Registration and Exams Consultant

**Registration and Exams Consultant**

Regular Full-time

**Does this sound like you?**
You are an experienced nurse who enjoys policy development and research. You are passionate about continuous improvement and have an understanding for BCCNM’s mandate to protect the public. You have noteworthy communication skills, and the proven ability to work collaboratively with multiple stakeholders.

**Who we are**

BCCNM is the college empowered under the Health Professions Act to regulate the practice of all licensed practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered midwives, registered nurses, and registered psychiatric nurses in British Columbia. Regulation helps to protect the public by ensuring that professional care or service received by the public is competent, ethical, and meets the standards that society views as acceptable.

At BCCNM, we value and celebrate diversity. We are committed to fostering an open, welcoming, and inclusive work environment where we value and respect all perspectives. We aspire to employ staff who are representative of the diverse B.C. communities we serve. We hire based on merit and encourage qualified applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Each of us strives to meet our commitment to the following values to maintain a workplace that is welcoming, respectful, and supports the well-being of every BCCNM employee:

- Trust is essential
- Better together
- Speak the truth
- Protect the public
- Stay curious

**What we offer you**

Our office is located at 200 Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver. To support a healthy work-life balance, we operate using a hybrid model. Employees enjoy a collaborative environment that offers flexibility to work both on-site and remotely each week.

As a member of the team, you can expect to be working in a collaborative, team-based environment and to be treated in a respectful and professional manner. The college is committed to employee professional development and career growth. We promise to provide you with rewarding work that challenges you. While your workload will be busy, the college supports staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance.

Aside from the opportunity to be part of a passionate team contributing to our important mandate of protecting the public, BCCNM offers an attractive compensation and benefits package for regular employees that includes generous annual vacation, 100% company-paid group health and dental benefits, participation in the Municipal Pension Plan, along with many other programs designed to promote employee health and well-being.

**What you’ll be doing**

The Registration & Exams Consultant (REC) develops and revises registration assessment and exam policies and procedures and manages the implementation of bylaw and legislative changes related to registration and exams. Ensuring alignment with the _Health Professions Act,_ BCCNM Bylaws, Regulatory Philosophy, Human Rights and other legislation, the REC provides interpretation and advice to internal staff and external stakeholders regarding registration, particularly with respect to registration assessments and exams. The REC develops and maintains relationships with external stakeholders, identifies issues and monitors trends to ensure assessment and exams policies and procedures remain relevant.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Develops and revises registration policies and procedures related to registration assessments and exams. Oversees and coordinates the review, update, implementation, and maintenance of registration assessment and exam policies.
- Manages the implementation of bylaw and legislative changes within the Registration and Exams program. Monitors outcomes to continuously improve, streamline or align with shifts in regulation and the College’s regulatory philosophy and mandate.
- Conducts research on assessment and exam issues through literature reviews, environmental scans, and/or key informant interviews. Analyzes and makes recommendations for evidence-informed assessment and exam program and policy development, implementation, dissemination, and evaluation.
- Manages registration and exam files that are beyond the scope of Registration Assessors, but not yet referred to the Cases & Hearings team.
- Determines sufficiency (adequacy and relevance) of assessment materials to inform and document registration decisions. Provides work direction to staff related to the same to ensure assessment processes and decisions are fair, defensible, and made in the public interest.

Your education & skills
- Master’s degree in Nursing, Public Health, Health Administration, or bachelor’s degree with equivalent education and 7 - 10 years of progressively responsible nursing experience, including clinical practise settings.
- Demonstrated ability to understand, interpret, and follow legislative requirements, and to provide analysis, guidance, and feedback to staff and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse levels of i