Overview

Registered Nurse, Clinician--Cardiology Services; Renal Services; Surgical Services; Stroke Services; Perioperative Optimization - Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre

Salary: CAD $49.20 - $67.08 / hour

Job Summary

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

Join 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 comprehensive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives 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.

Responsibilities

- Demonstrates expertise and provides clinical leadership in evidence-informed practice related to the designated clinical area. Reviews literature, consults with experts, collaborates with members of the inter-qualified team; evaluates clinical practice, recommends changes to existing standards to the Manager, and participates on regional and provincial committees.




- Role models direct patient care skills to staff and students related to the clinical area/unit. Provides education at the point of care required to ensure optimal care; coaches, mentors and provides information utilizing clinical evidence, clinical decision support tools, literature, and education theory.
- Performs comprehensive nursing assessment to patients with complex care needs and intervenes as needed/appropriate; evaluates outcomes of interventions. Collaborates with the inter-professional team to develop and support individualized care plans, including their ongoing evaluation.
- Determines education requirements that meet clinical and learner needs, in collaboration with the Manager/Director/Clinical Nurse Educator/Clinical Nurse Specialist. Completes learning needs assessments of individuals or groups to assist in the determination of learning requirements and their objectives.
- Arranges and/or provides preceptorships and mentorships for staff and students as appropriate.
- Develops and revises education tools/plans on the basis of identified learner needs, chart audits, patient outcomes, and introduction of new/revised clinical decision support tools or scope(s) of practice/roles/functions.
- Plans and schedules education activities and maintains a system for tracking attendance; maintains related statistics and reports.




- Delivers learner-centered education to individuals or groups of staff and patient/families through methods such as coaching, conducting presentations, facilitating groups, and providing lectures.
- Evaluates effectiveness of education programs and consultations to ensure department/unit learning needs are met and to determine opportunities for improvement; maintains related reports.
- Collaborates with other practice leaders to provide leadership, consultation and performance support to clinical staff, employed student nurses and students to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
- Supports staff to plan and carry out patient/family education about discharge planning, illness prevention and health promotion.
- Participates in quality improvement and risk management activities by methods such as evaluating effect of changes in practice, making recommendations to improve current practices, and conducting quality and safety audits.
- Participates in research and special projects; promotes staff awareness and involvement in research activities.
- Assists the Manager/Director by attending panel interviews, providing recommendations on the selection of new staff, and providing feedback on optimal use of budgetary resources as requested, including recommending use of related products that help meet patient goals.
- Assists the Manager/Director in assessing and supporting clinical skill and performance, by providing input and coaching staff to help them achieve established clinical performance goals.
- Participates in the review, development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed clinical decision support tools/policies.
- Performs other related

📌 Registered Nurse, Clinician--Cardiology Services; Renal Services; Surgical Services; Stroke S[...] (Abbotsford)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Abbotsford