Registered Nurse (RN) - Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Daycare

Vancouver Coastal Health • Vancouver, BC

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for a Registered Nurse to join the Bone Marrow Transplant Day Care team at Vancouver General Hospital. As an Registered Nurse Med/Surg in Bone Marrow Transplant, you will conduct nursing assessments and provide nursing care, education, counseling, and treatment by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team. You will enhance quality of life from the perspective of the client/family, plan, implement, and review client education using experience and knowledge of content area and adult education principles. You will also consult, confer, and collaborate with team members and other health care givers, participate on designated committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned, and communicate and share information about designated services with other health care professionals, agencies, and/or community members.

Requirements

• Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Completion of two (2) years' recent, related experience in Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and practice within a client and family centred model of care.
• Knowledge of the BCCNM standards for nursing practice.
• Knowledge of adult education principles and methods.
• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical practice related to Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant.
• Knowledge of research process and methodology.
• Knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
• Demonstrated ability to function as a team member, leader and facilitator.
• Demonstrated ability to teach, demonstrate technique, and facilitate learning with clients.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members, clients and their families, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promote communication and lead to a co-operative approach to problem solving within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective consultation.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, establish workload priorities in collaboration with others and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Demonstrated skill in the use of equipment, and in techniques appropriate to the education and treatment of clients post transplantation.
• Computer literacy with word processing and patient information systems skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nursing assessments and provides nursing care, education, counseling and treatment by working independently and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Enhance quality of life from the perspective of the client/family.
• Plan, implemens and review client education using experience and knowledge of content area and adult education principles.
• Consult, confer, and collaborate with team members and other health care givers.
• Participate on designated committees/teams and approved research projects as assigned.
• Communicate and share information about designated services with other health care professionals, agencies and/or community members.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed