Licensed Practical Nurse – Doris Fox Lelum

Job Summary

• Provide low-barrier nursing care to Indigenous People Who Use Drugs (IPWUD) at Doris Fox Lelum.
• Work in a cultural wellness hub focused on connection to Elders, harm reduction, peer support, and clinical care.
• Support member wellbeing through holistic, safety-first, culturally safe approaches.

🩺 Key Responsibilities

• Build trusting relationships with members rooted in empathy and cultural safety.
• Provide IM/IN/IV and oral OAT and witness medications in a supportive, non-judgmental way.
• Respond to overdoses and other medical emergencies.
• Conduct assessments and administer basic care (wound care, sample collection, urine drug screening).
• Perform point-of-care drug and rapid drug testing.
• Advocate for members and assist with referrals (internal and external).
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (Elders, Cultural Workers, Counsellors).
• Document in Oscar EMR accurately and timely.
• Follow leadership direction from Nurse Coordinator and Primary Care Co-Leads.

📚 Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Cultural safety, harm reduction, Indigenous wellness knowledge.
• BCCNM nursing standards.
• Experience with overdoses, OAT, and trauma-informed care.
• Familiarity with TRC Calls to Action & BC DRIPA beneficial.
• Comfortable in non-traditional medical settings.
• CPR certified, experience in training others in naloxone use preferred.
• Strong documentation, advocacy, and interpersonal skills.

🎓 Required Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Current BCCNM practicing registration.
• CPR certified.
• Completion of or willingness to take cultural competency training.

🧾 Working Conditions

• Location: Doris Fox Lelum, 121 Heatley Avenue, in an Indigenous Wellness Resource Hub.
• Part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Shifts/hours TBD based on FTE (0.4 to 1.0).
• Supervised by Clinical Nurse Coordinator and Primary Care Co-Leads.