RN​/RPN, Mental Health Emergency Hospital

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour
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. The 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 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.
Experience The Exceptional Benefits Of Working With Us Including   Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits:
Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
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 an 87% 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
Eligibility based on employment status
Detailed Overview  In accordance with the Mission and Values of Fraser Health and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), the RN/RPN, Mental Health Emergency, works collaboratively as part of an interprofessional team and within an evidence-based trauma and resiliency informed practice, the RN/RPN supports all aspects of therapeutic care of patients with behavioural , emotional and mental health presentations.

The RN/RPN performs physical and mental health assessments and provides appropriate nursing care, prescribed treatments, and medications in consultation with physicians and consultants. Observes, monitors, evaluates and documents client progress, symptoms and behavioural changes and performs a variety of health care interventions. Plans and coordinates patient assessment, care planning, patient and family teaching, and health promotion initiatives. Acts as an educational resource for the Emergency Department staff according to established policies, procedures, standards of practice, and philosophy at Fraser Health.
Responsibilities   Provides direct health care services to patient presenting with a wide variety and complexity of mental health presentations. Performs physical, psychosocial and mental health assessments, collaborates with physicians and allied health as required, administers prescribed treatments and medications according to policy.
Observes, monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress, symptoms and behavioural changes. Performs a variety of health care interventions, utilizing nursing skills and medical equipment including therapeutic interventions using a variety of modalities.
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