Licensed Practical Nurse

Description

We are currently seeking Licensed Practical Nurses for a casual position. This role could be perfect for you if you work best in a team‑oriented, dynamic work environment and are willing to adapt throughout the developmental stages of this new start‑up facility. This means, we need your creativity, flexibility, collaboration, and passion to help develop and deliver high quality, patient‑centered care.

What you’ll be doing:

The Licensed Practical Nurse provides direct health care services to patients presenting with a wide variety of complex addictions and mental health issues. Working within scope of practice, you will perform physical, addiction, and mental status assessments; refer patients to the physician for further examination; and administer prescribed treatments and medications. You will observe, monitor, evaluate, and document patient progress, symptoms, and behavioural changes, and perform a variety of health care interventions.

You’ll also provide counselling, education, and support using a motivational and health promotion approach and work collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, the family, and the community.

• Implement the principles and practices of a patient and family centered recovery model in mental health and addictions treatment
• Conduct comprehensive mental health and addiction risk assessments, formulate treatment and discharge plans, and provide crisis intervention
• Communicate and collaborate with patients and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self‑care, and prognosis
• Assess patients daily for care needs and follow up; consult with doctors and clinical team members about patient care
• Collaborate with patients and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients, families, and communities
• Analyze and synthesize all available information for the development of an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with other care providers, patients, and families
• Identify and respond appropriately to legal and ethical issues that may arise in patient care.
• Conduct day‑to‑day care delivery to patients and administer medications
• Provide nursing intervention as required and determine when health care needs to be escalated to other health professionals
• Coordinate referrals to appropriate health resources; liaise with health practitioners and agencies for the planning and implementation of health care
• Advocate for the patient
• Perform appropriate clinical monitoring
• Evaluate efficacy of care and treatment plans and adjust as necessary
• Intervene in emergencies, crises, or violent situations, according to the needs of the patient and family
• Document assessments and patient progress, keep records current and complete documentation on time
• Mentor and act as a preceptor for students as required

What we are looking for:

• Licensed Practical Nurse Diploma
• Current full practicing licensure with the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP)
• Completion of Non‑violent Crisis Intervention course preferred
• Current First Aid/CPR Certification for health care providers (Level 1 or greater)
• Demonstrated ability to deal with a variety of situations and responsibilities requiring initiative, creativity, and professional judgment
• Ability to work with patients with mental health and substance abuse issues
• Knowledge of community, social, and mental health resources
• Ability to effectively manage conflict situations and aggressive behaviour, and use non‑violent crisis intervention and behavioural management techniques

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID‑19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Homewood Ravensview requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID‑19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.

Homewood Health promotes a fair and competitive compensation model. Pay rates are tailored to reflect differences in operating environments and job requirements. Compensation is influenced by many factors including compensation principles or approach for a role or job function, organizational tenure, experience, qualifications or premium skills, external competitiveness, internal comparability, geography and work performance.
Pay range for this position is $34.20- $46.40/hour.

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity‑seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.