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

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Priority Populations to join Fraser Health’s Learning Strategies and Professional Practice team, working in close collaboration with Population and Public Health.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced advanced practice nurse who is passionate about health equity, culturally safe care, and improving health outcomes for marginalized and priority populations.

As the CNS for Priority Populations, you will help elevate the standard of care by integrating advanced clinical expertise, leadership, education, and innovation. Working collaboratively across interdisciplinary teams, you will provide clinical guidance, support the development of evidence-informed practices, and lead initiatives that strengthen care for individuals who may experience homelessness and other barriers to accessing health services.

Your work will take a holistic approach to health, recognizing the intersection between physical health, mental health, and the social determinants of health.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you will:

- Provide advanced clinical leadership, consultation, and guidance related to the care of priority and marginalized populations.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to advance evidence-informed clinical practices and protocols.
- Lead and support the development of decision-support tools, educational resources, and practice resources.
- Champion approaches that promote low-barrier, culturally safe, person-centred, and wrap-around care.
- Support Fraser Health’s commitment to equity, diversity,



and inclusion by identifying opportunities to reduce barriers and enhance equitable access to care.
- Apply advanced nursing knowledge and evidence to strengthen clinical practice and improve health outcomes.
- Partner with teams across Learning Strategies and Professional Practice, Population and Public Health, and other areas to support innovative and sustainable improvements in care.

Qualifications

You bring:

- A Master’s degree in Nursing. Other graduate degrees may be considered depending on the area of specialty.
- Five (5) years of recent, related nursing experience, including three (3) years of recent, related experience in a clinical area relevant to the specialty.
- The same practice qualifications required of a staff nurse within the applicable clinical area.
- Current practicing registration as a RN/RPN with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is 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 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 qualified 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; and
- Coordinating expert consultation for select small/discrete numbers of clients.

Provides consultation to primary care providers, community groups and other service provi

📌 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Priority Populations (Surrey)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Surrey