Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Location: Western Zone, South Shore Regional Hospital  
Department: OPWZ EMG Emergency SSRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
NSNU Nursing Position
Posting Closing Date: Open Until Filled

 
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

Reporting to the Manager, Emergency Department or designate, the Registered Nurse (RN) functions as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team within the Collaborative Practice Model, and assumes responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing, directing, supervising and evaluating direct and indirect patient care and evaluation of patient outcomes. As the coordinator of care within the bedside delivery team, the RN develops the plan of care based on the assessment, with consideration to strengths, risk factors, options, consequences of actions, health promotion, learning, comfort, safety, privacy, dignity and integrity, and ensures the patient care experience is coordinated and integrated within an interdisciplinary care model, both within acute care and across the continuum of care.
 
The RN assigns care responsibilities and provides guidance to Licensed Practical Nurses according to their scope of practice, and assigns responsibilities to unregulated healthcare team members according to their scope of employment. Through the application of clinical knowledge, critical thinking and clinical judgment, the RN provides safe, competent, compassionate, ethical care and maintains professional autonomy as supported by the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) Standards of Practice.

 
The RN exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the Mission, Vision, Strategic Direction, Access & Flow procedures and Clinical Discharge Management Practices and incorporates into daily practice the Core Competencies and Values of the organization.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate of an approved School of Nursing
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN)
• ACLS required or willing to obtain within orientation period
• Minimum one (1) year previous experience in an Emergency Department or Emergency Nursing Program  required
  • Where there are no applicants who meet the above qualification, consideration may be given to applicants who agree to complete further training within two years’ of hire date 
• Certification in Trauma Nursing Core Course, Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course, Canadian Triage Acuity Score
• Ability to demonstrate leadership, organizational, prioritizing, critical thinking, strategic thinking and sound decision-making skills in the provision of accountable, safe, ethical, patient care within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team and in the delegation of responsibilities to appropriate healthcare team members
• Commitment to promoting a culture of respect that supports safety, ethical practices, cultural awareness and organizational health
• Excellent communication skills (listening, oral and written) with the ability to effectively and sensitively communicate with all levels of staff, multi-disciplinary team members, patients and families
• Basic computer skills – Microsoft Suite – E-mail, Internet, Meditech
• 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

• Permanent, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
• Shifts include days, nights and weekends

Compensation and Incentives

$40.55 - $49.99 hourly

$51.74 hourly with 25 years' of RN 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.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program.  If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000.  For more details and instructions, please visit Recruitment - Incentives 

​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.