Licensed Practical Nurse/Orthopaedic Technician, Royal Columbian Hospital

Job summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse/Orthopaedic Technician provides comprehensive nursing care and performs specialized orthopaedic procedures such as applying and removing casts and splints. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess patients, implement care plans, and maintain a safe clinical environment.

Job details

The Licensed Practical Nurse/Orthopaedic Technician provides comprehensive nursing care and performs specialized orthopaedic procedures such as applying and removing casts and splints. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess patients, implement care plans, and maintain a safe clinical environment. Candidates must be graduates of a recognized practical nursing program and hold current registration with the BCCNM. Additionally, a recognized program in Orthopaedic Technology and at least two years of recent related experience are required.

What you’ll do

The Licensed Practical Nurse/Orthopaedic Technician provides comprehensive nursing care and performs specialized orthopaedic procedures such as applying and removing casts and splints. They collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess patients, implement care plans, and maintain a safe clinical environment.

Requirements

Candidates must be graduates of a recognized practical nursing program and hold current registration with the BCCNM. Additionally, a recognized program in Orthopaedic Technology and at least two years of recent related experience are required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid benefits
• Generous vacation time
• Benefit portability
• Immediate pension enrollment
• Maternity top-up
• TransLink pass subsidy
• Employee discounts

Listed skills

• Quality Improvement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Nursing care
• Orthopaedic technology
• Patient assessment
• Cast application
• Splint application
• Traction equipment maintenance
• Wound assessment
• Medication administration
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Patient education
• Clinical documentation
• Equipment operation
• Quality improvement
• Patient safety
• Suture removal

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services

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