RN, Cardiac Inpatient Units or Cardiac Interventional Day Care; DCIU; ICRU Genera

RN, Cardiac Inpatient Units or Cardiac Interventional Day Care (DCIU; ICRU) - Chilliwack General Hospital

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

Join our rapidly growing organization and work alongside health professionals who excel in their fields. Your career growth and advancement will be supported by a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start), comprehensive health benefits, and a pension plan. You’ll have the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Fraser Health values diversity in the workforce and strives to maintain an environment of respect, caring, and trust, ensuring all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, the Registered Nurse provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care to patients in an acute medical unit.

• Assesses patients 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/caregivers 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 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 the 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/caregivers about illness prevention, health restoration and health maintenance to help patients accomplish their health care goals. Assesses learning needs of the patient and family/caregiver; provides information and demonstration of care activities to support self‑care and the discharge plan.
• Plans and discusses referral information with patient and their families/caregivers and, in collaboration with members of the interprofessional care team, initiates referrals to appropriate health care/community agencies.
• Documents assessments, nursing diagnosis, observations, interventions, patient/family responses, outcomes/evaluations, and referrals according to practice standards and Fraser Health procedures.
• Participates on nursing committees, care conferences and councils as assigned or as agreed to with the Manager.
• Participates in research and quality improvement activities by identifying patient care issues, collecting data, and identifying needs and recommendations for corrective action and changes to practices, procedures or protocols.
• Participates in and attends in‑services and other educational programs. Identifies own learning goals and maintains and updates current clinical competence and…