Licensed Practical Nurse

Homewood Health Centre • North Saanich, BC

16d • CA$34 - CA$46

About The Position

Come be an integral part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary team focused on delivering seamless services and programs to our clients and customers. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!

We are currently seeking Licensed Practical Nurses for full-time, part-time and casual positions. This role could be perfect for you if you work best in a team-oriented, dynamic work environment and are willing to adapt throughout the developmental stages of this new start-up facility. This means, we need your creativity, flexibility, collaboration, and passion to help develop and deliver high quality, patient-centered care.

Requirements

• Licensed Practical Nurse Diploma
• Current full practicing licensure with the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP)
• Completion of Non-violent Crisis Intervention course preferred
• Current First Aid/CPR Certification for health care providers (Level 1 or greater)
• Demonstrated ability to deal with a variety of situations and responsibilities requiring initiative, creativity, and professional judgment
• Ability to work with patients with mental health and substance abuse issues
• Knowledge of community, social, and mental health resources
• Ability to effectively manage conflict situations and aggressive behaviour, and use non-violent crisis intervention and behavioural management techniques

Nice To Haves

• Completion of Non-violent Crisis Intervention course

Responsibilities

• Provides direct health care services to patients presenting with a wide variety of complex addictions and mental health issues.
• Performs physical, addiction, and mental status assessments.
• Refers patients to the physician for further examination.
• Administers prescribed treatments and medications.
• Observes, monitors, evaluates, and documents patient progress, symptoms, and behavioural changes.
• Performs a variety of health care interventions.
• Provides counselling, education, and support using a motivational and health promotion approach.
• Works collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team, the patient, the family, and the community.
• Implement the principles and practices of a patient and family centered recovery model in mental health and addictions treatment.
• Conduct comprehensive mental health and addiction risk assessments, formulate treatment and discharge plans, and provide crisis intervention.
• Perform detox assessments.
• Communicate and collaborate with patients and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self-care, and prognosis.
• Assess patients daily for care needs and follow up; consult with doctors and clinical team members about patient care.
• Collaborate with patients and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients, families, and communities.
• Analyze and synthesize all available information for the development of an individualized treatment plan in collaboration with other care providers, patients, and families.
• Identify and respond appropriately to legal and ethical issues that may arise in patient care.
• Conduct day-to-day care delivery to patients and administer medications.
• Provide nursing intervention as required and determine when health care needs to be escalated to other health professionals.
• Coordinate referrals to appropriate health resources.
• Liaise with health practitioners and agencies for the planning and implementation of health care.
• Advocate for the patient.
• Perform appropriate clinical monitoring.
• Evaluate efficacy of care and treatment plans and adjust as necessary.
• Intervene in emergencies, crises, or violent situations, according to the needs of the patient and family.
• Document assessments and patient progress, keep records current and complete documentation on time.
• Mentor and act as a preceptor for students as required.

Benefits

• Homewood Health promotes a fair and competitive compensation model. Pay rates are tailored to reflect differences in operating environments and job requirements. Compensation is influenced by many factors including compensation principles or approach for a role or job function, organizational tenure, experience, qualifications or premium skills, external competitiveness, internal comparability, geography and work performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree