About the job
Registered Nurse (RN), STI Clinic
BC Centre for Disease Control
Vancouver, BC
Are you ready to make a difference? The BC Centre for Disease Control, a dynamic Provincial Health Services Authority program, seeks passionate individuals to join us in providing provincial and national leadership in disease surveillance, detection, treatment, prevention, and consultation.
At our core, we aim to cultivate vibrant communities where everyone can achieve optimal health and well-being—right where they live, work, learn, and play.
If you’re driven by the desire to create positive change and contribute to healthier communities, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for! Apply now to join our innovative team and make a difference that matters.
What You’ll Do
Provide nursing care, education and counselling using a health promotion, harm reduction and trauma informed approach.
Provide nursing services related to the assessment of clients presenting with or at increased likelihood for STIs and Hepatitis by methods such as interviewing clients and taking history, gathering data appropriate to clinical assessment and diagnosis, conducting client-centred risk assessments, determining appropriate timing of tests to produce valid test results, and assessing client’s anxiety related to their risks and their ability to deal with positive test results.
Perform physical assessments as needed and collect specimens required for diagnostic confirmation which may include venipuncture, vaginal speculum exam, anoscopy, oral, rectal, cervical, vaginal and urethral swabs and/or urine specimen collection.
Review information from client physical assessment and diagnostics to determine appropriate care regarding treatment, client follow-up and contact notification. Consult clinic physician when care is out of scope of STI Certified nurse. Administer and/or dispenses treatment according to clinical guidelines and Decision Support Tools and provide discussions around side-effects.
Provide education and evidence-based information about available vaccines and administer vaccines to eligible clients.
Qualifications
What you bring
Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
Certification in Reproductive Health (STIs) with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
One (1) year of recent related experience in the designated clinical area (STI/HIV/Hepatitis).
Skills & Knowledge
The field of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
Infection control concepts to prevent risk to self and others of exposure to infection.
Expert communication and interpersonal skills.
How to demonstrate the ability to manage difficult clients who may be upset, angry, uncooperative, intoxicated, or mentally or physically impaired.
Sensitivity to implications of sexually transmitted infections to clients with a variety of ethnic origins and beliefs.
Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities impacting indigenous communities and familiarity with Indigenous Cultural Safety and anti-racism and accompanying reports (BC DRIPA, TRC, etc.).
Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have: Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).
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