Clinician, Wound and Skin Care

Why Fraser Health?:
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 43,000 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.

We are currently looking to fill a
**Part Time** opportunity for a

**Clinician, Wound and Skin Care** in
**Home Health** located in
**Tri-Cities, BC**.

**Come work with us**

Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer. Joining 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 competitive 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.

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

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.

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Detailed Overview:
**Responsibilities**:

- Demonstrates expertise and provides clinical leadership in evidence-based practice related to wound and skin care to staff and/or clients/families by reviewing literature in specialty area, consulting with experts, collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, evaluating clinical practice and recommending changes to existing standards.
- Delivers educational activities to staff, students and/or clients/families by teaching, facilitating groups, mentoring, conducting formal presentations, demonstrations and lectures related to wound and skin care; arranges sessions in collaboration with staff and/or clients/families to determine time, frequency and duration to ensure effective use of resources; maintains staff education records.
- Develops and implements education programs, orientation and professional development programs for wound and skin staff and/or clients/families by responding to requests, completing learning needs assessments and determining educational requirements related to wound and skin care knowledge; revises programs on the basis of pre-identified learning needs, client outcomes, internal/community standards of practice, introduction of new skills/procedures and current theory/research; evaluates effectiveness of programs to ensure wound and skin care learning objectives are met and to determine opportunities for quality improvement.
- Performs advanced nursing skills within areas of expertise in skin and wound care practice; arranges preceptorships and mentorship for students and new staff regarding wound and skin care, as required.
- Provides leadership and consultation to clinical staff and students to assess, plan, implement and evaluate wound and skin care of clients by reviewing client/family needs and progress, promoting staff collaboration with health care professionals, reviewing available health care professional/community agencies and discussing referral options.
- Promotes staff to teach clients/families about illness prevention, health maintenance and health promotion strategies by developing health teaching strategies, assessing the learning needs of clients/families, teaching and evaluating outcomes of learning and maintaining current reference material regarding wound and skin care.
- Participates in quality improvement and risk management activities for wound and skin care by evaluating effect of changes in wound and skin care practice, generating recommendations for alternative approaches to practice and taking corrective action; recommends changes to selected policies, procedures and protocols and provides feedback.
- Consults and collaborates with interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals/providers in the identification and resolution of a variety of client/family issues by encouraging staff to communicate in a confidential/professional manner ensuring relevant information is