Zone: Central Zone
Location: JPM - James Paton Memorial Regional Health Centre, Gander
Registered Nurse IC
Central Zone - JPM Obstetrics
Temporary Part-time (Approximately 9 months)
40887RP1
Hours: 37.5 (12 hours, Shift Work; Days, Nights, Weekends)
Salary: NS31 (CAD42.63 - CAD52.69 per hour)
Competition Number: VAC0009938
Posted Date: 2025-04-07
Closing Date: Open until filled.
Definition of Work:This is a professional nursing position with responsibility to provide holistic care with a family centered approach to mothers and babies on the Obstetrics unit. This will include care of the antenatal client, labor & delivery, postpartum care, and newborn care. The successful candidate must demonstrate an awareness of and be responsible for promoting and supporting person-and family-centered care, demonstrate a commitment to safety and partner with all team members to improve worker and patient safe-ty by integrating safety into work practices, identifying risks and implementing improvements.
Required qualifications:
• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador
• Current BLS certification for health care providers from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
• Completion of the Health Assessment course or willingness to complete next available course.
• Two years’ of recent nursing experience, within the last five years’, in Obstetrics.
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program).
• Self-learning modules such as breastfeeding, fetal health surveillance, and epi-dural education or willing to complete in a timely manner.
• Participation in the MORE OB Program.
• Consistent demonstration of NL Health Services corporate values; Innovation, Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence (I CARE)
• A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required for this position.
• A satisfactory Certificate of Conduct from the RCMP or local police authority.