Clinical Nurse Specialist; CNS - Inpatient Surgical

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $55.25 - $79.42 / hour

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full‑time Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join the Learning Strategies and Professional Practice team and supporting 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 amazing team where you’ll play a crucial role in providing clinical leadership to the care to patients in Fraser Health In‑patient surgical settings. If you enjoy working in a fast‑paced, always changing, and multitasking work environment then this may be just the right opportunity for you!

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer‑Paid Benefits:
  Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
• Benefit Portability:
  Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate Pension Enrollment:
  Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity Top‑Up:
  Receive an 87% top‑up during maternity leave.
• Trans Link Pass Subsidy:
  Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes
• Additional employee discounts and perks available
• Eligibility based on employment status

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) supports expert nursing care to patients/residents/clients/families and functions as a clinical leader in a particular specialty area within a designated health service area, regional network and/or designated clinical program as determined/assigned 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 and through the use of advanced practice and evidence‑based practices;

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

• Exemplifies and promotes excellence in nursing practice in a specialty area through activities such as:
  • Maintaining practice currency and excellence through involvement with selected client groups;
  • Utilizing practice opportunities to provide expert nursing consultation for clients or groups of clients to evaluate nursing practice and to provide clinical learning experiences for nurses;
  • Influencing nursing practice by participating in client care advocacy issues directed towards improving practice and the quality of client care;
  • Acting as a role model for professional practice by integrating all components of the professional role: clinical practice, consultation, collaboration, leadership, education, research, quality improvement and related scholarly activities;
  • Collaborating with other health care disciplines: managers and directors in the hospital/community to develop effective client care programs;
  • Participating in provincial/national groups related to specialty;
  • Coordinating expert consultation for select small/discrete numbers of clients.
• Provides consultation to primary care providers, community groups and other service providers in the area of specialty; works collaboratively with Directors, managers, educators and other staff within the designated health services area, regional network and/or designated clinical programs in the delivery of care through activities such as:
  • Assisting the members of the interdisciplinary team with clinical decision‑making and with planning, implementing and evaluating client programs;
  • Participating in the development of client programs as required;
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the consultative process for client outcomes and team effectiveness;
  • Providing leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of standards of practice within the specialty area;
  • Using and/or…