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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. PLEASE NOTE: Provisional Permit Holders shall be paid $35.17/hour - $42.96/hour ($35.87/hour - $43.82/hour effective April 1, 2023). Upon being entered into the register of Registered Nurses, the rate of pay shall be adjusted to the rate of pay applicable to a Registered Nurse in accordance with AHS/UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii) as applicable. This posting is scheduled to close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date but may be filled earlier if a Regular Employee who holds a position within the unit, program, or office expresses their interest in this vacancy by 23:59 MT on the 5th calendar day following the posting date, under LOU #25. In the event that no Regular Employee from this workplace expresses their interest by the deadline, the vacancy shall be filled under the provisions of Article 14: Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies. Please be advised this posting may be used to fill multiple identical vacancies arising as a result of the administration of the Trial of Modified Posting Provisions.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:07-JUL-2023Temporary Employee Class:Temp F/T BenefitsDate Available:17-JUL-2023Temporary End Date:12-FEB-2024Hours per Shift:7.75Length of Shift in weeks:12Shifts per cycle:57Shift Pattern:Days, Evenings, Weekends, On CallDays Off:As Per RotationMinimum Salary: $39.21Maximum Salary: $51.46Vehicle 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:Peri-Operative CPN(C). Previous PACU experience.