Clinical Nurse Lead

AVI Health & Community Services (AVI) is a multi-disciplinary community-based organization, providing HIV, hepatitis C and harm reduction services out of 5 locations across Vancouver Island. AVI provides services to people living with HIV and hepatitis C and harm reduction clients. We work within a social justice and health promotion framework – ensuring equity and access to services for all – and from a harm reduction perspective, understanding that clients are the best sources of knowledge regarding the services and supports they need.

AVI provides comprehensive, accessible, and effective education, prevention, care, treatment, and support services to residents of Vancouver Island with offices in Victoria, Nanaimo, the Comox Valley, and Campbell River. For more info see:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

SAFER is a flexible, community-based, harm reduction program that provides safer, pharmaceutical alternatives to the currently toxic drug supply. SAFER is located on the territories of the Ləkʷəŋən peoples (Esquimalt and Songhees nations).

The Clinical Nurse Lead (CNL) is responsible for collaborating with the Nurse Manager to develop, support, and deliver nursing care within AVI Health and Community Services Victoria.

The CNL provides supervision, leadership and functions as a role model and coach to all SAFER nursing staff. They work in partnership with the Nurse Manager and leadership team to ensure support for the SAFER multidisciplinary teams and to continuously develop and ensure quality program nursing practice and protocols.

This position provides person-centered healthcare including assessment, screening, and education to support the clients of AVI. They will use a trauma and violence informed, client-centred approach and demonstrated clinical skills and experience to independently assess individuals with complex primary care health needs and active poly-substance use.

This position requires a professional who is experienced with harm reduction and is committed to collaborating with multiple stakeholders including people with lived/living experience of criminalized drug use. This position reports to the Nurse Manager or designee.

Clinical Expertise:

Stays up to date on current research and best practices in treatment harm reduction prescribing, treatment of substance use disorder, HIV, HCV, and other primary care and specialty care areas of relevance.

Determines educational opportunities of nursing staff and develops learning plans in collaboration with the Nurse Manager to ensure nursing team is working to a standard of best practice.

Deliver certification courses in topics such as phlebotomy, harm reduction fundamentals, basic counseling skills, wound care, assessment skills, etc. to staff by means such as preparing written materials, facilitating workshops, and overseeing clinical practice sessions.

Participates in the development of policy and protocol as pertains to clinical practices.

Orients new nursing staff members to organizational practices, standards of care, and policy and procedure.

Team Leadership:

Provides person-centred, trauma-informed, and relational supervision and coaching to all nursing staff to ensure quality clinical care is delivered and attends to principles of social justice, trauma-informed care, and cultural humility.

Collaborates with the Nurse Manager to ensure open communication and coordination across the multidisciplinary SAFER services.

Works with site leadership to identify and respond to nursing staff support needs, participant concerns, and issues related to clinical practice.

Supports NM in addressing practice improvement with nursing team members.

Monitors and supports nursing staff needs, the work environment and relevant risks ensuring appropriate resources are in place.

Evaluates equipment, products, and supplies in coordination with the leadership team to ensure efficient and effective inventory and purchasing processes, as well as the identification and follow-up of maintenance issues.

Promotes and facilitates a safe and therapeutic environment for the provision of care including addressing and documenting and following up on any…