LPN Part-time ( 4pm-11:30pm Rotation)

Looking for a unique, flexible, meaningful, creative nursing job? CONNECT Partners is pioneering a new style of community health care that is unconventional, innovative and visionary. Supporting people in luxury apartments on Cambie Street close to the Canada Line train in Vancouver, CONNECT partners offers a flexible, casual and professional work environment that challenges the idea of what nursing can do in community. We use a coaching approach to help the people we support create a life that is meaningful to them, and you will have the time to build relationships, get out in community and “do with” versus “do for”. Our team based leading practice Life Redesign model leverages relationships and personal aspirations to create our best lives in partnership with the people you support.

CONNECT Partners jobs are cool and rewarding. Full time roles are on an innovative rotation that allows for compressed work weeks and many off days and long weekends, and includes fully funded benefits. Part-time and casual contributions are welcome!

You won’t regret trying us out – what more could you ask for - fun and professional challenge within in a people-centric culture in community. Read more about our model here: connectpartners.ca.

• At the Cambie Gardens apartments we will be working between 12 apartment units within two neighboring towers. 8 of those apartments are group homes with 4 bedrooms or 6 bedrooms.
• Each person we support will have their own bedroom and bathroom with ceiling lifts installed.
• There are support staff (Life Redesign Coaches) in each apartment 24/7. There is also a full professional coaching team, including OT, PT, SLP, Social Worker, Recreation Therapy.
• As a Health and Wellness Coach (LPN/RN) you will have a dynamic role. You will be moving between both buildings as needed to support with more complex clinical work that the support staff are unable to do. Your role will include hands on with residents, supporting the staff, and opportunities to engage the people we support and their families.
• We will provide additional tracheostomy and ventilator training.

REPORTS TO: Health and Wellness Coach Leader – CONNECT Partners

JOB REQUIREMENTS & COMPETENCIES:

• A Nurse registered and in good standing with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives able to support individuals who require responsive agile nursing support;
• Support residents with stable tracheostomies and ventilators who are able to live in community (an RN will provide in house theory and hands-on training);
• Support residents with stable gastrostomy tubes, tube feeds, suprapubic catheters, and ostomies (an RN will provide in house theory and hands-on training);
• Authentic, intuitive, and able to build sustainable, productive relationships with the people we support, their families, and all members of the individual’s service resource team as well as other professionals involved in their care;
• Flexible, adaptable, creative, resourceful and resilient, able to competently juggle and manage multiple, sometimes competing priorities while maintaining their sense of perspective and fun;
• Must be comfortable working together with Life Redesign Coaches giving them the support they need and be available to them out of hours as part of an emergency/urgent support leadership network.
• Willing to walk beside individuals coaching and assisting them to set goals and create a life that is meaningful to them.

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand a person’s story and the factors that influence their priorities, choices and life goals; bring forward your thoughts, ideas and recommendations for consideration and inclusion as measurable, actionable steps to success in their individual life redesign plan;
• Provide support and mentorship to co-workers and staff in relation to clinical skills and supporting residents;
• Ensure that what is brought forward, whether it is to be implemented by the Health and Wellness Coach or by someone else, has been designed collaboratively, and in partnership with the individual to help them achieve their overarching goals and to maximize their participation in real life, relevant and meaningful activities, equitable relationships and community;
• Make best use of emergent opportunities for the individual’s real-life learning;
• Show others how they can support the Life Redesign process;
• Collaborate with colleagues so the collective efforts equate to one integrated plan that will help create positive new content for the next chapter of the person’s story;
• Manage actions and time to successfully meet the demands and expectations of the role;
• Provide the Leader with regular updates on work priorities along with any recommendations for quality improvement.

We are looking for just the right person to join our team of nurses to support people in their own homes. Our team of Health and Wellness Coaches (LPNs and RNs) help people with complex health challenges redesign their lives in a way that is meaningful to them.

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: From $31.33 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• RRSP match

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Application question(s):

• What is the best email to reach you?

Education:

• AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• License Number with BCCNM (required)

Ability to Commute:

• Vancouver, BC V6P 3H6 (required)

Work Location: In person