Public Health Nurse in Powell River

Location: Powell River/qathet Regional District

Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30

Salary Or Wage: $56.27 to $58.83 per hour

Job Type: Full Time

List of Requirements

• Current practicing registration with the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC)
• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Completion of specialty nursing certificate/certified practice (CRNBC)
• 2 years of recent, related public health nursing experience
• Valid BC Driver's License

List of Duties

• Performs all duties and responsibilities in accordance with Tla'amin policies, standards, practices and procedures as directed by the Director of Health.
• Maintains confidentiality as required pertaining to members, clients, employees and general matters of the Nation.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in community health nursing theory and practice within a client and family centred model of care.
• Critical Thinking - Demonstrated ability to assess safety and risk prior to entering familiar and unfamiliar home environments and to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) to problem-solve effectively.
• Problem Solving - Demonstrated ability to manage any/all issues related to the public health environment internally and externally. To employ effective conflict resolution and reconciliation approaches, techniques, and strategies related to public health in community.
• Independence - Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize clients and promote cooperation, assertiveness, creative planning for change and innovations, implementation of policies or other protocols and ongoing professional development of self.
• Resiliency - Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events and promote client-focused care with clients and significant others, sensitive to diverse cultures and preference, client advocacy and social justice concerns.
• Collaboration - Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team with clients/caregivers to holistically assess/plan/monitor a wide variety of health challenges in the home/community setting and transitions through care continuums
• Documentation - demonstrated ability to document timely and appropriate information in Mustimuxw - an electronic medical record (EMR) reporting system at Tla'amin Health, including assessments, decisions about client status, plans, interventions and client outcomes. Ability to effectively use related computer software, applications, and devices.
• Confidentiality - Demonstrated ability to maintain client/caregivers' privacy and confidentiality with respect to communication, documentation, and data, including when travelling between client homes and office/care settings
• Communication - Demonstrated ability to develop rapport, trust and ethical relationships with clients/families, family care providers and other health care professionals; maintains professional boundaries in relationships in home and community settings. Ability to communicate effectively through verbal, nonverbal, written, electronic and social media
• Facilitation & Coaching - demonstrated ability to teach, facilitate and coach employing teaching/learning strategies, adult education principles, methods and tools to transfer knowledge and engage clients/families in planning and self-management of care
• Knowledge of provincial acts, regulations, and program policies and guidelines related to public health
• Knowledge of mental health and substance use and health management and self-management support
• Knowledge of community resources available for client/family support and related health services.
• Knowledge of research, quality improvement, evaluation process and methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, schedule and prioritize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment including relevant computer applications.
• Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position
• Knowledge of Indigenous health and wellness challenges and issues.
• Advocates for, and uses culturally relevant and appropriate approaches, when building relationships and providing nursing services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of public health nursing theory and procedures
• Knowledge of community development and health promotion principles and practises.
• Knowledge of informed nursing practice related to normal growth and development.
• Knowledge of Indigenous health and wellness challenges and issues.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with a vast network of clientele, coworkers and other professional health care staff.

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