Job Summary

Come work as a Registered Nurse with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Relocation Assistance may be available. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for Registered Nurses to join the Apheresis unit at Vancouver General Hospital. Apply today to join our team!

As a Registered Nurse in Apheresis you will:

• Perform therapeutic hemapheresis, peripheral bone marrow/stem cell apheresis, and blood cell reductions both by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Conduct interviews and assess donors understanding of the donation process.
• Provide nursing care, counseling and instruction to clients/donors and their families.
• Consult, confer, and collaborate with other health care givers.
• Demonstrate expertise and leadership in nursing practice.
• Maintain and advance your clinical competence and knowledge of blood component production and testing.
• Participate on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Two (2) years’ recent nursing experience including one (1) year of recent, related experience in Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) or clinical apheresis, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Broad knowledge of nursing theory and practice within a client/family centred model of care.
• Broad knowledge of BCCNM standards for nursing practice.
• Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to clients with leukaemia or undergoing bone marrow transplantation.
• Comprehensive knowledge of blood components and testing.
• Demonstrated skill in administering blood products.
• Demonstrated skill in the use of medical equipment and supplies appropriate to the clinical area including biomedical equipment and central venous catheters.
• Demonstrated ability in interviewing and assessment skills and understanding the principles and critical nature of donor selection and screening.
• Demonstrated skill in techniques appropriate to the clinical area.
• Demonstrated ability to assess client responses to care, and to respond appropriately.
• Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and work direction.
• Broad knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and/or collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate personally or by telephone and deal effectively with donors/clients and their families, coworkers, physicians, other health care staff, and staff of outside agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to counsel and teach donors/clients and their families based on their priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize workload.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement plans of care in relation to client/family priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with conflict situations.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized patient care information system.
• Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Closing Statement

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. As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.