Clinical Nurse Specialist; CNS- Inpatient Surgical

Salary

CAD $54.16 - $77.86 / hour

Clinical Nurse Specialty - Inpatient Surgical Services. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join the Learning Strategies and Professional Practice team and support Surgical In-patient Services in collaboration with the Surgical Network in Fraser Health. As highly trained experts, CNSs elevate the standard of care by integrating advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and innovation.

They work across interdisciplinary teams to provide guidance, develop evidence-based protocols, and drive improvements in patient outcomes. Join our team where you’ll provide clinical leadership to the care of patients in Fraser Health In-patient surgical settings. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic, and multitasking environment, this may be the right opportunity for you.

• Comprehensive, 100% employer-paid benefits
• Generous vacation time (up to four weeks)
• Benefit portability with other HEABC employers
• Immediate pension enrollment (defined municipal pension plan from day one)
• Maternity top-up: 87% during maternity leave
• Trans Link pass subsidy: 50% subsidy
• Additional employee discounts and perks
• Eligibility based on employment status

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health, including service delivery centered around patients/clients/residents and families. The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) supports expert nursing care to patients/residents/clients/families and functions as a clinical leader in a specialty area within a designated health service area, regional network, or designated clinical program as determined by the Executive Director, Clinical Operations. Provides leadership and focuses on improving client outcomes and quality of care by advancing nursing practice in the area of specialty through advanced practice and evidence-based practices;

provides professional oversight and guidance to clinical nurse educators (CNE) and clinical resource nurses (CRN) and participates in the evaluation of clinical performance.

• Exemplifies and promotes excellence in nursing practice in a specialty area.
• Maintain practice currency and excellence through involvement with selected client groups.
• Provide expert nursing consultation for clients or groups of clients and facilitate clinical learning experiences for nurses.
• Influence nursing practice by participating in client care advocacy to improve practice and quality of care.
• Act as a role model for professional practice, integrating clinical practice, consultation, collaboration, leadership, education, research, and quality improvement.
• Collaborate with other health care disciplines to develop effective client care programs.
• Participate in provincial/national groups related to the specialty; coordinate expert consultation for select small numbers of clients.
• Provide consultation to primary care providers, community groups, and other service providers; work with Directors, managers, and educators to deliver care and evaluate outcomes.
• Lead in the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of practice within the specialty; use and develop evidence-based innovations to improve care quality.
• Provide leadership to nurses and the interdisciplinary team to identify learning needs and determine educational priorities and programs.
• Support nursing and health services research to advance clinical knowledge and practice; disseminate findings and implement changes in practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to redesign systems and processes to improve client/population outcomes within Fraser Health's strategic plan.

Education and Experience
Master's degree in Nursing (other graduate degrees may be considered depending on area of specialty). Five (5) years of recent nursing experience with three (3) years in a related clinical area. Same practice qualifications as a staff nurse in the area required. Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Competencies
Demonstrates leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework (Clear, Caring, and Courageous) and creates conditions for success.

Professional/Technical Capabilities
Ability to develop, implement and evaluate programs in clinical practice; conduct holistic patient/family assessments; act as an effective consultant; conceptualize research questions and collaborate with researchers; role model expert nursing practice; develop professional and leadership skills of staff; synthesize and apply research findings; present clinical/research work; be prepared to be affiliated with a university; operate related equipment and software; maintain physical ability to perform duties.

Fraser Health serves over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of Indigenous peoples. We employ 50,000+ staff, medical…