Nurse Practitioner - Embrace Clinic - Casual

Overview

Nurse Practitioner - Embrace Clinic - Casual role at Fraser Health Authority

Salary: CAD $59.56 - $85.62 / hour

Job Summary
:
Are you a compassionate, skilled Nurse Practitioner looking to make a real difference in the lives of others?
Embrace Clinic in Surrey, B.C. is calling on your clinical expertise and passion for trauma informed care to support individuals aged 13 and up who have experienced recent violence. As part of Fraser Health’s Forensic Nursing Service
, you’ll be at the forefront of providing culturally safe, patient-centered medical care. You’ll collaborate with a dynamic network of community organizations, legal services, and the Ministry of Child and Family Development all while helping shape the future of forensic medicine.

Why Join Us?

• Specialized Role:
  Deliver care that truly matters in a trauma-informed, research-driven environment.
• Cutting-Edge Training:
  Receive training in forensic medicine and contribute to innovative research.
• Collaborative Culture:
  Work alongside passionate professionals and community partners.
• Flexible
  
  Schedule:
  
  Casual position with regular 1-2 days per week and potential for more hours.
• Professional Growth:
  Ideal for independent, initiative-driven practitioners eager to learn and lead.

• Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients/residents for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner’s scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; provides first line care in emergencies.
• Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interprets reports of investigations and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment.
• Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow-up treatment; communicates with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses and priorities, outcomes and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients/residents in their responses to diseases, disorders and conditions.
• Collaborates and consults with physicians or other health care and social service providers as appropriate to assess and diagnose patient/client/resident status. Develops and implements treatment plans. May admit and discharge patients/clients/residents to facilities according to organizational policies.
• Prescribes drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions for Nurse Practitioners and within applicable employer policies and procedures.
• Assigns work to other nursing and health care personnel; evaluates work and provides education and supervision as necessary; hires staff, and evaluates staff performance.
• Participates in research contributing to improved patient/client/resident care and advances in nursing, health policy development and population health.
• Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for populations at risk.
• Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations, mentoring, role modeling and facilitating the exchange of knowledge in the classroom, the clinical setting and the community; fosters health care partnerships.
• Develops, implements and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing, interdisciplinary care, and health system practices.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education and Experience

Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Recent relevant clinical nursing experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Ability to communicate and collaborate with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self care and prognosis.
• Ability to collaborate, consult with and formally refer patients/clients/residents to physicians and other health professionals when appropriate.
• Ability to critically assess and evaluate health research literature to…