Nurse Practitioner – Patient Assessment Transition Home – Locum
About the role
Job Summary
Join our team as a Nurse Practitioner in Patient Assessment and Transition to Home (PATH) and bring your clinical expertise and passion for compassionate care providing Locum coverage to Peace Arch Hospital and the communities of South Surrey and White Rock, B.C. This relief part-time role offers flexible hours throughout the week and is available until May 2026 or the return of the incumbent. The PATH unit is an inpatient hospital-based program in Fraser Health where Nurse Practitioners assume the role of the Most Responsible Provider (MRP) for patients. As part of this rewarding MRP role you may have the opportunity to participate in compensated on-call work rotations to assist the unit remain open 24/7, 365 days a year. NPs in PATH units support and empower medically stable alternative level of care (ALC) designated patients with complex discharge requirements and facilitate successful transitions home to thrive in the community.
This is your opportunity to:
- Develop an understanding of various ALC designated patients and their needs.
- Be proficient in complex assessment, diagnosis, and treatment/management planning.
- Be responsible and accountable assuming the MRP role for inpatients
Specifically, you will gain experience in:
- Complex discharge planning and advanced clinical decision making for patients with multiple comorbidities, chronic diseases, and variable social needs.
- Principles of geriatric medical care to a defined patient population
- Working in a team-based environment with a specialized discharge planning team to minimize hospitalizations, prevent health deterioration, and improve quality of life
- Referral and consultation to and with specialists and in accessing community resources.
Responsibilities
- Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients/residents for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; provides first line care in emergencies.
- Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interprets reports of investigations and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment.
- Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow-up treatment; communicates with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses and priorities, outcomes and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients/residents in their responses to diseases, disorders and conditions.
- Collaborates and consults with physicians or other health care and social service providers as appropriate to assess and diagnose patient/client/resident status. Develops and implements treatment plans. May admit and discharge patients/clients/residents to facilities according to organizational policies.
- Prescribes drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions for Nurse Practitioners and within applicable employer policies and procedures.
- Assigns work to other nursing and health care personnel; evaluates work and provides education and supervision as necessary; hires staff, and evaluates staff performance.
- Participates in research contributing to improved patient/client/resident care and advances in nursing, health policy development and population health.
- Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for populations at risk.
- Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations, mentoring, role modeling and facilitating the exchange of knowledge in the classroom, the clinical setting and the community; fosters health care partnerships.
- Develops, implements and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing, interdisciplinary care, and health system practices.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
Recent relevant clinical nursing experience.
Competencies
Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.
Nurse Practitioner – Patient Assessment Transition Home – Locum
About the role
Job Summary
Join our team as a Nurse Practitioner in Patient Assessment and Transition to Home (PATH) and bring your clinical expertise and passion for compassionate care providing Locum coverage to Peace Arch Hospital and the communities of South Surrey and White Rock, B.C. This relief part-time role offers flexible hours throughout the week and is available until May 2026 or the return of the incumbent. The PATH unit is an inpatient hospital-based program in Fraser Health where Nurse Practitioners assume the role of the Most Responsible Provider (MRP) for patients. As part of this rewarding MRP role you may have the opportunity to participate in compensated on-call work rotations to assist the unit remain open 24/7, 365 days a year. NPs in PATH units support and empower medically stable alternative level of care (ALC) designated patients with complex discharge requirements and facilitate successful transitions home to thrive in the community.
This is your opportunity to:
- Develop an understanding of various ALC designated patients and their needs.
- Be proficient in complex assessment, diagnosis, and treatment/management planning.
- Be responsible and accountable assuming the MRP role for inpatients
Specifically, you will gain experience in:
- Complex discharge planning and advanced clinical decision making for patients with multiple comorbidities, chronic diseases, and variable social needs.
- Principles of geriatric medical care to a defined patient population
- Working in a team-based environment with a specialized discharge planning team to minimize hospitalizations, prevent health deterioration, and improve quality of life
- Referral and consultation to and with specialists and in accessing community resources.
Responsibilities
- Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients/residents for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; provides first line care in emergencies.
- Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interprets reports of investigations and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment.
- Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow-up treatment; communicates with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses and priorities, outcomes and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients/residents in their responses to diseases, disorders and conditions.
- Collaborates and consults with physicians or other health care and social service providers as appropriate to assess and diagnose patient/client/resident status. Develops and implements treatment plans. May admit and discharge patients/clients/residents to facilities according to organizational policies.
- Prescribes drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions for Nurse Practitioners and within applicable employer policies and procedures.
- Assigns work to other nursing and health care personnel; evaluates work and provides education and supervision as necessary; hires staff, and evaluates staff performance.
- Participates in research contributing to improved patient/client/resident care and advances in nursing, health policy development and population health.
- Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for populations at risk.
- Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations, mentoring, role modeling and facilitating the exchange of knowledge in the classroom, the clinical setting and the community; fosters health care partnerships.
- Develops, implements and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing, interdisciplinary care, and health system practices.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
Recent relevant clinical nursing experience.
Competencies
Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.
About Fraser Health Authority
The ❤️ of health care from Burnaby to Boston Bar on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to 32 First Nations within the territories of the Fraser Salish region.