Registered Nurse, ENT Clinic

Company : IWK Health 

Requisition ID: 229049 
Department/Program: ENT Clinic, Children's Medical Care 
Location: Halifax   
Type of Employment: Casual Relief x 1 position(s)
 Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $40.5534  - $51.7412/hour
Closing Date: 8-Nov-26  (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Ambulatory Surgical Care within the Children’s Health Program, the Registered Nurse (RN) works independently and collaboratively with an interdisciplinary healthcare team, providing care for children and their families in accordance with IWK Health philosophy, vision and mission statements. The RN provides holistic, individualized, coordinated, evidence-based care using the nursing process in an ambulatory setting. Using nursing knowledge, critical thinking and clinical judgement, the RN assists with health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, support, and education with the child and family.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Accurately assesses patient/family needs during clinic visits and during telephone consultations and develops an individualized plan; and continuously evaluates the plan of care, making revisions as necessary.
• Uses the Nursing Process to full scope during Nurse-led clinics.
• Coordinates care for a designated patient population; acts as a clinical resource to staff regarding patient care issues.
• Monitors and evaluates clinical care standards and offers input for changes as appropriate.
• Regularly performs preop assessments and provides preop teaching for surgical candidates. Precepts 4th year nursing students in the ambulatory care setting. Participates in the Care Team Meetings.
• Participates in and promotes evidence-based practice and research projects.
• In collaboration with the Clinical Leader, and other members of the Team, identifies issues that have potential or possible impact on clinical care; demonstrates effective decision-making; and utilizes problem-solving skills.

Hours of Work

Monday – Friday; 0800 – 1600

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required (candidates with commensurate experience and education will be considered).
• Licensed or eligible for licensure by the provincial regulator is required
• Minimum of three (3) years of recent (within the last five years) pediatric surgical nursing experience required.
• Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required.
• Demonstrates ability to work collaboratively within an interprofessional team and to work independently. Demonstrates critical thinking skills, including clinical judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional development and practice required.
• Demonstrates effective communication (verbal & written), interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrates ability to take initiative.
• Demonstrates nursing assessment and teaching skills.
• Demonstrates understanding of and commitment to Family Centered Care.
• Demonstrates excellent time management and organization skills.
• Demonstrates flexibility, ability to prioritize and take initiative.
• Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain internal and external partnership.
• Familiarity with community services, programs and processes for children and youth with complex airway needs preferred.
• Demonstrated experience and competency in OPOR an asset
• Competency in other languages is considered an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Nursing  bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An  offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. 

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.