Registered Nurse Main OR, Cardiac Open Heart OR, Minor Surgery

The FMC OR is the Adult Quaternary Level 1 Trauma Centre serving Southern Alberta and surrounding areas. Our OR includes 32 operating rooms and surgeries are performed 365 days per year. Our multidisciplinary team includes Surgeons Anesthesiolgists Perioperative RNs ORTs RN First Assists and support staff. We proudly provide surgical interventions for over 22000 patients yearly with the highest standard of care. FMC OR partners with the U of C to provide a teaching environment for medical and nursing students. We are proud to be the Calgary Zone Centre of Excellence for Trauma Cardiac Open Heart Neurological Thoracic Spine and Organ Transplant surgeries. We are T a world leader in the development of the MRI Operative Suite and Interventional Hybrid Trauma and Cardiac Operating rooms. Other surgical specialties include: Ortho/Arthroplasty Gen Surgery Pacemakers Vascular Access ENT Plastics and Gynecology. FMC cares for oncology patients spanning all services. As a Nurse in the OR you will be responsible for providing nursing care in the intraoperative phase using the nursing process in accordance with governing bodies meeting standards of practice. You will act as a patient advocate while delivering safe effective and efficient care in both a scrub and a circulating role. You will practice using evidence based measures and outcomes and evaluate your professional education and clinical practice standards to enhance optimal surgical patient outcomes Strong communication and collaboration skills within a highly complex interdisciplinary team; problem solving skills integrating critical thinking and sound nursing judgment; time management skills; adaptability in a rapidly moving environment; leadership and conflict resolution skills are essential to this role.

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 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 NOTE: Provisional Permit holders will be paid $40.76 to $55.79 per hour. Upon obtaining a full practice permit the rate of pay will be adjusted to the applicable Registered Nurse rate in accordance with UNA Article 25.02(b)(i) or (ii) as applicable.