Public Health Nurse

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver Coastal Health Full time
Job Summary

Vancouver Coastal Health is seeking a skilled Public Health Nurse to join our team at South Health Unit and various Community Health Centres in Vancouver, BC.

Key Responsibilities
  • Utilize public health nursing knowledge and expertise to promote and protect the optimal health, well-being, and safety of infants, young children, youth, adults, and families at all ages and life stages through selected and targeted programming.
  • Provide a full continuum of services, including prevention, health promotion, and early intervention services, to individuals and groups in a variety of community-based settings, using an equity-based approach to support population health and mitigate the impacts of the social determinants of health with equity-deserving populations.
  • Establish and maintain interdisciplinary and community relationships with internal and external partners.
  • Identify clients as individuals, communities, or systems and determine necessary interventions using a continuum of public health nursing interventions, such as screening, assessment, referral, advocacy, surveillance, and monitoring, education, consultation, and responding to public health emerging issues.
Qualifications
  • Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
  • Completion of specialty nursing certificate/certified practice (BCCNM) as applicable and two (2) years' recent, related public health nursing experience, including experience related to the population applicable to the job, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Valid BC Driver's License and access to a personal vehicle for local area travel.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Comprehensive knowledge of public health nursing theory, practices, and procedures.
  • Knowledge of community development and health promotion principles and practices.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of evidence-informed nursing practice related to normal growth and development of relevant populations and appropriate screening and referral processes.
  • Knowledge of communicable disease control practices and procedures, including prevention, promotion, reporting responsibilities, and related procedures and immunization practices, including up-to-date immunization competency.
  • Knowledge of the Baby Friendly initiative, including completion of relevant breastfeeding course(s).
  • Demonstrated certified skills/abilities to provide contraceptive management and to assess and treat sexually transmitted infections.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with co-workers, physicians, other healthcare staff, clients, and their families and outside agencies.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of other healthcare disciplines and their role in client care, the ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with co-workers, care teams, and community partners, and the ability to identify and facilitate community resources appropriate to clients' and families' needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to counsel, teach, facilitate, and coach individuals, families, and groups.
  • Demonstrated ability to deal sensitively and tactfully with clients and provide culturally sensitive nursing services to diverse and marginalized populations.
  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work.
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze situations, problem-solve, and facilitate resolutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with others to make evidence-informed decisions.
  • Demonstrated ability to adjust to new and unexpected events.
  • Demonstrated facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to participate in the development and delivery of educational materials based on education theories and best practices.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of basic research principles and procedures, such as research ethics, research question, hypothesis, and qualitative vs. quantitative data analysis methods, and demonstrated ability to participate in research.
  • Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques.
  • Ability to operate related equipment, including applicable software applications.
  • Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

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