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Why Nurses Pick CKHA?
A charming community with a wide variety of choices, Chatham-Kent opens its doors to welcome nursing professionals. You will also enjoy the small town friendliness and the wide variety of lifestyle and cultural pursuits. Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s acute care nursing options are in the following programs - Medicine, Surgery, Emergency/Ambulatory/Community Health, Mental Health, Women and Children’s Health and Rehab and Continuing Care.
We Offer
- clinical placements.
- a professional practice environment.
- we support an active Interprofessional Committee, as well as a Practice, Outcomes and Standards Committee for advancing professional practice issues organization-wide.
- a leading edge environment with award-winning state-of-the-art clinical technology to support electronic documentation and best practice.
- a lifelong learning environment offering both in-house educational and tuition reimbursement opportunities for staff to upgrade and continue to support their education.
- quality work/life balance. We realize the importance of achieving balance between your career and your life. CKHA offers a fi tness facility with cardio and strength-training equipment and various fitness classes.
- innovative Lunch ‘n Learn sessions to promote personal wellness
- linkage with large teaching centres through student placements, cross appointments of faculty and clinical research. Also partnered with WOHKN (Western Ontario Health Knowledge Network) which allows for real-time access to evidence/best practice.
- a smoke-free facility
- Employee Referral Program. If a position which has been indentified as “hard to fill” position is filled by a staff member who has helped recruit a friend of colleague for the position, the staff member receives a $1,000 referral bonus
We Are
- a 2010 Top 100 Employer in Canada
- proud to be an RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization (2009), demonstrating our commitment to best practice by continuously researching and implementing best practice guidelines.
- committed to patient safety participating in many safer healthcare now! initiatives and recipient of two national safety awards.
- rewarded with an overall patient satisfaction rate of over 94% and we continue to create and expand programs designed to meet the unique needs of Chatham-Kent’s population. Our philosophy of patient and family-centred care has provided us with higher levels of patient satisfaction.
- committed to providing extensive orientation training to our nursing staff as they work in various areas of care. We recognize, value and appreciate our nurses through continuing education, mentoring programs and employee appreciation awards.
- investing millions in capital expenditures including equipment and facilities.
- one of Chatham-Kent’s largest employers
- caring people, caring for people
We welcome inquiries
Contact us at
employopp@ckha.on.ca
(519) 437-6057 / fax (519) 437-6062
www.ckha.on.ca