RN Community Health Services - (223532)

Island Health; Nanaimo; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority in Canada is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide client-focused care with strong emphasis on trauma-informed practices. Qualifications include registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives and recent experience. Ideal candidates demonstrate effective communication, clinical assessment skills, and the ability to work within a collaborative team. This position requires a valid BC driver’s license and offers the opportunity for continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Two years' recent related experience or equivalent combination of education training and experience.
• Valid BC driver's license.

Skills

Patient care

Effective communication

Time management

Clinical assessments

Community health knowledge

Education

Registration with BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant

Tools

Medical equipment

Electronic health records

Job description

Overview

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) client and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

Qualifications: Education, Training And Experience

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.