Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospital at Home
Overview
Salary Details: CAD $41.42/Hr.
- CAD $55.91/Hr.
Come work as a Registered Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for Registered Nurses to join a ground-breaking new department associated with the Acute Medicine Program at Vancouver General Hospital. Apply today to join our team!
About the Hospital at Home Program
The Hospital at Home program caters to patients who meet specific medical stability criteria, providing them with hospital-level care within their residences rather than within the traditional hospital setting. Despite receiving care at home, these patients are considered inpatients. They receive daily in-person care from a dedicated, multidisciplinary team of hospital clinicians, supplemented by virtual visits and remote patient monitoring. The Hospital at Home care is short-term and accessible around the clock, every day of the year.
A healthcare team, including a doctor, nurse, and other specialists, delivers care to the patient through a combination of in-person home visits and virtual visits (via phone and/or video). If you are passionate about offering patient-centered care and looking for a new professional challenge, this opportunity might be for you.
As a Registered Nurse in the Hospital at Home team you will:
• Collaborate within an interprofessional team and consults with physicians, other health care professionals, and the patient/family/caregiver, while providing nursing care to patients who require acute level care in their homes.
• Assess, identify, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care required to assist patients/clients with acute health care needs in the home and/or hospital setting using an established framework for nursing practice.
• Develop, implement, evaluate and revise care plans, participate in discharge planning, function as a patient advocate, and teach patients and their caregivers about illness/injury and overall health promotion and wellness, and/or makes referrals to other identified resources.
• Promote the best quality of life from the perspective of the patient/family.
• Document care provided according to College and organizational standards.
• Respond and address incidents in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintain and advance their own clinical competence, and participates on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Three (3) years’ experience, including two (2) years’ recent, related acute medical/surgical experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License required. Local area travel may require the use of a vehicle.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to designated client group - acute medical/surgical; including but not limited to patients with complex diseases, respiratory therapies, IV therapies, and nutritional therapies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of pathophysiology, treatment protocols, and nursing interventions related to common diagnosis/surgeries and specific clinical situations related to area of practice (e.g. Sepsis; Chronic Heart Failure; Acute Respiratory illness/disease; Cellulitis).
• Demonstrated ability to provide nursing assessments & interventions related to common diagnosis and anticipate and respond to potential complications and care issues relevant to the designated patient group (e.g. Pain (Acute/Chronic/Neuropathic); Cardiac/Respiratory arrest; Shock; Seizures).
• Demonstrated ability to perform focused secondary assessments and integrate information from a variety of sources including diagnostics to develop plan of care relevant to the designated patient group.
• Demonstrated ability in correct usage of equipment and maintains competency in working with vascular access devices including phlebotomy, peripheral IVs, peripherally inserted central venous catheters, and advanced vascular access devices such as tunneled central lines.
• Demonstrated ability to document patient care on appropriate…
