Registered Nurse (C)

About Newmont

At Newmont, we’re not just a world-leading gold and metals producer – we’re a team united by our commitment to shaping a more inclusive, sustainable, and responsible mining industry. Joining us means becoming part of a global, diverse workforce where everyone is valued, empowered, and encouraged to grow. Our people are the heart of our success, bringing exceptional skill, integrity, and dedication to everything we do as an organization and we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

About Brucejack

Our Brucejack Gold Mine, a high-grade underground mine in beautiful northern British Columbia, is located approximately 65 kilometres north of Stewart. Brucejack is a fly-in/fly-out operation with pick-up points across Western Canada, making it easy for people from different places to join us. We work closely with local First Nations communities including the Nisga’a, Tahltan, Gitanyow, and Gitxsan, to build respectful partnerships and celebrate our shared community.

As a member of the Brucejack family, we put your health, comfort, and safety first. You’ll stay in private rooms with individual washrooms, enjoy balanced meals prepared by our exceptional culinary team, and have access to a 24-hour snack and sandwich bar. We also have plenty of ways for you to relax and stay active, with a gym, fitness classes, a golf simulator, and seasonal activities like snowshoeing and hiking. For creative downtime, our music room is a fully equipped space where you can play or listen to music. Our Brucejack Recreation Committee, run by employees on a volunteer basis, organizes activities and events to make camp life fun and bring people together. The committee also plans holiday decorations, charity raffles, and outdoor events, helping create a warm and friendly community. 

 

Purpose

 

The RN(C) addresses the primary health care needs of the camp population. RNCs have extensive and experience working within industrial camps, remote communities, and First Nations populations. The RNC is the lead camp medical resource and work closely with the medical team to ensure the highest quality care is delivered. RNCs have an independent scope of practice that allows prescription and dispensing of a wide range of medications (including antibiotics) to address a range of cardiovascular, respiratory, GI, musculoskeletal, skin, dental and ears, nose, and throat ailments. RNCs independently dispense medications and escalate care when required.

Our Brucejack Health & Safety team is now recruiting for the position of Registered Nurse with a competitive wage of $53-59 per hour, dependent on experience, skills, and competencies with consideration to internal equity.

Essential Duties

 

  • Provide clinical care to patients
  • Provide critical care and emergency procedures to stabilize patients 
  • Manage patient care with the patient's health foremost but mitigating impact on the Northern Health care system
  • Assess patients prior to dispensing Over-the-Counter (OTC) medications
  • Ability to administer appropriate pain medication within scope and consultation with physician support (morphine, Toradol, etc)  
  • Ability to suture if required  
  • Securely store prescription medications and monitor and manage clinic inventory  
  • Maintain medical records  
  • Prepare various reports for Mine Management and Northern Health
  • Oversee inventory of all clinic related supplies and complete requisitions for purchase of additional supplies as needed  
  • Maintain patient records in such a way that patient confidentiality is assured
  • Liaise with off-site health care providers at the regional hospitals and in employees home communities 
  • Overseeing communicable disease management
  • Comfortable with on-call and after hours services when required to support healthcare needs at site 
  • Assuring quality patient care by adhering to relevant therapeutic and medical standards and regulations, and measuring health outcomes of individual patients against pre-determined healthcare goals.  
  • Resolving patient healthcare problems by utilising multidisciplinary team strategies.
  • Maintaining a safe and clean working environment by complying with relevant procedures, rules and regulations and calling for assistance from additional ESO medic staff where necessary
  • Administrating required dosage of medication to patients and operating any medical equipment designed to assist their healthcare outcomes.  
  • Ensure Injury Management process is strictly adhered to as per Injury Management and return to work procedure.  
Training & Experience
  • Minimum of 5-10 years of experience as an RN preferably in Emergency or Rural setting.  
  • Remote Certified Practice (with minimum 3 year experience) would be an asset.
  • CPR 
  • ACLS
  • EPICC/TNCC
  • Registered in BC in good standing.
  • Experience with liaising with/for patient transfers.
  • Comfortable in autonomous practice where resources are limited. 
  • Able to work at remote location (camp) on 15-days-on, 13-days-off schedule
  • Must be able to lift/move up to 50lbs throughout a work shift.
  • Be able maintain high levels of performance over 12-hour shifts.
  • Able to work in areas of extreme weather conditions.
  • Able to work in close quarters with the team.
Working Conditions

 

We are committed to ensuring that our team members are kept healthy and safe. To achieve this, we provide comfortable on-site accommodations with private washrooms, including excellent balanced meals prepared by our culinary team. Team members can expect access to TV and Wi-Fi, our on-site gym and a variety of recreational activities including a golf simulator, high-intensity fitness classes, yoga classes, seasonal snowshoeing, and hiking groups. You will also have access to a fully equipped music room while on site.   

All our team members are also rewarded with a host of great benefits, including:

  • Travel allowance and arrangements made for transportation to and from site.
  • Competitive hourly rate dependent on experience, skills, and qualifications
  • Ongoing training with continuous growth and development opportunities

 

It is important to note that the safety and wellbeing of our team is our top priority. As such, we promote a drug and alcohol-free work environment through the use of mandatory pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

At Newmont, our commitment to diversity and inclusion ensures that everyone can work to their full potential, free from discrimination, while respecting the cultures, religions, and governance of the regions in which we operate. Guided by our values of Safety, Integrity, Sustainability, Responsibility, and Inclusion we are dedicated to creating a culturally rich and supportive environment.

The expected hourly rate for this role is CA$53-59/hour. This range is tied to the British Columbia market for jobs performed in British Columbia. The salary offer to the successful candidate will be based on job-related education, training, and/or experience.  The salary offer will not be based on a candidate’s pay history at other jobs, and by law, Newmont will not seek information about pay history, and candidates should not share such information with Newmont.

For our Brucejack employees, we also offer a competitive and inclusive benefits package to support the physical, mental, financial and emotional wellbeing of employees. This role will be eligible for various benefits, including: medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance; health care spending account; life, accidental death and dismemberment, and critical illness insurance; short-term and long-term disability; DC pension; employee assistance program (EAP); wellbeing reimbursement program; tuition reimbursement; and paid time off.  All bonuses and benefits are subject to the applicable eligibility and program/plan terms, and may be modified or terminated at Newmont’s sole discretion. 

If you share our values and feel you can make a meaningful contribution, we encourage you to apply through the below link.

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