Registered Nurse, Emergency - Specialty Qualified - Peace Arch Hospital

Registered Nurse, Emergency – Specialty Qualified – Peace Arch Hospital

Join Fraser Health Authority to apply for the Registered Nurse, Emergency – Specialty Qualified role at Peace Arch Hospital located in White Rock, B.C.

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 – $59.52 per hour.

We are currently hiring for a full‑time Registered Nurse, Emergency – Specialty Qualified to join our emergency team at Peace Arch Hospital.

• Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
• Comprehensive 100% employer‑paid benefits
• Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
• 87% maternity top‑up
• 50% subsidy on Translink passes
• Eligibility based on employment status

In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, the Registered Nurse provides direct patient care by assessing, planning, providing and evaluating nursing care to patients in an emergency department.

• Assess patients and collect information from a variety of sources using skills of observation, communication, data review and physical assessment. Make a nursing diagnosis of the patient’s condition and determine whether the condition can be improved or resolved by an appropriate nursing intervention. Plan, perform and evaluate nursing interventions and care.
• Collaborate with patients and their families/caregivers in developing the care plan and encourage family participation in development, implementation and ongoing modification of the care plan. Establish a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust and respect, advocating for the patient’s rights to privacy, dignity and access to information, and ensuring the patient’s choice and autonomy in decision making and care planning.
• Participate in the care and discharge planning process for patients on admission by ensuring the care plan is established and implemented effectively, updating care plan and intervening as appropriate, collaborating with the interprofessional care team to ensure comprehensive care planning and delivery, and collaborating and communicating with the Patient Care Coordinator on issues that will affect the care/discharge plan.
• Coordinate nursing care for the patient; set priorities, assign and delegate tasks to support staff, and make referrals to the interprofessional care team according to established protocols and practice standards.
• Collaborate with members of the interprofessional care team including Physicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Patient Care Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Educators, and other health care professionals/providers in the identification and resolution of issues, adjustments to care plans as required, and in regard to changes in patient condition.
• Teach patients and families/caretakers about illness prevention, health restoration and health maintenance to help patients accomplish their health care goals. Assess learning needs of the patient and family/caretaker; provide information and demonstration of care activities to support self‑care and the discharge plan.
• Plan and discuss referral information with patient and their families/caretakers and, in collaboration with members of the interprofessional care team, initiate referrals to appropriate health care/community agencies.
• Document assessments, nursing diagnosis, observations, interventions, patient/family responses, outcomes/evaluations, and referrals according to practice standards and Fraser Health procedures.
• Participate on nursing committees, care conferences and councils as assigned or as agreed to with the Manager.
• Participate in research and quality improvement activities by identifying patient care issues, collecting data, and identifying needs and recommendations for corrective action and changes to practices, procedures or protocols.
• Participate in and attend in‑services and other educational programs. Identify own learning goals and maintain and update current clinical competence and knowledge within area of practice.
• Act as a preceptor or mentor to assigned new nursing staff and students; share information,…