funding for tuition, textbooks, and travel expenses for clinical placements, as required
- Successful candidates may be required complete pre-requisite courses through part-time distance education, on their own time, prior to assuming this position
- Learners should expect to make a 4-6 month commitment for this education, which includes online and in-person learning
- Additional study time, outside of scheduled hours, will be required to successfully complete the program
- Must have completed Heart and Stroke BLS in the last 6 months
- Flexibility for practicums is necessary
- Prior experience on an acute care ward (i.e. medical/surgical) preferred
- Current BLS certification within a year is mandatory prior to the skills/simulation
- Preference for participants who have completed an electrocardiogram (ECG) course prior to beginning REDEP.
- Applicants must successfully complete the education program prior to working in the department
- Upon successful completion of the education program, Northern Health requires an eighteen (18) month return of service in a regular position in the area of nursing applicable to the education program.
- Qualified applicants will be considered first for specialty positions. If there are no qualified applicants, training lines will be awarded to unqualified applicants and training will be provided
Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Monday to Friday, Days, 08:00 to 16:00
Actual start date & hours of work varies as education is on-going throughout 2026/2027. Contact specialtyeducation@northernhealth.ca for information.
About Northern Health
Northern Health is the key provider of public health care in Melbourne's northern region.
Established in July 2000, Northern Health provides quality health care services to the expanding communities in Melbourne's northern suburbs. In one of Melbourne's busiest growth corridors, Northern Health offers the community health care services where they are needed - close to where people live.
Northern Health is made up of four campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre and Craigieburn Centre.
Our campuses work together to provide a unique mix of services including medical, surgical, emergency, intensive and coronary care, paediatrics, women's and maternal health, mental health, aged care, palliative care, and rehabilitation programs.
These services are provided through inpatient, ambulatory and community-based programs.
Northern Health's programs and services are split into two different streams - acute and sub-acute. This structure is designed to assist services to be integrated across our campuses and ensure that patients have access to the best healthcare within the most efficient time frame.
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SPECIALTY EDUCATION, REGISTERED NURSE (RN), EMERGENCY
Top Benefits
About the role
Do you have a passion for nursing? Do you want to extend your nursing knowledge? We have a training opportunity that may interest you! We are seeking a motivated Registered Nurse with a dedication for delivering compassionate patient care to join our team in the Emergency department at the Chetwynd General Hospital.
In accordance with established mission, vision, values and strategic priorities of Northern Health, the Registered Nurse (RN), Rural General practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice and code of ethics as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) as well as within a patient and family centered care model.
The RN practices in a variety of clinical settings and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of client care. Working in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, the RN ensures the delivery of client–centered care by assisting individual clients and their families respond to changing health care needs. The RN demonstrates a specialized body of knowledge and bases practice on nursing science and related content from other sciences and humanities.
Rural community hospitals provide a wide range of services and depending on the location may require the RN to be competent in multiple clinical settings. This job description addresses various scenarios where nurses are required to work in one or more areas requiring advanced training & experience.
Regional Emergency Training Program Details: The Northern Health Regional Emergency Department Education Program (REDEP) utilizes a standardized, evidence informed on-line curriculum offered by Elsevier, called Emergency Nursing Orientation (ENO). REDEP combines Elsevier's ENO online curriculum with a skills/simulation lab and clinical practicum to prepare registered nurses to provide safe and competent emergency nursing care, at a novice level.
- There are 2 training positions available for 2025/2026.
- Northern Health provides placement support and funding for tuition, textbooks, and travel expenses for clinical placements, as required
- Successful candidates may be required complete pre-requisite courses through part-time distance education, on their own time, prior to assuming this position
- Learners should expect to make a 4-6 month commitment for this education, which includes online and in-person learning
- Additional study time, outside of scheduled hours, will be required to successfully complete the program
- Must have completed Heart and Stroke BLS in the last 6 months
- Flexibility for practicums is necessary
- Prior experience on an acute care ward (i.e. medical/surgical) preferred
- Current BLS certification within a year is mandatory prior to the skills/simulation
- Preference for participants who have completed an electrocardiogram (ECG) course prior to beginning REDEP.
- Applicants must successfully complete the education program prior to working in the department
- Upon successful completion of the education program, Northern Health requires an eighteen (18) month return of service in a regular position in the area of nursing applicable to the education program.
- Qualified applicants will be considered first for specialty positions. If there are no qualified applicants, training lines will be awarded to unqualified applicants and training will be provided
Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Monday to Friday, Days, 08:00 to 16:00
Actual start date & hours of work varies as education is on-going throughout 2026/2027. Contact specialtyeducation@northernhealth.ca for information.
About Northern Health
Northern Health is the key provider of public health care in Melbourne's northern region.
Established in July 2000, Northern Health provides quality health care services to the expanding communities in Melbourne's northern suburbs. In one of Melbourne's busiest growth corridors, Northern Health offers the community health care services where they are needed - close to where people live.
Northern Health is made up of four campuses: Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre and Craigieburn Centre.
Our campuses work together to provide a unique mix of services including medical, surgical, emergency, intensive and coronary care, paediatrics, women's and maternal health, mental health, aged care, palliative care, and rehabilitation programs.
These services are provided through inpatient, ambulatory and community-based programs.
Northern Health's programs and services are split into two different streams - acute and sub-acute. This structure is designed to assist services to be integrated across our campuses and ensure that patients have access to the best healthcare within the most efficient time frame.