Position Summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced and dynamic Licensed Practical Nurse to join our Home Health team at Victorian Hopsital of Kaslo, in Kaslo BC. If Community Home Health is your passion and you are a reliable, flexible and motivated individual interested in working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, apply today!

Who We Are
Interior Health (IH) is committed to achieving a culturally diverse and inclusive workforce that is representative of the communities we serve, and where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work. Well-being and work life balance is promoted within the IH team, and our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our primary goal of increasing the health and well-being of everybody in the Interior Health region from our employees to the population we serve.

What We Offer
We offer a range of employee benefits and services for eligible positions, to support you at every stage of your career:
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Generous Vacation Entitlement
• Employer Paid Health Benefits
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Shift Premiums
• Competitive wages

About the Job
The Licensed Practical Nurse:
• In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, performs assessments, plans, implements and provides personal and nursing care to clients such as wound care, IV, catheter care and pleurex drains
• Administers oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications in accordance with pharmaceutical and organizational policies and procedures
• Operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and full scope of practice within the Standards of Practice as outlined by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assesses and monitors client/family’s actual and potential strengths and limitations including physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, and spiritual needs. Where appropriate, encourages client participation in activities of daily living.
• Establishes, maintains and ends a therapeutic relationship with the client and significant others through the use of interpersonal and interviewing techniques ensuring client choice and autonomy in decision-making and care planning.
• Provide direction to other staff by collegially sharing information, demonstrating and/or providing guidance on clinical or health related tasks, providing incidental or ad hoc input into staff performance, ensuring staff are aware of assignments developed by the Employer, reassigning clinical/health related tasks if necessary.
• Contributes to the development and ongoing changes to the individualized plan of care, including attending and providing input into interdisciplinary care planning meetings and family conferences. Advocates for the interest of the client and significant others. Collaborates with Community Care Clinician as required.
• Provides maintenance of peripheral intravenous infusions by assessing the intracath insertion site, monitoring flow rate and discontinuing peripheral IV access with an order.
• Performs nursing activities and monitors/evaluates the outcomes. Performs head to toe assessments, airway management, nutrition management, infusion management, catheterizations, applying and changing simple sterile and/or non-sterile dressings, colostomy care, taking/recording vital signs, administering suppositories and enemas. Documents nursing decisions and outcomes and reports problems and/or changes to designated nursing staff. Performs unit specific nursing procedures and interventions as required.
• Diagnoses conditions and communicates client status changes to the designated Community Care Clinician.
• Provides personal care to client including assisting with bathing, dressing, care of skin and hair; changing beds; assisting with toilet needs; and overseeing exercise routines.
• Assists client with meals and maintains intake and output records as required.
• Assists with admissions, discharges, and transfers of clients according to operating policies and procedures.
• Documents and updates all relevant information about care and procedures to achieve client safety and comfort according to unit specific policy and procedure.
• Performs related clerical duties such as answering the telephone, making appointments, ordering supplies and initiating diagnostic requisitions.

This is a Casual opportunity. Casual Employees are not guaranteed hours of work and can range from 0-37.5 hours per week on an as-needed basis.
Shifts of work will be scheduled days, Monday to Friday, rotating from 08:00 to 16:00, 08:30 to 16:30, 08:00 to 18:00 hours.

About this Location
Kaslo Kaslo is located in the heart of the West Kootenays on beautiful Kootenay Lake. The Victorian Health Centre is within walking distance of downtown, the school, the beach and hiking trails. The Kaslo area is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, with year-round activities.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers as well as one of B.C’s Top Employers!

Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Apply Today!

Qualifications

• Graduation from a recognized program for Practical Nurses and one (1) year of recent, related community, acute care or long-term care experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
• Current full practicing licensure with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives
• Current valid BC Driver’s License

*Experience in mental health and substance use is in asset*

Comments

Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region. We are committed to addressing existing inequities and barriers to achieving a diverse workforce, one that is representative of the communities we serve. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups.