Registered Nurse - Palliative Care
On-siteSquamish, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Assess, consult, plan, implement, and evaluate care needs for clients facing life-threatening illness in acute, hospice, or community settings to achieve quality symptom management and goals of care conversations. Provide nursing care to clients working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team while supporting families and caregivers with physical, emotional, and practical difficulties. Manage palliative symptoms, conduct goals of care discussions, and practice within the autonomous scope of a Registered Nurse in accordance with BCCNM standards and VCH policies. Participate on designated hospital committees and approved research projects as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
- Two (2) years' recent, related acute medical-surgical experience
- Commitment to remain in the appointment for the entire duration of this position
- Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to designated client group – palliative patient populations
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practices, pathophysiology and trajectory of disorder/disease related to common diagnosis and specific clinical situations related to area of practice
- Demonstrated ability to provide nursing assessments and interventions related to common diagnosis and specific clinical situations relevant to palliative patient/client group
- Demonstrated knowledge of approaches and systems in place (e.g. iPace, EPAIRS, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to perform focused secondary assessments, integrate information from a variety of sources including diagnostics, and develop plan of care relevant to the designated patient/client group
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate and respond to potential complications and care issues relevant to the designated client group
- Demonstrated ability in correct usage of equipment and maintains competency in working with Central venous access devices; Oxygen delivery equipment; Ostomy/wounds; chest tubes; other care related tubes, catheters, drains, suctions for patient population
- Demonstrated ability to document client care on appropriate systems/forms in accordance with organizational and unit standards in a timely and accurate manner
- Demonstrated skill in palliative symptom management (e.g. pain, dyspnea, nausea and vomiting, depression, constipation)
- Demonstrated skill in conducting goals of care conversations and in understanding the care goals and what is most important to the patient
- Demonstrated skill in performing RN autonomous scope of practice and standards of care relevant to palliative patient/client group
Desired Qualifications
- Palliative Care experience and completion of related coursework
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