Primary Care Registered Nurse

PCFSA provides a range of counselling and social services for residents across South Vancouver Island. These include work with isolated seniors, individuals addressing family violence, youth outreach and email counselling, youth gang and exploitation prevention and intervention, family and couples counselling, counselling to address substance use, mental health counselling, and trauma therapy.

Job Title: Registered Nurse – Primary Care

Location: West Shore Community Health Center – 324 Goldstream Avenue

Wage: BCGEU Component 3 Community Social Services Grid 16-P-RN – currently $44.74 – $55.91 per hour

Hours: Permanent Part-Time 30 hours/week (.8 FTE)

Posting date: June 27, 2024

Anticipated start date: As Soon As Possible

Job Summary:

The Westshore Community Health Centre (WSCHC) is a multidisciplinary primary care center operated by Pacific Centre Family Services Association (PCFSA) which is designed to bring low-barrier, trauma-informed coordinated healthcare to the underserved populations of the Westshore and their families. With Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, and other allied health care providers, we provide comprehensive longitudinal team-based care to attached patients.

Reporting to the Director of Integrated Services, the Primary Care Nurse is a Registered Nurse working independently and collaboratively as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team. The Primary Care Nurse is responsible for providing direct patient care, health promotion, and outreach nursing services as part of an interdisciplinary team.

The Primary Care Nurse practices in accordance with relevant provincial legislation, nursing standards, the Practice and Professional Standards, and Code of Ethics as outlined by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), employer policies, procedures, guidelines, and other controls on practice. This position will be paid at Registered Nurse, Grid Level 16, Paraprofessional BCGEU wage grid.