Here are some of the reasons why Providence Health Care was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):

• Providence Health Care organizes a unique practice-based research challenge, an annual competition that engages clinical staff in drafting research proposals to answer clinical or care related questions -- successful teams receive funding to complete their research ($5,000), with some proposals leading to practice changes and improvements in patient care
• Providence Health Care maintains progressive time-off policies to promote work-life balance, offering four weeks of starting vacation allowance, up to five paid personal days for most employees, and 18 paid sick days annually
• Providence Health Care provides a range of resources and internal programs to support positive mental health, including self-care strategies, an annual health and wellness fair, activities during Mental Health Week, and an internal mental health and wellness toolkit

Here are some of the reasons why Providence Health Care was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2025):

• Providence Health Care offers an employed student nurse program for registered nurse and registered practical nurse students -- the program allows students to consolidate the knowledge and skills they learned in school while gaining increased exposure to the clinical setting -- additionally, a dedicated educator provides orientation and mentorship throughout the duration of the program
• Providence Health Care fosters development with the Practice-Based Research Challenge, an annual competition open to all point-of-care clinical staff, where teams collaborate to create a research proposal to answer clinical or care-related questions -- participants receive training support and mentorship, and winning teams receive $5,000 each to carry out their research
• Providence Health Care offers a unique in-house training program to support registered nurses in obtaining their perioperative nursing specialization -- the 24-week program combines online learning, classroom sessions and clinical rotations with coverage of various surgical specialities, and leads to a full-time position in the operating room upon program completion