Licensed Practical Nurse, Full Scope – Burnaby Hospital

Salary: CAD $32.84 - $44.96 / hour

Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby. The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the redevelopment

- Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
- New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine, and mental health patients
- New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
- New acute care tower with 160 beds
- New medical imaging department
- New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital delivers a variety of health care services including emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, and plastics specialties.

Benefits

- Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Perks
- Generous Vacation Time (up to four weeks)
- Benefit Portability
- Immediate Pension Enrollment
- Maternity Top-Up (87%)
- TransLink Pass Subsidy (50%)
- Additional employee discounts and perks
- Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview





Under the direction of the Manager, Clinical Operations or designate and in collaboration as a member of a multidisciplinary team; performs assessments, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care. The LPN operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and according to agency operating policies and standards and unit specific protocols.

Responsibilities

- Assesses patient/resident/family's actual and potential strengths and limitations including physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, and spiritual needs.
- Provides a supportive environment for patient/resident/family. Promotes involvement in health care decisions; provides information and opportunity to discuss concerns; respects personal choices.
- Contributes to the development and ongoing changes to the individualized plan of care; participates in multidisciplinary care planning meetings and family conferences.
- Provides nursing care according to policies and procedures, technology and FHA standards; records observations and reports problems or changes to designated staff.




- Performs admissions, discharges, and transfers of patients/residents according to policies and procedures.
- Documents and updates care information to ensure patient safety and comfort.
- Operates and maintains equipment related to patient care.
- Maintains a safe and clean environment for patients/residents and staff.
- Assists in orientation of new staff, students and other team members.
- Participates in quality improvement, program evaluation activities, education sessions, team conferences, and committees.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience
Graduate of a recognized practical nursing program or equivalent; current practicing registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Skills And Abilities
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; ability to work with others; ability to organize work and implement a plan of care; knowledge and competencies to work at full scope of practice as required by BCCNM, including administering medications; ability to operate related equipment; physical ability to perform duties.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada. We are committed to diversity and to acting in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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📌 Licensed Practical Nurse, Full Scope – Burnaby Hospital
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Burnaby