Make us your choice

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Make us your choice
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Overview

• Northern Health
• Nursing opportunities
• What do we offer you
• Lifestyle choices

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Summary of the Organization

• December 2001 (16 boards into 1)
• 520 million annual budget
• Public Health Prevention
• Mental Health Addiction Services
• Hospitals Health Centers
• Home Community Care
• Aboriginal Health
• 7,000 plus employees
• Health Service Delivery Areas
• North West
• Northern Interior
• North East
• 300,000 northerners
• 40,000 First Nations

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Community View

• The area served by Northern Health covers nearly
  2/3rds of the province of British Columbia
• The vast geography, the small widely distributed
  population, and the differing needs of each
  community present unique challenges

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Northeast
Northwest
Northern Interior
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Northwest
Northern Interior
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Organizational View

• The vision of Northern Health is to be a model
  of excellence in rural health care.
• The mission of Northern Health is as follows
  Northern Health will build and strengthen the
  health of communities, relationships, and people
  in Northern BC
• Values
• Northern Health is committed to improving the
  health of all the people of Northern British
  Columbia.
• This will be achieved through
• A spirit of collaboration and strengthening of
  communities.
• It will be done with
• Honesty and integrity
• Accountable decision making and a culture of
  respect.
• There will be a commitment to
• Learning and innovation and continuous
  improvement.

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Northern Health Realizing the Vision

• Major health initiatives
• Chronic Disease Prevention Management
• Primary Health Care including Nurse Practitioners
• Palliative Care
• MORE OB (Managing Obstetrical Risk Efficiently)
• Cancer Control Program
• Aboriginal Health
• Research
• NH collaborates with UNBC on research development
  and
• research utilization/ knowledge exchange
  initiatives
• Northern Medical Program
• Enhances Northern Health as a teaching
  environment
• Clinical Information System
• Health Link North is a Central Information System
  and
• will change the experience of health care for
  both the
• patient and the practitioner

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Northern Health's Nursing Workforce

• Registered Nurses currently make up approximately
  28 of the NH workforce or 1,600 employees.
• The nurses working in Northern Health are
  represented by the British Columbia Nurses Union
  (BCNU).
• Starting wage of RN 27.85
• Northern Health nurses work in a variety of acute
  and community care settings and represent a broad
  spectrum of areas of practice within the
  organization.

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From Student to New Graduate

• You are about to make many important decisions
• The choices you make now will impact
• Your career path
• Your lifestyle
• Your debt load

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At Northern Health we have something special to
offer

• An environment that is supportive as you
  transition from
• a new graduate to an experienced registered nurse
• Preceptorship program
• Orientation
• On-going education and professional development
• Development of mentorship program
• A positive learning environment
• Palliative Care
• Rural Perinatal Education Program
• Perioperative Course
• Gerontology
• Diabetic Nurse Educator Certificate
• Critical Care Course
• Leadership management training
• Mental Health

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At Northern Health we have something special to
offer

• Northern Health Nursing grant of 2,000
• Up to 3000 in additional grant monies is
  available
• depending upon the community chosen. (Pending
  funding approval for 2008).
• Eligibility for BC provincial loan forgiveness
• For more information please go to the
  StudentAidBC site
• www.aved.gov.bc.ca/studentaidbc
• Offers of full-time, part time or casual
  employment
• Our relocation assistance is at the top of our
  industry
• Tuition reimbursement of 500 per year to support
  ongoing education

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At Northern Health we dont just create jobs we
develop careers

• New Graduate RNs hired into full-time, part-time
  and casual positions at Northern Health
• gt 2005 - 52
• gt 2006 - 67
• gt 2007 - 75
• The graduates were hired to Prince Rupert,
  Terrace, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof, Prince
  George, Quesnel, Dawson Creek and Ft. St. John
• The new graduates accepted positions in areas of
  medicine, surgery, child and family, psychiatry,
  complex /residential care, public health, mental
  health and rural nursing.
• In 2008 Northern Health will offer similar
  positions

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Lets consider your lifestyle

This is our backyard
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Bang for your buck

• Average house price 200,000

• Average rental rate 750 - 900 Square Feet

• For housing prices in specific areas of Northern
  Health please call 1-877-905-1155

Its not how much you make, but how much you
save that determines your financial success!
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Bang for your buck

• Average house price 200,000

• Average rental rate 750 - 900 Square Feet

• For housing prices in specific areas of Northern
  Health please call 1-877-905-1155

Its not how much you make, but how much you
save that determines your financial success!
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Choose Northern Health

• For the opportunities
• For the challenge
• For the lifestyle

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Good Luck as you embark on your nursing career
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Questions contact recruitment at toll free
1-877-905-1155 or visit our web site at
www.northernhealth.ca