Graduate Registered Psychiatric Nurse (Vancouver)

Graduate Registered Psychiatric Nurse (Vancouver)

08 Sep
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Fraser Health
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Vancouver

08 Sep

Fraser Health

Vancouver

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour We are currently hiring for a Registered Nurse/Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join our Long Term Care team at Fellburn Care Centre located in Burnaby, B.Generous Vacation Time: Eligible employees can start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year.

Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.

Maternity

Top-Up: Receive a top-up during maternity leave. Works collaboratively and in partnership with the interdisciplinary team to identify current or potential care concerns and strengths, plans interventions; Provides person-centered, direct nursing care (including wound care, dementia care and palliative care) and develops care priorities in accordance with established policies, procedures and standards of nursing practice. Modifies care as needed, initiates immediate treatment if required and communicates changes to interdisciplinary team members in a timely and appropriate manner. # Collects information from a variety of sources using skills of observation, communication and physical assessment to enable the provision of quality care. # including resident/client and family teaching and evaluation of care using appropriate technological tools (for example, InterRai). # Communicates resident/client assessments and changes to Physicians, Resident/Client Care Coordinator, and the interdisciplinary team.

Participates in care planning supporting decision making and person-centered care. # Acts as an advocate to protect and promote residents'/client's rights to autonomy, respect, privacy, dignity,



diversity and access to information in accordance with standards of skilled practice and philosophy of Residential Care/Acquired Brain Injury Services. # Works in partnership with Licensed Practical Nurses and other interdisciplinary team members by sharing information, demonstrating and/or providing guidance on clinical tasks, consulting with staff, reassigning clinical/health related tasks when necessary and providing verbal input into staff performance, when requested. # Participates in the orientation and ongoing education of students and others, including LPNs, HCAs and other members of the interdisciplinary team by providing information and acting as a preceptor, mentor and support as requested. # Participates in quality improvement activities by gathering information, providing input into proposed policies and revisions of current policies. # Supports advanced clinical practice by identifying research needs and participates in research according to established guidelines. # Maintains records, prepares reports, and collects statistical and quality improvement data for research and evaluation purposes, including workload measurement data and quality indicators. # Maintains a safe working environment by following health and safety guidelines, ensuring equipment is in safe working condition, reporting unsafe,



hazardous conditions and suspected resident/client abuse; Complies with WorkSafe BC requirements including completing safety audits at assigned units. # Provides input to the Manager/delegate regarding the identification and need for supplies and equipment, future needs of the Program and monitoring of product use. # Graduate of an approved School of Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing. Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). One (1) year's recent, related gerontological nursing experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Current

Level 1 First Aid certificate. Knowledge of nursing theory and evidence-informed practice. Knowledge of health care disciplines and their roles in health care. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

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, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force.

Fraser

Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner. Together, we are the heart of health care. #

📌 Graduate Registered Psychiatric Nurse (Vancouver)
🏢 Fraser Health
📍 Vancouver

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