Home Care Licensed Practical Nurse (ouf)

Ha-Shilth-Sa; Tofino; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Pension

Professional development

Job summary

Ha-Shilth-Sa in Tofino, BC, is seeking a term (to April 30, 2026), full-time Licensed Practical Nurse to provide a full continuum of Community Home care Nursing services in the Central Region, with travel across Nuu-chah-nulth territories.

The LPN will work from Tofino within the Nuu-chah-nulth Nursing framework to deliver culturally safe, relational and trauma-informed care, coordinating with Home Care RN to support children, families and communities throughout assignments.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a recognized practical nursing education program.
• Current License and registration with the BCCNP.
• Familiarity with relational, reflective, cultural safety, and trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive health care to individuals in community-based settings with emphasis on health education, prevention, and clinical intervention.
• Establish therapeutic relationships and perform foot care, wound care, diabetes care, catheter/bowel care, palliative care, and medication management.
• Identify LPN scope tasks to conduct client safety assessments and develop care plans with direction from Home Care RN.
• Provide assessment-based care and education to build on client, family, and community strengths.
• Assess community health needs and use local information and statistics.

Skills

Cultural safety

Team collaboration

Chronic disease management

Education

Practical nursing diploma

Tools

Mustimuhw cEMR

Panorama

Job description

The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is seeking a term (to April 30, 2026), full time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide a full continuum of Community Home care Nursing services to individuals in a variety of community-based settings in the Central Region. Our Nursing services follow the Nuu-chah-nulth Nursing framework that ensures culturally safe, relational, reflective and trauma informed Nursing Practice. This position is based out of Tofino and would require travel to Nuu-chah-nulth territories (including by vehicle on logging gravel, helicopter, floatplane and boat).

Responsibilities Include

• Provide comprehensive health care to children and families living or visiting Port Alberni with an emphasis on healthy living, illness prevention, health education, chronic disease management, and clinical intervention.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with clients requiring foot care, skin & wound care, diabetes care, catheter/bowel care, palliative care, chronic disease management, medication management, etc.
• Identify tasks within the LPN scope to conduct client safety assessments and to create care and service plans with direction from the Home Care RN for community members.
• Provide care and education services that are assessment based and designed to build on client, family, and community strengths.
• Assess community health needs using local knowledge and information, morbidity, mortality, and general health status statistical information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate from a recognized practical nursing education program
• Current License and registration with the BCCNP
• Knowledge of relational practice, reflective practice, cultural safety, and trauma-informed care
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively within a Health team structure
• Effective at planning, charting, and focusing on quality service delivery
• Experience working with First Nations will be considered an asset.
• Prefer recent related experience working with children, youth and families or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Familiarity with Panorama, Mustimuhw cEMR, or other related electronic medical record charting system will be considered an asset.
• Must have a valid BC Driver’s licence, access to a reliable vehicle, and able to travel within the region.
• Provide acceptable work references and RCMP criminal record check.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary based on qualifications and experience- $63,000 - $79,000.
• Comprehensive benefits including health/dental coverage, pension and professional development.
• A supportive and culturally rich work environment with opportunities for growth.