Registered Nurse, Primary Care - Surrey

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; On-site; CAD 57,060 - 81,994; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority in Metro Vancouver seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver direct patient care in an Urgent Primary Care Centre. Candidates must have a Registered Nurse registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives and recent clinical experience. This role emphasizes client assessment, teamwork, and effective health communication, contributing to high-quality health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with BCCNM.
• 1 year recent experience in an acute or community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct nursing care to clients.
• Establishes therapeutic relationships with clients.
• Maintains clinical records and participates in quality improvement.

Skills

Client assessments

Effective communication

Problem-solving

Cultural sensitivity

Prioritization

Education

Registered Nurse registration

1 year clinical experience

Job description

Salary: CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour

Job Summary: We invite you to apply today and find out why more than 95% of new employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations.

Detailed Overview: In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, works collaboratively and as a member of an inter-professional team to provide direct patient care to clients of the Urgent Primary Care Centre.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct nursing care to clients receiving scheduled or urgent/timely primary care.
• Processes physician or nurse practitioner orders by initiating unit standing orders, administering medications, carrying out treatments and monitoring and documenting the effects.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship with the client through the use of interpersonal and interviewing techniques.
• Screens referrals, provides individualized client assessments, inter-professional care planning and interventions when appropriate and referral services for clients with multiple complex conditions.
• Develops a comprehensive shared client care plan, in collaboration with the inter-professional team, primary care provider, client and/or family, other healthcare providers and/or referring clinics.
• Provides direct planned and unplanned client care and identifies other care services required in accordance with applicable guidelines, policies and evidence-based best practice.
• Reviews client care plans, in collaboration with the inter-professional team/primary care provider to determine timing and referral to other services and/or interventions to improve client outcomes.
• Discusses clinical findings with client/family, in collaboration with the inter-professional team to develops action plans and sets goals directed at clinical needs, self -management, self-care and improved health-related quality of life.
• Supports clients and their families clinic visits by providing information through their decision-making process regarding treatment options.
• Arranges and participates in outreach nursing care to clients in their home setting or suitable alternative, as required.
• Provides health counselling to clients including education, self-management, self-monitoring and wellness/health promotion/prevention.
• Maintains clinical records such as intake screens, client assessments, clinical interventions, treatment formulations, care plans and progress notes.
• Maintains professional practice growth, knowledge and expertise to reflect current standards of practice.
• Participates in department quality improvement and risk management activities by identifying client care issues and collecting data.
• Participates in the orientation and ongoing education of nursing staff and students by providing information and acting as a preceptor as appropriate.
• Provides input in the development and revision of standards of care, policies and procedures and advocates for improvements in clinical practice, health care and health care services.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). One (1) year recent related clinical experience in acute care, urgent/emergency care or related clinical area including assessing and treating children, youth and adults in an acute or community/outpatient care setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills And Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments and provide nursing care through therapeutic interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data from multiple sources to problem-solve effectively.
• Knowledge of broad health care services, community resources agencies and their role in providing a continuum of care.
• Ability to promote client-focused care including sensitivity to diverse cultures and preferences.
• Ability to independently manage and prioritize clients with diverse healthcare issues.
• Ability to teach clients and others about topics essential to health care, health promotion and care self-management using care management principles.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of an interprofessional team.
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable 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.

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