Nurse Practitioner – Patient Assessment Transition Home – Locum

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $59.56 - $85.62 / hour
Job Summary

Join our team as a

Nurse Practitioner

in

Patient Assessment and Transition to Home

(PATH) and bring your clinical expertise and passion for compassionate care providing

Locum

coverage to

Peace Arch Hospital

and the communities of

South Surrey

and

White Rock, B.C.

This

relief part-time role

offers flexible hours throughout the week and is available until May 2026 or the return of the incumbent. The

PATH

unit is an inpatient hospital-based program in Fraser Health where Nurse Practitioners assume the role of the Most Responsible Provider (MRP) for patients. As part of this rewarding MRP role you may have the opportunity to participate in compensated on-call work rotations to assist the unit remain open 24/7, 365 days a year. NPs in PATH units support and empower medically stable alternative level of care (ALC) designated patients with complex discharge requirements and facilitate successful transitions home to thrive in the community.

This is your opportunity to:
Develop an understanding of various ALC designated patients and their needs.
Be proficient in complex assessment, diagnosis, and treatment/management planning.
Be responsible and accountable assuming the MRP role for inpatients
Specifically, you will gain experience in:
Complex discharge planning and advanced clinical decision making for patients with multiple comorbidities, chronic diseases, and variable social needs.
Principles of geriatric medical care to a defined patient population
Working in a team-based environment with a specialized discharge planning team to minimize hospitalizations, prevent health deterioration, and improve quality of life
Referral and consultation to and with specialists and in accessing community resources.
Peach Arch Hospital
As a community hospital in Fraser Health's integrated network of care, the role of Peace Arch Hospital is to provide primary, secondary, and some specialty services, such as 24/7 emergency, general medicine, surgery, maternity, inpatient, and outpatient care, with some services requiring a referral while others can be accessed directly. Peace Arch Hospital has a capacity of 171 acute care beds as of July 2018. It provides care and services primarily to local community residents, and, to a limited extent, residents of the surrounding communities. In addition to service delivery, Peace Arch Hospital is a teaching hospital affiliated with UBC's family medicine and psychiatry residency programs.

White Rock
With its sandy beaches, red brick promenade, waterfront eateries, dramatic sunsets, and the warmest ocean water on the Canadian west coast, White Rock is known as the jewel of British Columbia. A quiet, growing, seaside community tucked between Surrey and Washington State, White Rock is a scenic community offering a variety of leisure activities from windsurfing to golfing to oceanfront promenade walks.

Be part of our clinical enhancement program with regular in-house skills development such as suturing and x-ray interpretation in addition to receiving centralized NP orientation. You will be welcomed into a New Graduate NP Community of Practice team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:
The Nurse Practitioner is responsible and accountable for the comprehensive assessment of patients/clients/residents including diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions. The Nurse Practitioner initiates treatment including health care management, therapeutic interventions and prescribes medications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions, and employer policies and procedures. The Nurse Practitioner provides professional guidance to other health professionals and practices autonomously and interdependently within the context of an interdisciplinary health care team, making referrals to specialist physicians and others as appropriate.
The position collaborates with patients/clients/residents and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients/clients/residents, families and communities; develops and implements population and evidence based strategies to improve health and participates in policy-making activities that influence health services and practices. The position participates in peer review and self review to evaluate the outcome of services at the patient/client/resident, community and population level.

Responsibilities

Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients/residents for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; provides first line care in emergencies.
Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interprets reports of investigations and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment.
Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow-up treatment; communicates with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses and priorities, outcomes and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients/residents in their responses to diseases, disorders and conditions.
Collaborates and consults with physicians or other health care and social service providers as appropriate to assess and diagnose patient/client/resident status.

Develops and implements treatment plans. May admit and discharge patients/clients/residents to facilities according to organizational policies.
Prescribes drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions for Nurse Practitioners and within applicable employer policies and procedures.
Assigns work to other nursing and health care personnel; evaluates work and provides education and supervision as necessary; hires staff, and evaluates staff performance.
Participates in research contributing to improved patient/client/resident care and advances in nursing, health policy development and population health.
Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for populations at risk.
Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations, mentoring, role modeling and facilitating the exchange of knowledge in the classroom, the clinical setting and the community; fosters health care partnerships.
Develops, implements and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing, interdisciplinary care, and health system practices.
Performs other duties as required.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
Recent relevant clinical nursing experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities
Ability to communicate and collaborate with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self care and prognosis.
Ability to collaborate, consult with and formally refer patients/clients/residents to physicians and other health professionals when appropriate.
Ability to critically assess and evaluate health research literature to determine best practices; ability to introduce education and evidence based research.
Ability to assess and recognize population health trends; ability to plan and implement strategies for population based prevention and health promotion.
Ability to implement and evaluate planned change.
Ability to supervise others and evaluate the care they deliver.
Ability to lead a team and work within a team.
Ability to self-direct, interact and adapt effectively with other professionals in complex, dynamic situations.
Ability to transfer knowledge, teach, coach and mentor others.
Ability to identify and respond appropriately to legal and ethical issues that may arise in patient/resident/client care.
Ability to self-assess performance and assume responsibility and accountability for own professional development, educational or consultative assistance when appropriate.

About Fraser Health

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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