07 Nov
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Vancouver Coastal Health
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British Columbia
07 Nov
Vancouver Coastal Health
British Columbia
Support outreach services in Vancouver as a Communicable Disease Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health’s interdisciplinary Communicable Disease Control team.
This Registered Nurse role provides follow-up for reportable diseases and STBBIs across community settings, including clients at risk or living with communicable diseases. You will collaborate with Medical Health Officers, health providers, community partners, and VCH programs. The work includes harm reduction, infection control, Indigenous cultural safety, outbreak response, and referrals to primary care services.
Key Responsibilities: Follow up cases, contacts, and communicable disease outbreaks
Respond to changing and unexpected outbreak situations
Liaise with community partners and internal programs
Provide referrals,
counselling, and harm reduction education
Implement prevention plans and directed prophylaxis access
Requirements: Current practicing Registered Nurse registration with BCCNM
Two years’ recent public health outreach experience
Ability to assess, diagnose, and treat applicable STIs
Demonstrated phlebotomy and CPR skills
Ability to work independently and collaboratively
Use outreach nursing, outbreak response, phlebotomy, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills serving diverse Vancouver communities.
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📌 Outreach Communicable Disease Control Nurse (British Columbia)
🏢 Vancouver Coastal Health
📍 British Columbia