RN Community Health Services

Island Health; Parksville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Canada is seeking a Registered Nurse with at least two years of experience to join their team in Parksville. The successful candidate will provide client-centered care, conduct client assessments, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals. Knowledge of community health and effective communication skills are essential. This position offers a dynamic work environment focused on trauma-informed and culturally safe practices.

Qualifications

• Experience required: 2 years in a related field.
• Valid BC driver's license necessary.
• Demonstrated nursing care through evidence-based guidelines.

Skills

Client-focused care

Communication skills

Trauma-informed care

Time management

Care planning

Community health practice

Professional development

Research integration

Equipment operation

Diagnostic reasoning

Education

Registered Nurse registrant with BC College

Job description

Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant. Two years' recent related experience or equivalent combination of education training and experience.

Valid BC driver's license.

Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrates ability to provide client-focused, trauma-informed and culturally safe care.
• Demonstrates ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning) and provide nursing care through evidence-based guidelines.
• Demonstrates effective written, electronic and verbal communication to facilitate inter-professional collaborative practice, healthy environments, and a respectful workplace for client, staff, students and partners / affiliates.
• Demonstrates ability to instruct clients and others about topics essential to health care and well-being.
• Demonstrates ability to manage time and resources effectively.
• Demonstrates ability to apply knowledge of care planning and care coordination, including knowledge of community programs and services
• Demonstrates knowledge of community health practice, chronic disease management, geriatric and palliative nursing practice within a client and care giver centred care approach.
• Demonstrates ability to demonstrate self-awareness, developing and implementing own learning goals for continuous learning and professional development.
• Demonstrates ability to use factual information, prior learning and basic principles and procedures to support decisions and actions with relevant research-based evidence.
• Informs, applies and integrates research and evidence-based best practice related to nursing and health-related disciplines and the humanities, arts and sciences disciplines into professional practice.
• Demonstrates ability to operate related equipment and technology including relevant computer applications.
• Demonstrates ability to perform the duties of the position.