Clinical Resource Nurse, Community Programs - Day Program Older Adults - Maple Ridge / Pitt Meadows

Join our team as a Clinical Resource Nurse, Community Programs - Day Program Older Adults at Ridge Meadows Hospital located in Maple Ridge, BC. We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service.

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.  

Take the next step and apply so we can continue the conversation about you joining Fraser Health where we values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust.

Provides clinical expertise, leadership, education and consultation to staff and/or clients in the designated clinical area; provides expertise based on current theories, concepts and principles of evidence-based practice as a member of an interdisciplinary team; develops, implements, revises and evaluates clinical treatment modalities including clinical professional development for staff on the basis of learning needs, patient outcomes, specialized theory and research; ensures clinical objectives are met through the development of standards, procedures and protocols and ensuring that resources are current, relevant and cost effective; works collaboratively with other clinical staff to coordinate educational plans to staff to maximize existing resources to address staff learning needs; participates in development of quality improvement and risk management activities as well as research and special projects.

Education and Experience

Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Three (3) years' recent related clinical experience in the designated clinical area, including one (1) year experience in an educational/leadership role, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Completion of post-graduate course work and/or certification applicable to the designated clinical area.

Valid BC Driver's license and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of Home Support policies within the program management structure of Home Health.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles of adult learning and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of nursing theory and evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and revise education/training and orientation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership using modeling, coaching and mentoring roles.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct others and facilitate learning of staff and/or clients/families.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with clients, co-workers, families and other service providers.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to develop and maintain rapport with staff, clients and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve problems and effectively manage conflict situations.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and prioritize work within a continuously changing environment.
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive 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.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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