Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42
- $59.52 / hour

Job Summary

Come work with us We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health; we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including earning four weeks of vacation in your first year, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Detailed Overview

In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) scope of practice, standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, works collaboratively as a member of an interprofessional team to provide direct patient care to clients of family practice clinics within the Primary Care Network. The role of the Registered Nurse in Primary Care Practice is to partner with and complement that of the family physician.

Provides initial client consultation, assessment, triage, coaching and teaching, health promotion and intervention, client care services and follow-up based on the client’s needs, urgency of request and best practices, to ensure clients, families and caregivers are provided with ease of access to timely, person-centred, continuous and culturally secure quality health services.



Care may be provided in the clinic setting, over the phone, or in the community setting. Facilitates and manages client transitions across the healthcare continuum to optimize health and well-being and adapts to changes in the client’s condition to minimize avoidable admission to healthcare facilities; collaborates with the client and ensures linkages with acute, primary and community care healthcare providers including the client’s primary care provider (Nurse Practitioner, Physician), other specialists and family supports with respect to client care planning to facilitate the flow of information through a variety of settings including FH and non-FH community services.

Provides client and family-centered care through a trauma-informed approach and evidence-informed practice. Establishes a dignifying, purposeful and trusting relationship with clients, promoting self-determination and independence. Encourages knowledge exchange in day-to-day activities, and empowers clients to engage and connect within their communities. Ensures clients and their family members are supported in navigating the health care system.

Responsibilities

1. Provides direct nursing care to clients receiving scheduled or urgent/timely primary care. Assesses clients and collects information from a variety of sources using skills of observation, communication, data review and physical assessment.



Triages and makes a nursing diagnosis of the client’s condition and determines whether the condition can be improved or resolved by an appropriate nursing intervention or through interventions and collaboration with other clinical staff and primary care provider. Assists the Physician/NP and other team members with urgent and emergent care as necessary.
2. Performs a comprehensive and focused health assessment that includes health history and complete physical evaluation; considers the patient’s psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural and spiritual dimension of health, the client’s goals for health, including a thorough medication assessment and best possible medication history, and his or her understanding of their health/illness experience and how their daily life is affected.
3. Processes physician or nurse practitioner orders through methods such as initiating unit standing orders, administering medications, carrying out treatments and monitoring and documenting the effects.
4. Performs nursing procedures within their scope of practice and their own level of competency both independently and in an assisting role with the Physician/NP. Establishes a therapeutic relationship with the client through the use of interpersonal and interviewing techniques, in person and/or over the telephone, to ensure the client’s choice and autonomy in decision-making and care planning including the client’s right to dignity and privacy. Establishes longitudinal relationships to support client and family care across the continuum and spanning all settings.
5. Screens referrals, provides individualized client assessments, and contributes to interprofessional care planning and clinical interventions. Whe

📌 Registered Nurse in Primary Care Practice (Chilliwack)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Chilliwack