Registered Nurse, PATH (Patient Assessment & Transition to Home) - Carelife Fleetwood (Surrey, BC)

Fraser Health; Surrey; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as a Casual Registered Nurse in Surrey, BC, where you’ll provide exceptional care to patients and their families. This role emphasizes collaboration with an interprofessional team, allowing you to assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans while promoting patient education and self-management. Experience the rewarding environment of Fraser Health, an organization committed to diversity, respect, and excellence in healthcare. With ample opportunities for growth and advancement, this is your chance to make a significant impact in the community and be part of a team that truly values its members.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized nursing program and current RN registration required.
• Strong assessment, planning, and communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement nursing care for patients based on established standards.
• Collaborate with patients and families to develop care plans.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Care Planning

Chronic Disease Management

Effective Communication

Teaching Skills

Organizational Skills

Team Collaboration

Equipment Operation

Physical Ability

Education

Graduation from an approved school of Nursing

Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour.
Job Summary

We’re hiring Casual Registered Nurses, PATH (Patient Assessment & Transition to Home) to join our team at Carelife Fleetwood located in Surrey, BC.

Surrey is one of Canada’s fastest growing cities and its land mass makes it one of the largest cities in the province, equal to the size of Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby combined.

Known as the City of Parks, Surrey has over 6,000 acres of parkland and 15 golf courses and driving ranges. Despite rapid growth, Surrey has held onto the rural flavour of its past, with about 35 per cent of its land designated as agricultural and still actively farmed.

Come work with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, value diversity in the workforce and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

Detailed Overview

Provides nursing care to patients according to established standards of practice and administrative policies; assesses patient's physical and psychological needs to identify problems; plans, implements and documents the care plan for an individual and/or group of patients.

Responsibilities

1. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for patients and/or a group of patients based on nursing knowledge consistent with established standards of practice and hospital policies; identifies actual or potential problems and strengths; plans and performs interventions and evaluates patient outcomes; makes adjustments to care plan as required, in collaboration with members of the interprofessional team.
2. Collaborates and consults with patients, their families and the interprofessional team regarding the patient care plan by encouraging patient and family participation, identifying issues and care solutions, explaining the care plan and resolving issues.
3. Plans and provides teaching to patients and their families by identifying health-related learning needs to promote, enable and encourage individuals to actively participate in their care plan and accomplish their care plan goals; provides related teaching and/or refers patient to appropriate resources such as respiratory therapy, home health, palliative care and/or cardiac rehabilitation, as needed.
4. Maintains patient records and documents care provided to the patient by collecting information such as nursing observations, interventions, teaching, care evaluations and patient responses as per established policy and professional standards of practice; reports significant change or findings to the physician, Manager or other health care provider as required.
5. Initiates discharge planning for patients on admission; intervenes as appropriate and refers patient to other disciplines as needed; acts as an advocate to protect and promote the patient's right to autonomy, respect, dignity and access to information.
6. Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors and staff adhering to hospital standards and other policies such as infection control, fire and other emergency procedures.
7. Participates in the planning, implementation and/or evaluation of quality improvement activities and research by identifying patient care issues and collecting relevant data; generates recommendations for alternative approaches to nursing care and identifies appropriate corrective action.
8. Participates in the orientation and ongoing education of nursing staff and students by providing information and acting as a preceptor, as appropriate.
9. Utilizes appropriate human and material resources in a cost-effective manner in the delivery of patient care.
10. Participates as an active member on nursing and/or hospital committees, interprofessional conferences and councils for improvement of patient care.
11. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Graduation from an approved school of Nursing and current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to assess patients and apply assessments to determine appropriate patient care interventions
• Ability to develop and implement a comprehensive plan of care
• Knowledge of chronic management models
• Ability to teach and promote chronic disease self-management
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in a continuously changing environment
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of an interprofessional care team
• Ability to teach patients, their families and students
• Ability to deal with others effectively including developing and maintaining rapport with patients, families and other health care providers
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.