ACT - Outreach Nurse

Overview

Rain City Housing operates on the stolen, unceded, ancestral, traditional homelands of the Xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ Nations in so-called Vancouver, the qíc̓əy ̓,qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən ̓,kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, qiqéyt, SEMYOME, Stóɬō, and sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ Nations in so-called Lower Mainland, and theshíshálh in so-called Sunshine Coast.

About Us – A home for every person
Rain City Housing is an organization that makes a difference in people’s lives. Our mission is to advance social equity by building upon the strengths of our community and of each individual. With a goal of providing a home for everyone, Rain City’s programs sustain relationships, strengthen communities, and make change for people experiencing homelessness, mental health, trauma, and substance use issues.

Rain City Housing has been developing emerging and promising practices for over 40 years in social services and healthcare, providing Housing First, harm reduction and supports for community members who access our services. To learn more, check out our innovations page. You can visit our Indeed page and click on the “Follow” button to be notified of new job openings:  You can also follow us on Linked In, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

Benefits:

• 5 days of paid leave for Indigenous Employees for Ceremonial, Cultural, and Spiritual events per year
• 8 weeks of paid leave for gender affirming care for medical procedures for transgender and gender diverse employees, cumulative total
• Employee and Family Assistance Program available to ALL employees, including 24-hour helpline, Personal counselling, Life Coaching, Financial Coaching, Legal Referral and Advisory Services, and Health
  
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• Unlimited Physiotherapy and Unlimited Massage
• Vision Care, Dental Care, Prescription Drugs, Naturopath, Acupuncture, Chiropract, Group Life Benefit $50,000, Long Term Disability, and Unlimited Out-of-Province and Out-of-Country Emergencies

ACT nurses assess, identity, plan, implement and evaluate the care required to assist ACT team clients in meeting their physical, psychiatric, social and spiritual needs. The Nurse works within the team’s interdisciplinary clinical framework to provide client centered and strengths-based care in accordance with the BCCNM Standards of Practice and consistent with the mission, vision and values and established policy and protocols of Rain City Housing and the ACT team.

Many of our clients are certified under the Mental Health Act and knowledge of the Act and its implications and limitations is essential to working as an ACT nurse.

The Nurse provides treatment services that are both inclusionary and flexible for individuals with mental illness, addictions and/or chronic medical conditions and ensures integration and continuity across the care continuum. The Nurse establishes and maintains relationships with, and consults with community health clinics, hospitals, housing providers and the interdisciplinary teams to provide appropriate treatment services based on best practices and client need.

The Nurse performs duties such as, intake, mental and physical health and substance use assessment, treatment planning, crisis intervention, consultation with hospitals around care planning and discharge, wound care and medication monitoring and administration.

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Closing Date: Midnight, March 28, 2025

Job: Community Outreach Nurse / Registered Nurse / Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Assertive Community Treatment Team, Permanent, Full-Time Position, 0.6 FTE

Hourly Range: $40.21-$57.78 (BCNU Level 3 RN/RPN)

Hours: 1.0 (or 0.6 FTE) Average of 75 hours Bi-weekly (or 45 hours for 0.6)

Schedule: Rotating 8-week schedule;
Shifts in this position are from 08:30AM - 6:30PM on both weekdays and weekends. Includes a 30-minute unpaid meal break.

Start Date: As soon as possible

A clear British Columbia Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check for working with vulnerable adults and/or children is a condition of employment with Rain City Housing. Applicants must be willing and able to receive a clearance under the Criminal Record Review Act.

Job requires employee to be able to drive for outreach visits, have a…