The Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation provides compassionate HIV care for people living with significant health and social issues including mental illness, trauma, substance use, unstable housing and poverty.

Through its day health, 24-hour care residence and enhanced supportive housing programs, the Dr. Peter Centre provides healthy meals, counselling, therapies, nursing, and a safe place for peer socialization and support. This integrated model of care successfully engages individuals in their health care, improving adherence to HIV treatment and overall health.

We are currently looking for Registered Nurses to join our nursing team in the Day Health Program on a casual basis.

Position Description and Duties

Reporting to the Director of Campus of Care, the role of the Nurse in the Day Health Program is the provision of primary, secondary and tertiary preventative care with the overall goal of improving the person’s health. The Nurse works within the multidisciplinary team using an interdisciplinary approach to care. Clients may include individuals, families, groups, organizations or target populations.

This position requires the use of a significant body of nursing knowledge and skill to assess clients and establish priorities and action plans with various types of clients. Health treatment is provided through planning, implementing and evaluating care; teaching and counseling participants; identifying and documenting client condition and needs using health related data from a variety of sources.

Duties include:

- Providing education for the promotion of health by engaging and providing holistic assessment that includes the determinants of health from a harm reduction view point;




- Providing direct nursing care such as wound care, supervised injection, administration of medications (as prescribed and nurse initiated), OAT & iOAT, immunizations, continual assessment, liaising with other health care workers;
- Providing preventive care including ensuring maintenance of health by ensuring adherence to ARV’s and other medications and other harm reduction initiatives. This would include regular assessments of physical and mental well being including monitoring diabetes and other risk factors and liaising with other health care providers;
- Providing health teaching and promotion for participants;
- Performing health assessments for Day Health participants;
- Participating in the development and maintenance of infection control standards throughout the Dr. Peter Centre;
- Participating in the development of policies, procedures and protocols relevant to the nursing role in the Day Health Program;
- Participating in educational initiatives designed to build awareness of the therapeutic model of the Dr. Peter Centre Day Health Program;
- Participating in research on HIV/AIDS treatment and other health issues affecting participants;
- Delivering comprehensive nursing orientation to current Day Health staff;
- Maintain clinical practices,



ensuring that nursing standards consistent with BCCNP guidelines are followed;
- Supervising nursing students as required; and
- Performing other duties as assigned.

Skills

- Experience in acute and community care nursing;
- Knowledge and practice with HIV/AIDS, STD, substance use, mental health issues and experience working with marginalized populations; and
- Excellent communication and assessment skills.

Qualifications

- Minimum Bachelors of Science in Nursing; and
- Eligible for registration with the BCCNM.

General Working Conditions

This is a casual position with an hourly pay rate range of$42.46 - $61.01. This position requires flexibility and the ability to prioritize workload, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment where demands and deadlines may change with short notice. Multitasking and flexibility are a must in order to meet deadlines, and to support many operational functions/activities that may occur concurrently or without notice. An understanding of the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive employee/client information is necessary.

If you have suitable qualifications and experience for this position, please send your resume to [email protected].

Note: We thank all interested applicants. Regretfully, we are not able to respond to phone calls or emails, and we are able to respond only to those applicants who are being considered for an interview.

Job Type: Casual

Pay: $42.46-$61.01 per hour

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Registered Nurse (RN) License in BC (required)

Work Location: In person

📌 Registered Nurse - Day Health Program (Casual) (Central Vancouver)
🏢 Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
📍 Central Vancouver