Registered Nurse, Hospital at Home

at  Providence Healthcare

Summary:
Providence Health Care (PHC) is a health and wellness resource for all British Columbians. We’re committed to treating those we serve — and each other — with compassion and respect.
We provide a range of coordinated emergency, inpatient, outpatient, specialized diagnostic and treatment services and provincial services for people with serious mental illnesses, including those with addictions.
While it started with very humble roots, the PHC of today has grown; now there are almost 9,000 people working at our 17 sites. We have 8,000 staff, 1,500 medical staff/physicians, 200 researchers, 1,600 volunteers.
“How you want to be treated” is now a benchmark — for all of us, every day. PHC is strongly committed to creating and maintaining a workplace of choice where employees are recognized and valued. PHC strives to provide work-life balance and promotes a positive work culture by having integrated support model of training, mentoring and coaching so the Manager can support their staff to provide exceptional care.
We see a person before we see an illness. We believe that building relationships with our patients starts from the first encounter. We listen with open minds and hearts to help our patients regain stability and return to the things they enjoy.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Hospital at Home is looking for a nurse educator to join this exciting new program to Providence Health Care. Hospital at Home is designed to increase acute care capacity, improve patient outcomes and increase patient satisfaction, it enables eligible patients to receive acute-level care in their homes, rather than in the hospital. A huge step towards additional care models within the home and an innovative solution to support the healthcare sector.

As a Hospital at Home educator you will:

• Facilitates learning by acting as a clinical resource, demonstrating expertise and leadership. Monitors staff progress against the growth plan and modifies / updates plans as needed to support staff’s ability for achievement. Implements a variety of teaching/learning strategies that are congruent with the determined growth/ learning plans.
• Participates in research activities, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives as required. Reviews literature and developments in practice, technology and equipment to maintain currency, consults with community experts, evaluates clinical practice systems/standards, identifies new theories/ trends/ education programs. Generates recommendations for alternative approaches, follows up on incident reports, conducts safety audits and recommends changes to selected policies, procedures, protocols. Initiates strategies to improve patient/ resident care using principles of continuous quality improvement to promote delivery of high quality educational services.
• Supports nursing practices across the hospital by participating in nursing, hospital wide, and community committees and working groups, designing, implementing, and evaluating hospital wide educational programs. Participates as a member of a teaching group. Teaches other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.

Common diagnoses of Hospital at Home patients include:

• Congestive heart failure
• Pneumonia

Please refer the Job description for details