Nurse, Healthcare Nursing

Description

Status: Full Time position

Location: 138 13th St E, North Vancouver / In-clinic role

Registered Nurses are responsible for the provision of high quality care services for the THCC Family Health, Executive, Occupational and Travel Health Programs. Within our Executive, Occupation and Travel Health programs, you will be meeting with clients one-on-one to provide a variety of counseling, vaccinations, medications and general health advice to travelers going abroad. Regarding immunizations, you will be responsible to review each client’s medical history and discuss the BC’s Centre for Disease Control & Prevention requirements and/or recommendations for safe travel.

Within our Family Health program, you will be responsible for the assessment or care needs upon intake, triaging acute concerns, navigating appropriate services, disease prevention and health promotion as well as chronic and complex disease care and management.

As part of the team you’ll be responsible for the provision of family health nursing care to the population of clients seen in the family practice service and requires a thorough knowledge of primary care nursing within the scope of the British Columbia College or Nurses and Midwives (BCCCM). Areas of focus include: assessing care needs on intake, triage and navigation to appropriate services, disease prevention and health promotion, travel medicine, chronic and complex disease care management, collaboration with the physician and the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include:

• Individual patient assessment and treatment- health assessment, immunizations, procedures, regular patient follow-up to promote health and counsel on disease prevention, wound care
• Triage acute concerns and providing anticipatory guidance as needed
• Develop, assess, implement and evaluate care plans for all consultations
• In-depth knowledge of current guidelines, practice standards and medical directives
• Provide quality, safe, compassionate care to all clients
• Communicate and work effectively with all other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills
• Positive and results-focused attitude
• Ability to take initiative and demonstrate proactive/ preventative approaches to care

What you bring:

• BScN
  - Required
• Current RN certification and BC license in good standing
• First Aid/ CPR certification up to date
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience (private or public sector)
• BC CDC immunization course completed and up to date is an asset

Great-to-haves:

• ACLS certification
• Previous experience in primary care or acute care is an asset
• Computer skills are an asset (EMR, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)