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The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42/Hr. - CAD $55.91/Hr.

Come work as a Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join the team at Little Mountain Place in Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!

As a Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Long Term Care you will:

• Use sound judgment and apply critical thinking skills in providing resident care to predominantly older residents in a Long Term Care setting, both by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate expertise and leadership in nursing practice and coordinate the implementation of clinical interventions and evaluation of resident outcomes based on resident goals of care.
• Act as a resource for the interdisciplinary team by providing information and coordination of ongoing resident care.
• Support the work of RCA’s and LPN’s and support cohesive team work to ensure resident-centered care.
• Enhance quality of life of the resident/family.
• Consult, confer, and collaborate with other health care providers.
• Maintain and advance your own clinical competence.
• Participate on designated committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.

Relocation Assistance may be available.

Education & Experience

• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Completion of an approved gerontology course or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to residents who may have chronic diseases.
• Demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology of common medical conditions, aging changes, polypharmacy, treatment protocols, and nursing interventions related to common diagnoses and specific care situations related to care of adults living in Long Term Care.
• Demonstrated ability to provide nursing assessments & interventions related to common diagnoses and specific care situations relevant to residents.
• Demonstrated ability in recognizing physical adaptations required to accommodate the frail elderly and/or physically impaired resident population.
• Demonstrated ability in End of Life care approaches, embedding Palliative Approach in Care (EPAC) in long term care.
• Demonstrated ability in Chronic Disease Management.
• Demonstrated ability in correct usage of equipment such as lifts, oxygen, suction machines, pumps, and other related equipment.
• Demonstrated ability in developing care plans and able to implement care in relation to resident and family priorities.
• Demonstrated skill in the assessment and management of residents with acute/chronic pain management.
• Demonstrated skill in safe care & management of residents with Oxygen Therapy; VAC Dressing; Wound Care, Catheters, Ostomy Care, Tracheostomy Care, Ventilator Management.
• Demonstrated skill in performing RN autonomous scope of practice and standards of care relevant to designated patient/client population.

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes. Successful applicants may be required to complete a Criminal Records Review Check. As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan.
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities.
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families.
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers.

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us.