Licensed Practical Nurse - Intake - Community South Fraser

1. Reviews, prioritizes and processes requests for home-based, ambulatory or other community-based services from potential and actual clients and other healthcare professionals; gathers data and determines priority of service provided to the client including risk level of service request; obtains additional information for medical orders and coordinates service supports as required.
2. Accepts and confirms referrals for eligibility for service. Utilizing standardized tools, assesses the client to determine eligibility for services based on established standards; determines initial interventions and response time needed; recommends community and/or other community-based services and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate and prioritize referrals based on client needs.
3. Coordinates the flow of care by liaising/interviewing/providing advice on a range of health care and community professionals and organizations.
4. Provides education and counseling to clients/family/caregivers and provides guidance to other caregivers and health providers regarding intake policies, procedures and processes, health care resources and the availability and/or eligibility for services.
5. Participates in discharge planning and communicates and consults with appropriate members of the health care team regarding the care and support plan to ensure continuity of appropriate care for the client.
6. Maintain and completes required documentation; compiles information and data as required according to established procedures; prepares statistical information, correspondence, reports and other documentation, as required.
7. Participates in interdisciplinary care conferences, in-services and team meetings as required; demonstrated and provides collegially sharing of information with the interdisciplinary team.
8. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Graduation from an approved program of Practical Nursing, plus two (2) years of recent related acute, long term care, and/or community-based experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Current practicing registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and current certificates in CPR Level "C" or equivalent and First Aid.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of gerontology, geriatrics and the needs of adults living with chronic illness.
• Ability to complete client assessments using relevant assessment tools.
• Knowledge of broad health care services, community access and the continuum of care.
• Knowledge of relevant acts, legislation, standards and policies governing access to and the operation of long term care homes, assisted living facilities, and other community resources.
• Knowledge of and ability to utilize applicable clinical information systems (e.g. Gold Care, Strata Pathways, Paris, Meditech ITS).
• Ability to use Excel, Adobe Pro, Microsoft Outlook and other relevant software applications.
• Ability to establish and maintain rapport with clients.
• Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work and client care plans.
• Ability to type 40 wpm.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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