Nurse Practitioner, Pemberton Health Centre

🌟 Nurse Practitioner Opportunity at Pemberton Health Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health 

🌲 Join Our Dynamic Team in Pemberton: Vancouver Coastal Health invites dedicated Nurse Practitioners to join the Pemberton Health Centre. Nestled in the picturesque Sea-to-Sky corridor, Pemberton is known for its stunning landscapes and vibrant community. This is an opportunity to balance a rewarding professional career with an outdoor, adventurous lifestyle. 

🏥 Pemberton Health Centre - A Hub of Emergency, Urgent, and Primary Care: Embedded in a center that provides comprehensive emergency, urgent, and primary care, this position allows you to work alongside physicians, nurses, and allied staff. Utilizing the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS), you will triage, manage, and treat patients across all age groups, contributing significantly to the health and well-being of the community. 

Your Key Responsibilities: 

• 🩺 Primary Care Leadership: Conduct comprehensive assessments, diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions, ensuring holistic patient care and coordination. 
• 💊 Initiate Treatment & Management: Lead in healthcare management, treatment initiation, and medication prescribing in line with regulatory standards. 
• 👥 Professional Guidance & Teamwork: Offer expert guidance and work autonomously within interdisciplinary health teams. 
• 🤝 Strategic Collaboration: Contribute to health strategy development, policy-making, and quality improvement initiatives. 
• 📚 Professional Development & Quality Assurance: Engage in ongoing professional growth, maintain competence, and ensure the highest standards of patient care and safety. 

💡 OSCE Reimbursement Support: VCH is pleased to offer OSCE reimbursement in the form of a forgivable loan for eligible NP candidates who are hired into regular or temporary positions and have not yet completed the exam. 

🌟 Your Opportunity to Make a Difference: This is more than a job; it's a chance to have a significant impact on the health and well-being of the Pemberton community. If you are passionate about making a difference and eager to grow professionally in a stunning and dynamic setting, we encourage you to apply today. 

Education & Experience: 

• Current registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). 
• 4 years of recent, relevant clinical nursing experience. 

• Successful completion of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). 

Knowledge & Abilities: 

• Ability to perform the full scope of NP duties and responsibilities. 
• Applies for and maintains core and non-core privileges as active medical staff within the VCH Regional Department of Nurse Practitioners. 
• Proficiency in developmental stages, behavioral sciences, pathophysiology, psychopathology, and epidemiology. 
• Knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics for prescribing and evaluating treatment responses. 
• Skills in communicating and collaborating with patients and families about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self-care, and prognosis. 
• Ability to collaborate and refer clients to physicians and other health professionals. 
• Proficiency in critically assessing health research literature and introducing evidence-based research and education. 
• Ability to assess and respond to population health trends; plan and implement prevention and health promotion strategies. 
• Skilled in implementing and evaluating planned change. 
• Ability to define specific areas of practice and client populations for service provision. 
• Demonstrated leadership skills within a program and team setting. 
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position. 

Contact for More Details or Apply Now: For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Michelle Sylvest, Medical Staff Talent Aquisition Advisor, at medstaffcareers@vch.ca, or click the 'Apply Now' button to begin your journey with us at Pemberton Health Centre.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• 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

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.


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Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.