Dream big!

Life changing opportunities for personal and professional growth abound when you work with Yukon Hospitals!

Come enjoy the great northern wilderness while growing your career.

Do you want to be the nurse helping bring new babies into the world? Waiting at the doors as the ambulance comes in? Settling blankets on a patient’s lap when starting chemotherapy? Participating in a growing variety of surgeries? Or doing something of everything in our community hospitals? 

Nursing in Yukon Hospitals can be whatever you imagine. You can be on the front line, hands-on with our community, move into a new specialty, or work in education, leadership, or technology. YHC supports nursing development and expanded practice in many areas.

Job Description:

As a multidisciplinary team member, the incumbent provides nursing care for patients through the administration and implementation of medical investigation and therapeutic programs through the application of knowledge of general nursing, physical health, and psycho-social well-being; provides organization, direction, supervision an collaboration in the planning and implementation of nursing best practices.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required:

·       Knowledge of established practices and procedures of professional nursing care;

·       Knowledge of trends and developments in the nursing field;

·       Effective interpersonal skills;

·       Initiative, good judgment and reliability;

·       Advocacy and assertiveness skills;

·       Basic computer literacy;

·       Ability to teach nursing practices and other relevant clinical skills;

·       Ability to develop and implement nursing care/treatment/discharge plans;

·       Ability to communicate orally and in writing;

·       Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.

The successful candidate is required to have a Diploma/Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, a minimum of (1) one year nursing experience related to the assigned specialty area(s) or specific online course completion for the specialty area(s); be currently registered or able to be licensed with Yukon Registered Nurses Association (YRNA) and have current C.P.R certification. Certification in A.C.L.S. and Critical Care nursing would be considered an asset for this position.

Incentives:

·       Generous Vacation Time

·       Comprehensive Benefits Package

·       Relocation Reimbursement

·       Pension Plan

·       Annual Yukon Bonus

·       On-site Gym

·       Free Parking