Caring Long Term Care Nurse
3 days ago
Overview
Vancouver Coastal Health is a world-class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents.
Salary
The estimated annual salary for this position is $65,000 - $80,000 CAD based on the company's location and industry standards.
Job Description
We are seeking a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join our Inpatient Unit team at the Short-Term Assessment & Treatment Centre (STAT) at UBC Hospital in Vancouver, BC.
About the Role
This long term care nurse will work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide nursing assessments and interventions related to common diagnoses and specific care situations relevant to residents. This includes respiratory symptoms such as shortness of breath, pressure ulcers, delirium, dementia, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, dysphagia, falls, and incontinence.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care to predominantly older residents in a long-term care setting, using sound judgment and applying critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrate expertise and leadership in nursing practice, coordinate the implementation of clinical interventions, and evaluate resident outcomes based on resident goals of care.
- Act as a resource for the interdisciplinary team by providing information and coordination of ongoing resident care.
- Support the work of RCA's and LPN's and promote cohesive teamwork to ensure resident-centered care.
- Enhance the quality of life of residents and families.
- Consult, confer, and collaborate with other healthcare providers.
- Maintain and advance your own clinical competence.
- Participate on designated committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
- Completion of an approved gerontology course or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to residents who may have chronic diseases.
- Demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology of common medical conditions, aging changes, polypharmacy, treatment protocols, and nursing interventions related to common diagnoses and specific care situations related to care of adults living in long-term care.
- Demonstrated ability to recognize physical adaptations required to accommodate the frail elderly and/or physically impaired resident population.
- Demonstrated ability in End of Life care approaches, Embedding Palliative Approach in Care (EPAC) in long-term care and systems of family dynamics and end-of-life issues.
- Demonstrated ability in Chronic Disease Management by being able to anticipate and respond to potential complications and care issues relevant to the designated resident group.
- Demonstrated ability in correct usage of equipment such as lifts, oxygen, suction machines, pumps, and other related equipment.
- Demonstrated ability in developing care plans and able to implement care in relation to resident and family priorities, including counselling and teaching residents and families based on their priorities.
- Demonstrated skill in the assessment and management of residents with acute/chronic pain management including residents with cognitive impairment.
- Demonstrated skill in safe care & management of residents with Oxygen Therapy; VAC Dressing; Wound Care, Catheters, Ostomy Care, Tracheostomy Care, Ventilator Management, and other treatments.
- Demonstrated skill in performing RN autonomous scope of practice and standards of care relevant to designated patient/client population including IV, infection control, isolation protocols, outbreak protocols, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, acute event orders, etc.
Benefits
VCH offers a comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental, and municipal pension plan. We also offer employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities, wellness supports, including counseling, critical incident and innovative wellness services available to employees and their immediate families.
Why Join Us?
VCH is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024. We value equity, diversity, and inclusion and encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities, and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.
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