Registered Nurse,Adult - Acute Care Elders Hospital Job Burnaby area,BC Canada,Nursing

Position: Registered Nurse, Older Adult - Acute Care for Elders Hospital
Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour

Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine, and mental health patients
New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
New acute care tower with 160 beds
New medical imaging department
New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety of health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, and plastics specialties.

Benefits

* Eligibility based on employment status

Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits:
Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
Generous Vacation Time:
Eligible employees can start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year.
Benefit Portability:
Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
Immediate Pension Enrollment:
Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
Maternity Top-Up:
Receive a top-up during maternity leave.
Trans Link Pass Subsidy:
Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes
Additional employee discounts and perks available

Detailed Overview

In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, and working collaboratively and in partnership with the interprofessional care team in the provision of person-centered care, the Registered Nurse provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing and evaluating nursing care to acutely ill elderly patients.

Responsibilities

Assesses patients within an acute care unit for elders and collects information from a variety of sources using skills of observation, communication, data review and physical assessment. Makes a nursing diagnosis of the patient's condition and determines whether the condition can be improved or resolved by an appropriate nursing intervention. Plans, performs and evaluates nursing interventions and care.

Collaborates with patients and their families/care givers in developing the care plan and encourages family participation in the development, implementation and ongoing modification of the care plan. Establishes a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust and respect, advocating for the patient's rights to privacy, dignity and access to information, and by ensuring the patient's choice and autonomy in decision making and care planning.

Participates in the care and discharge planning process for patients on admission by ensuring the care plan is established and implemented effectively, updating care plan and intervening as appropriate, collaborating with the interprofessional care team to ensure comprehensive care planning and delivery, and collaborating and communicating with the Patient Care Coordinator on issues that will affect the care/discharge plan.

Coordinates nursing care for the patient; sets priorities, assigns and delegates tasks to support staff, and makes referrals to the interprofessional care team according to established protocols and practice standards.

Collaborates with members of the interprofessional care team including Physicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Patient Care Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Educators, and other health care professionals/providers in the identification and resolution of issues, adjustments to care plans as required, and in regard to changes in patient condition.

Teaches patients and families/care givers about illness prevention, health restoration and health maintenance to help patients accomplish their health care goals. Assesses learning needs of the patient and family/care giver; provides information and…

Registered Nurse, Adult - Acute Care Elders Hospital