Registered Nurse, Patient Care Coordinator (Northern Health)

Position Summary

Are you ready to reach new heights and take your nursing career to the next level? Utilize your leadership, organization and problem solving skills while overseeing the day-to-day clinical operations at Fort St. John Hospital and Health Centre.

The Patient Care Coordinator facilitates the admission, discharge and patient transfer processes and is responsible for coordinating patient/resident care when necessary. The role facilitates patient flow through the efficient allocation and utilization of beds, ensures adequate staffing levels and supports patients receiving quality care. The Patient Care Coordinator assists the Program Leaders in establishing and maintaining standards of patient care, and is responsible for coordinating the operations in the absence of managers, department heads and senior administrative personnel.

Shift Rotation/Hours of work: Days - 05:00 to 16:42, rotating

New Wage: As of April 1, 2023 the new wage is: $47.77 - $65.12/hour

Fort St. John Hospital and Health Centre is a 46-bed hospital with 115 residential care beds in the adjoining Peace Villa Care Home. They have two state of the art operating rooms, ambulatory clinics including cancer care and hemodialysis, emergency and ICU, a birthing centre with single maternity rooms for labour, delivery and post-partum.

Fort St. John is located above the Peace River Valley, and has a diverse population of 21,000 (2021) and serves an area of approximately 69,000. The friendly, small town feel comes with big city amenities and a vibrant arts community. Check out Fort St. John for more information on what this energetic community has to offer.

What Northern Health has to offer you!

• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• "Loan Forgiveness Programs" are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.
• Comprehensive benefit packages including MSP, extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities

Qualfications

• PALS would be an asset.
• Graduate from an approved School of Nursing.
• Five years of recent acute care experience with one year supervisory experience.
• ACLS/TNCC or willingness to complete in one year.
• NRP or willingness to complete within one year.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience in a supervisory role is an asset.
• Current registration with BCCNM

Skills And Abilities

• Ability to deal with conflict and problem solve independently.
• Demonstrated clinical competence and leadership skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all members of the health care team.
• Physical ability to perform duties of the position.
• Ability to promote a safe patient care environment.
• Demonstrated interpersonal relationship and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain good public relations with family and friends of patients.

Who We Are

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation's communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.

Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.

There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.

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