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Your Opportunity:Red Deer Regional Hospital is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse with the peri-operative course (preferred) for their busy surgical unit. This OR Nurse role acts as a patient advocate, providing a link between the patient care unit and the Operating Room. As the Operating Room (OR) Nurse at Red Deer Regional Hospital, you are an integral part of the surgical team, responsible for providing comprehensive perioperative patient care using the nursing process in accordance with CARNA, Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC), and CSA standards of practice. You will deliver safe, effective and efficient care in both the scrub and circulating roles. To be successful in this position you must collaborate within the expectations of a highly complex integrated team, and be able to perform consistently in a highly organized, rapid moving, and complex and highly specialized environment. You must demonstrate advanced critical thinking, good judgment, expert problem solving skills and exceptional communication skills. This role can be physical demanding as you may be required to stand scrubbed for many hours as well as wear a lead apron for protection.Description:As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will provide a wide variety of nursing services to patients, families, communities and populations, while taking necessary steps to ensure their safety and well-being. In your role, you will utilize nursing processes, through critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, as well as teach, counsel and advocate on behalf of patients and their families. You will play a leadership role in supporting an integrated and holistic approach to patient care, health promotion and maintenance. You will provide safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.Classification:Registered NurseUnion:United Nurses of AlbertaUnit and Program:General Operating RoomPrimary Location:Red Deer Regional HospitalLocation Details:As Per LocationMulti-Site:At (UNA only)FTE: 1.00Posting End Date:05-DEC-2022Temporary Employee Class:Temp F/T BenefitsDate Available:15-DEC-2022Temporary End Date:14-AUG-2023Hours per Shift:7.75Length of Shift in weeks:12Shifts per cycle:57Shift Pattern:Days, Nights, WeekendsDays Off:As Per RotationMinimum Salary: $38.44Maximum Salary: $50.45Vehicle Requirement:Not ApplicableRequired Qualifications:Completion of an accredited nursing education program. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).Additional Required Qualifications:Successful completion of a Peri-operative Nursing course or minimum two years of OR experience.Preferred Qualifications: