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Registered Nurse (RN)/ Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) New Graduate Opportunities

 

PHSA’s New Grad Program provides new RN/RPN graduates with the opportunity to use their nursing practice skills acquired through education and training and enter into a nursing specialty working in one of pediatrics, child & youth mental health, perinatal, oncology, or adult mental health nursing.

 

 

All new employees who are new graduates and hired as a registered nurse (RN) or registered psychiatric nurse (RPN) will be placed into a regular or temporary position, with a minimum 0.7 part-time-employee (FTE) to full-time hours for the first six months of employment.

 

 

Nursing shifts are days, evenings, and nights, usually 8 or 12 hours, with shifts varying by unit/department.

Wage: $40.21 – $57.78 per hour 

 

 

A first in Canada: minimum Nurse‑to‑Patient Ratios (mNPRs) are being introduced in B.C.! The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), alongside B.C.'s other regional health authorities, is implementing mNPRs as a transformative staffing initiative that aims to improve the working environment of nurses in order to provide better quality care to our patients.

 

 

This posting covers all “New Grad” opportunities for all locations and facilities within Provincial Health Services Authority. Opportunities for New Grad RN/RPNs are at the following areas/locations:

 

 

BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services:

Correctional Health Services 

  • Locations include: Coquitlam, Surrey, Maple Ridge, Prince George, Oliver, Kamloops, Victoria, and Nanaimo

Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Coquitlam

 

Forensic Regional Clinics

  • Locations include: Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Nanaimo, Prince George, Kamloops, and Kelowna

 

Red Fish Healing Centre, Coquitlam

 

Heartwood Centre for Women, Vancouver

 

Provincial Assessment Centre, Coquitlam

 

 

BC Cancer:

  • Regional Cancer Centres:  Abbotsford, Kelowna, Prince George, Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria

 

BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver

 

 

Sunny Hill Health Centre

  • Acute Rehabilitation Unit

BC Women’s Hospital + Health Care

Requirements for both Postpartum & the Birthing Unit include:

o   Completion of BCIT's Perinatal Theory 1 course or equivalent

o   Current CPR and Newborn Resuscitation Certification (NRP)

o   Breastfeeding course, minimum 6 hours, in the last 2 years 

  • NICU - Next intake is July 2026. Accepting applicants from April 1, 2026.

Requirements:

o   Current adult CPR and/or Newborn Resuscitation Certification

o   **Neonatal Theory 1 from BCIT

 

**Preferred

 

 

What you’ll do:

  • Plan and direct care in accordance with the care plan.
  • Provide nursing assessments, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation relating to real or potential health problems in patients.
  • Collect and document patient health care information.
  • Consult with nurses, family members, members of the interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals.
  • Support patients with psychosocial, life, and personal care skills.
  • Administer medications and monitor patient reactions to treatment and changes in physical and mental status; consult a physician as required.
  • Refer patients to other health care professionals and programs.
  • Maintain accurate computerized and paper records in accordance with established procedures and policies

What you bring:

  • Have graduated from a nursing program in the last 18 months, and have not previously participated in a New Grad Program with a BC Health Authority
  • Have provisional or practicing registration as a registered nurse/registered psychiatric nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
  • For positions with BC Children's Hospital Operating Room, Emergency Department (Mental Health), Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Heartwood Centre for Women and the Forensic Regional Clinics current CPR Training – Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) – Level 1 is required
  • For positions with BC Cancer current CPR (Level C) certification is required.
  • Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
  • Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
  • Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities impacting indigenous communities and familiarity with Indigenous Cultural Safety and anti-racism and accompanying reports (BC DRIPA, TRC, etc.).

What we bring:

 

PHSA programs provide care and services through specialized hospitals and centres across B.C. PHSA works in partnership with the province's health authorities and health-care professionals to improve access to evidence-informed practice closer to where people live and to effectively promote health, manage chronic conditions and reduce the burden of illness.

 

From conducting ground-breaking research to training tomorrow's professionals, to setting province-wide standards, to providing top-notch, compassionate patient care, our leaders, health professionals and staff consistently seek system-wide improvements with an emphasis on prevention, health promotion and protection.

  • Use state-of-the-art technology and the latest, evidence-based treatments.
  • Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
  • Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
  • Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package (as applicable), including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
  • Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
  • Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.

 

What we do

 

PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

 

 

 

Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services

 

 

 

PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

 

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.

 

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

 

Privacy Policy

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) respects your right to privacy and takes seriously its responsibilities regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. Personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of BC, section 26 (c). The personal information that we collect from you or about you when applying for a job with PHSA will be used to assess your qualifications and suitability as a potential employee of PHSA, as well as for the purposes of recruitment and onboarding. We may also collect and use additional personal information provided by you or your references in the course of the evaluation and hiring process that will become part of your employment file if you are a successful candidate.

Your contact information, education and experience, desired job location and pay information, eligibility and availability, core skills, job functions, getting to know you responses, resumes, cover letters, references, pre-screening questionnaire responses and job application history is recorded in PHSA’s third-party applicant tracking system (“Brainhunter”)in Canada indefinitely and will be shared with our staff on a “need to know” basis. If you require access to your data, PHSA can provide a printout of your data and job application history. We do not sell or rent the information you provide to us to third parties. However, we do contract with a service provider to assist us in maintaining and managing our databases and to communicate with job applicants. We do not authorize this third party to make any other use of your information.

The service provider (“Brainhunter”) allows the option for you to delete your account after signing into the system. Before deletion you are advised with a warning. Your record is permanently purged / deleted from the respective site and the record will not be available in any searches. The job will have only the respective application information that you made previously.

To view the third party vendor privacy policy please refer https://www.brainhunter.com/EN/Privacypolicy.html.

Under certain circumstances, some personal information may be disclosed pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of B.C. For example, where we believe in good faith that the law requires disclosure of such information in response to legal process and law enforcement rights. Security measures have been integrated into the design, implementation and day-to-day operating practices as part of PHSA's continuing commitment to the protection of personal information it holds. View our PHSA Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about the management of your personal information during the recruitment process, please contact the Manager, Talent Acquisition at 604-875-7251, toll free 1-866-744-7363 or #260 – 1770 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V6J 4Y6. You may also contact External Recruitment at careers@phsa.ca.