Job Summary

Come work as a Registered Nurse in Emergency at Sechelt Hospital! Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for Registered Nurses to join the Emergency unit at Sechelt Hospital in Sechelt, BC. Apply today to join our team!

As a Registered Nurse in Emergency you will:

• Provide emergency nursing to clients of all ages presenting with a wide variety of symptoms within an uncontrolled environment, and to unique client populations such as victims of sexual assault.
• Assess client needs and prioritizes care requirements, often with limited information.
• Stabilize and resuscitate multi-trauma victims, and prepare for and responds to disaster situations.
• Enhance quality of life from the perspective of the client/family.
• Consult, confer, and collaborate with other health care givers.
• Demonstrate expertise and leadership in nursing practice.
• Maintain and advance clinical competence.
• Participate on designated hospital committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.

Relocation Assistance and Staff Housing may be available. Nurses may be eligible for student loan forgiveness *please note, this must be a British Columbia student loan. Please find more information here: https://studentaidbc.ca/repay/repayment-help/bc-loan-forgiveness-program

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Completion of a recognized advanced program in emergency care nursing or two (2) years’ recent, related experience.
• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Broad knowledge of nursing theory and practice within a client/family centered model of care.
• Broad knowledge of BCCNM's standards for nursing practice.
• Demonstrated ability in nursing practice related to designated client group.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and implement plans of care in relation to client/family priorities.
• Demonstrated ability in interviewing and assessment skills.
• Demonstrated ability to assess client responses to care, and to respond appropriately.
• Demonstrated ability in the management of trauma in an emergency setting.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to unexpected events, problem-solve, set priorities and deal with conflict.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (orally and in writing) and deal effectively with clients and their families, coworkers, physicians, other health care staff, and staff of external agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to counsel and teach clients and their families based on their priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and work direction.
• Demonstrated physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Demonstrated skill in the use of medical equipment and supplies appropriate to the clinical area.
• Demonstrated skill in techniques appropriate to the clinical area.
• Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques
• Skill in techniques appropriate to emergency care nursing.
• Demonstrated computer skills including the ability to effectively use a computerized client care information system.
• Ability to operate related equipment.