20 Oct
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver
Primary Health Care Clinic Nurse, Registered Nurse (RN) - DTES Youth Outreach Team
Job ID 2024-133180
City Vancouver
- Work Location
- VCH DTES youth outreach team
- Department
- Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach
- Work Area
- Outreach Primary Care
- Supplementary Job Title
- Primary Care
- Home Worksite
- 12 - Vancouver Community
- Labour Agreement
- Nurses' Bargaining Association
- Union
- 200 - Nurses BCNU
- Position Type
- Casual
- Job Status
- Casual
- FTE
- 0.00
- Standard Hours / Week
- 0.01
- Job Category
- Nursing
- Salary Grade
- L3
- Min Hourly
- CAD $41.42/Hr.
- Max Hourly
- CAD $55.91/Hr.
- Shift Times
- 0900-1900
- Days Off
- Saturday, Stats, Sunday, Various
- Position Start Date
- As soon as possible
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42/Hr. - CAD $55.91/Hr.
Job Summary
Come work as a Primary Health Care Clinic Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) to join the Dowtown Eastside Youth Outreach team in Vancouver, BC. Apply today to join our team!
As a Primary Health Care Clinic Nurse with VCH you will:
- provides primary health care services, including clinical nursing, health promotion and prevention, in inter-disciplinary clinic settings to clients of all ages who meet the mandate for service within the Primary Health Care Clinic.
- Consult, confer, and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, educational resources and other health care professionals/providers in the coordination of health services for clients and in the achievement of excellence in client-centered care and education.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
- Two (2) years’ experience that includes recent community health and clinic nursing; experience working with clients of all ages including antepartum and postpartum women, infants, children and youth or, an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to speak a second language may be required and will be noted on the posting if required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Comprehensive knowledge of community health nursing theory and practice within a client and family centred model of care.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice for registered nurses.
- Working knowledge of normal growth and development, family theory, multicultural health issues and practices, principles of health education/promotion, and determinants of health and community development practices.
- Working knowledge of maternal/infant/early childhood and family health and communicable disease control including sexually transmitted diseases.
- Working knowledge of immunization protocols.
- Working knowledge of facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution techniques and demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to provide community health and clinical nursing strategies to a variety of client groups in multiple settings.
- Comprehensive knowledge of community resources available for client/family support and related health services.
- Comprehensive knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in patient care.
- Broad knowledge of research process and methodology.
- Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with, and deal effectively with, co-workers, physicians, other health care staff, clients and their families, and outside agencies.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events.
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and prioritize work.
- Demonstrated skill in the use of medical equipment and supplies appropriate to clinic nursing.
- Demonstrated ability to critically read and utilize current health research in evidence based practice.
- Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Basic computer literacy.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Closing Statement
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. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.
WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?
VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families.
We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.
- 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. We support equitable practices,
diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.
Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.
***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***
Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.
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