Clinician, Hospice Palliative Care - Home Health, Westminster

Position: Clinician, Hospice Palliative Care - Home Health, New Westminster
Location: New Westminster

Salary  CAD $49.20 - $67.08 per hour.

Job Summary  We are currently looking to fill a Casual opportunity for a Registered Nurse with Home Health located in New Westminster, B.C.
Benefits   Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits
Generous Vacation Time – up to four weeks to recharge and relax
Benefit Portability – seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer
Immediate Pension Enrollment – defined municipal pension plan from day one
Maternity Top-Up – 87% top-up during maternity leave
Trans Link Pass Subsidy – 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes
Additional employee discounts and perks available
Eligibility based on employment status.
Detailed Overview  Coordinates, screens and prioritizes hospice palliative client activities by assessing clients, consulting with the interdisciplinary team and coordinating client care across the continuum of care; acts as a clinical resource to other nurses and team members by providing clinical guidance and/or nursing consultation based on specialized theory, knowledge, education and practice in the designated clinical area; intervenes in client care provided by other nurses and/or healthcare providers, as required, to ensure that client outcomes are consistent with client care plans and the delivery of quality client care;

implements, evaluates and recommends clinical education plans for nurses and other staff in the designated clinical area to ensure staff are up to date on current evidence‑based practice, client care issues and research; provides nursing and clinical education/training through individual and/or group assessment of clinical skills, including the training of nursing staff to provide educational sessions; reviews and evaluates care plans that have been developed for clients and takes corrective action.
Responsibilities   Supports the interdisciplinary team by monitoring the standards of care provided to clients and acts as a clinical nurse resource to staff; assesses, demonstrates and directs the provision of care provided to the client by screening, assessing and prioritizing hospice palliative clients referrals to meet the client's needs; role models, coaches and/or mentors the interdisciplinary team members in the use of therapeutic communication skills and interaction with the client, client's family members and/or caregiver.
Coordinates and prioritizes client care activities by providing formal clinical consultations to nurses, interdisciplinary team members and students in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care provided to clients and their families across the continuum of care; reviews client needs and/or progress, troubleshoots and provides clinical guidance in the care management of the client by evaluating and modifying the client's care plan to better meet with expected clinical outcomes;

consults with staff regarding referral options to other healthcare professionals to better meet the clinical needs of the client/client's family.
Consults with the interdisciplinary team and other healthcare providers in the resolution of client care issues; provides feedback and assists nursing staff and interdisciplinary team members with critical thinking skills to better respond to client variances from established clinical guidelines/pathways; works with the nursing staff, client, client's family and caregiver to better understand, respond and minimize variances.
Coordinates the development and implementation of clinical education, training and/or orientation in the designated clinical area for each member of the interdisciplinary team to identify and determine learning requirements for each team member; reviews, measures and updates learning plan with staff against learning outcomes and implements applicable teaching/learning strategies consistent with the learning outcomes/objectives.
Assess individual and interdisciplinary team clinical skills by reviewing clinical competencies, practice changes and quality improvement indicators; designs, develops, implements and evaluates clinical education programs utilizing specialized theory and knowledge specific to hospice palliative care for individual and…