Public Health Nurse (RN) – 0-5 – Training Opportunity

Job title: Public Health Nurse (RN) – 0-5 – Training Opportunity

Company: Vancouver Coastal Health

Job description: Job Description

Job Title: Public Health Nurse (RN) – 0-5 Years – Training OpportunityWork Site: Public Health, Robert & Lily Lee Family Community Health Centre – Vancouver, BCStatus: Temporary Part Time – Vacation Relief (0.79 FTE)Start Date:

As soon as possible until approximately September 2021 Salary: $35.53 – $46.65 per hourHours:

0830-1645

Days off: Rotating Reference#: 138674-smu

Come work as a Public Health Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Registered Nurse to join its team in Vancouver, BC as a Public Health Nurse. Apply today to join our team!

As a Public Health Nurse working with children ages 0-5 you will:

• 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 universal and targeted programming.
• Provide a full continuum of services including prevention, health promotion and early intervention services to individuals/groups in a variety of community based settings.
• Establish and maintain multidisciplinary and community partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify the client as an individual/community/system and determine necessary interventions using a continuum of Public Health Nursing interventions such as screening, assessment, referral, advocacy, surveillance and monitoring, education and consultation.

TRAINING MAY BE OFFERED:

Should there be insufficient qualified candidates available for the above position, VCH may offer a Public Health Nurse training program.

Cover letter and resume are required if applying for the Training Program.

Candidates accepting this training opportunity agree to remain with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in the area of nursing applicable to the education program for which they are hired for at least 18 months subsequent to completing training.

This will ensure that candidates are able to consolidate and apply skills in the specialty area that VCH has supported and funded candidates to complete. In the event that a candidate leaves the area of nursing applicable to the education program for which they were hired for VCH in under 18 months, VCH will seek to recover the cost of the program.

WHO WE ARE

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents living in Vancouver, Vancouver’s North Shore, Richmond, the Sea-to-Sky Highway, Sunshine Coast, and the Central Coast (Bella Bella and Bella Coola.) At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and ”going first” when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. At our core, we are a people-focused organization where entrepreneurial spirit runs deep, and opportunity exists for all those who see themselves in the transformation of health care as we know it.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education & Experience

• 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 personal vehicle for local area travel.

Knowledge & 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 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 health care staff, clients and their families and outside agencies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care, the ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with co-workers, care team 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 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.
• Demonstrated computer literacy to operate a computerized client care information system as well as applicable word processing, spreadsheet and database software applications.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

The hours of work including days off and work area may be subject to change consistent with operational requirements and the provision of the Collective Agreement and applicable statutes.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

***Employees of VCH must apply via the Internal Application Process. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for How to Apply instructions. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.

Expected salary:

Location: Vancouver, BC

Job date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:14:37 GMT