Nurse — Oncology

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PHSA-5780

Status Open Site Type Other Type of Position Permanent Part-Time Date Range Date Range Position Type Union Position Hours of Work --- On Call On Call

Qualifications, Education and Skills

Requisites

Minimum Education Associate Degree of Nursing Skills Required CPR; BCCNM

Role and Facility Information

Registered Nurse (RN), Oncology Chemo

BC Cancer

Victoria, BC

Oncology Nurses, when you join the Systemic Therapy Unit at BC Cancer – Victoria, you’ll become part of a collaborative and welcoming team that provides cancer treatment and care to people from across Vancouver Island. At BC Cancer, Nurses are essential members of the cancer care team, working in a patient-centred, evidence-based environment alongside interdisciplinary colleagues and building specialized expertise in a highly respected area of practice.

Specialized Practice: Build your oncology nursing experience in a Systemic Therapy Unit focused on high-quality cancer treatment, care and patient education.
Interdisciplinary Care: Work alongside a strong interdisciplinary team in a setting that values collaboration, clinical excellence and compassionate care.
Professional Development: Grow your career with support through orientation, continuing education, ongoing professional development and certification opportunities.
Meaningful Impact: Help deliver compassionate cancer care to patients and families from communities across Vancouver Island.
Life in Victoria: Build your career in a coastal community with excellent work-life balance.

We're Curing Cancer Here in Victoria, BC.

“As a new nurse, I was welcomed right away. You don’t need all the answers on day one, mentorship and teamwork are built in! There’s so much to do here, no matter what you’re into, you’ll find your balance.” - Jennifer Jap, RN, Victoria

See how Jennifer builds her work-life balance at BC Cancer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpdv5-yvkbY

What You’ll Do:

Within the unit, Nurses are responsible for assessing patients’ fitness for treatment, managing symptoms, initiating IVs and/or accessing IVADs, responding to medication reactions and completing infusions. The scope of work can include administration of chemotherapeutic agents for nurses who hold this certification, and completion of a post-basic program in oncology nursing is helpful.

Provide direct patient care to Oncology patients by performing duties such as patient assessment, reviewing patient and family history, and developing and implementing a nursing care plan specific to the patient needs considering psychosocial, cultural, ethnic contexts. Deliver treatment as per prescribed protocols.
Collaborate with patients, family, and multidisciplinary team members to develop treatment/care plan for the patient and through ongoing assessment, assists in the modification of the treatment/care plan as the patient progresses through the stages of care.
Administer medications, injections, blood products and IV fluids as required by the care plan. Monitor patient reactions to treatment and changes in physical or mental status and uses independent judgment as to when to consult a physician.
Maintain patient records by collecting and documenting patient information and health care history, nursing assessment, telephone communications, symptom and side effect management, patient and family education and care evaluations.
Admit, transfer or discharge patients according to BC Cancer policies and Centre directives.
Assist the patient in interpretation of their care plan. Refer patients to other health care professionals and programs in the agency and in the community, health services as required.
Maintain a safe environment for patients, families, and staff by adhering to emergency procedures and safety policies and standards.

What you bring

Qualifications:

Graduation from an approved School of Nursing with current practicing registration as an RN with the British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives (BCCNM), formally known as British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals (BCCNP).
Current CPR (Level C) certification.
One (1) year of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these factors contribute to current health disparities and barriers to care. Show a clear commitment to identifying, challenging, and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and all forms of discrimination impacting equity-deserving groups within healthcare settings. This involves recognizing personal biases, institutional barriers, engaging in anti-racism education and training and advocating for systemic change.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within BC Cancer contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, BC Human Rights Code, Anti-racism Data Act and how they intersect across the health care system.

**If you are a new grad (graduated in the last 18 months and have NOT completed new grad program at another health authority), we ask all new grads apply to one posting.

Core Competencies

Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging. Embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility into all aspects of work. This means creating an environment where Indigenous patients feel respected, valued, and understood. Foster trust through respectful communication, active listening, and honoring equity-deserving people's perspectives on health and wellness. Commit to ongoing education and training on Indigenous health issues, cultural safety, and DEI principles. Participate in workshops, cultural immersion experiences, and continuous professional development to stay informed and responsive to equity-deserving groups. Provide patient-centred care that respects Indigenous ways of knowing and healing, respects BIPOC experiences and world views ensuring that care plans are culturally relevant and holistic.
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.).

You have:

Demonstrate relevant clinical knowledge.
Apply clinical knowledge in practice.
Utilize clinical and information technology to enhance patient care in accordance with agency policies.
Use communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with patients, the public and all levels of staff both verbally and in writing.
Organize patient care and set priorities.
Physically perform duties of the position.
Demonstrates a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
Demonstrates foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

What we bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

Comprehensive BC Cancer nursing orientation program
Chemotherapy Certification
Help us maintain the highest patient survival rate in Canada
Use state-of-the-art technology and the latest, evidence-based treatments.
Be a respected member of Canada's collaborative leading oncology clinical teams.
Find work-life balance with Monday-Friday, daytime shifts (with occasional Saturdays)
Join one of BC’s largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations – offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
Access to professional development opportunities through our 2,000+ in-house courses including a range of experience level, profession-specific, or other essential training on Indigenous Cultural Safety; Indigenous-specific anti-racism; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and accessibility, mental health and well-being, and more.
Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness and apparel.

Job Type: Regular, Part-Time (0.80 FTE)

Wage: $41.42 - $59.52 per hour.

Location: 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC V8R 6V5

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

Hours of Work: Tuesday - Friday; 0900-1700 Vacation Relief Line in ACU.

Requisition Number: 200929E

A first in Canada: minimum Nurse to Patient Ratios (mNPRs) are being introduced in B.C.! The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), alongside B.C.'s other regional health authorities, is implementing mNPRs as a transformative staffing initiative that aims to improve the working environment of nurses in order to provide better quality care to our patients.

What we do

BC Cancer provides comprehensive cancer control for the people of British Columbia. BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at [email protected].

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.

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