Geriatric Nurse Specialist
4 weeks ago
As a Registered Nurse in our specialized seniors clinic, you will provide direct patient care, assessing, planning, and evaluating nursing care, and teaching patients and families about geriatric health issues.
Detailed Job DescriptionIn accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, you will work collaboratively with the interprofessional care team to provide person-centered care.
- Assess patients referred to a specialized seniors clinic and collect information from various sources using skills of observation, communication, data review, and physical assessment.
- Makes a nursing diagnosis of the patient's condition and determines whether the condition can be improved or resolved by an appropriate nursing intervention.
- Plans, performs, and evaluates nursing interventions and care.
- Collaborates with patients and their families/care givers in developing the care plan and encourages family/care giver participation in the development, implementation, and ongoing modification of the care plan.
- Establishes a therapeutic relationship by demonstrating empathy, trust, and respect, advocating for the patient's rights to privacy, dignity, and access to information, and by ensuring the patient's choice and autonomy in decision making and care planning.
- Participates in the care and intake/discharge planning process for patients referred to a SSC by assessing the referral in accordance with established criteria, ensuring the care plan is established and implemented effectively, updating care plan and intervening as appropriate, collaborating with the interprofessional care team to ensure comprehensive care planning and delivery, and collaborating and communicating with the Patient Care Coordinator on issues that will affect the care/discharge plan.
- Teaches patients and families/care givers about geriatric health issues, care plans, the role of the SSC, illness prevention, health restoration, and health maintenance to help patients accomplish their health care goals.
- Assesses learning needs of the patient and family/care giver; provides information and demonstration of care activities that support self-care consistent with the care plan.
- Coordinates nursing care for the patient; sets priorities, assigns and delegates tasks to support staff, and makes referrals to the interprofessional care team according to established protocols and practice standards.
- Collaborates with members of the interprofessional care team including Physicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Patient Care Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Educators, and other health care professionals/providers in the identification and resolution of issues, adjustments to care plans as required, and in regard to changes in patient condition.
- Documents assessments, nursing diagnosis, observations, interventions, patient/family responses, outcomes/evaluations, and referrals according to practice standards and Fraser Health procedures.
- Participates on nursing committees, care conferences, and councils as assigned or as agreed to with the Manager.
- Participates in research and quality improvement activities by identifying patient care issues, collecting data, and identifying needs and recommendations for corrective action and changes to practices, procedures, or protocols.
- Participates in and attends in-services and other educational programs.
- Identifies own learning goals and maintains and updates current clinical competence and knowledge within area of practice.
- Acts as a preceptor or mentor to assigned new nursing staff and students; shares information, demonstrates care activities, participates in orientation.
- Provides feedback to the Manager/delegate regarding the effectiveness of patient care programs, policy/clinical decision support tools, and equipment.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Graduation from an approved school of Nursing with current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
- Two years of recent related acute care experience working with a geriatric population, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Ability to complete initial and ongoing patient assessment (clinical and diagnostic reasoning), specific to the acute geriatric patient, and provide nursing care through appropriate/prescribed technical, therapeutic, safety type interventions.
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families/care givers, the public, medical staff, and members of the interprofessional care team using verbal, written, and electronic communication means.
- Ability to promote person-centered care that demonstrates empathy for patients and families/care givers, sensitivity to diverse cultures and preferences, and patient advocacy.
- Ability to integrate and evaluate data from multiple sources to problem-solve effectively.
- Ability to teach and instruct patients and families/care givers about topics unique to the geriatric population that is essential to their health care and well-being.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work.
- Ability to collaborate with and promote cooperation among members of the interprofessional care team.
- Ability to use factual information, prior learning, and basic principles and procedures to support nursing decisions and actions with relevant research-based evidence/evidence-informed practice.
- Ability to operate related equipment including relevant computer applications.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
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