Registered nurse, path - ridge meadows hospital

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $41.42 - $59.52 / hour
Job Summary

Are you a dedicated Registered Nurse looking to make a meaningful impact on patients’ lives?

Join our team at Ridge Meadows Hospital in beautiful Maple Ridge, B.C.—where your work truly matters and your community feels like home.

At Ridge Meadows Hospital, you’re more than a nurse—you’re an essential part of a close-knit healthcare team making a real difference every day. You’ll care for patients who are your neighbors, friends, and community members, in an environment that values compassion, collaboration, and excellence.

Why Ridge Meadows Hospital?

Working here means being deeply connected to both your profession and your community. Nestled in a scenic setting surrounded by mountains and nature, Ridge Meadows offers the best of both worlds—a fulfilling healthcare career and the relaxed pace of small-town living. It’s a place where you can truly live where you work, achieving a healthy balance between professional purpose and personal well-being.

You’ll thrive in a supportive environment where teamwork is valued, your voice is heard, and your contributions are recognized. Whether you're advancing your clinical skills or building lasting relationships with colleagues and patients, this is a place where your career can grow.

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including:

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.

• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.

• Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.

• Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.

• Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.

• You can maintain a flexible schedule – As part of the new collective agreement, there are more flexible scheduling options available for regular status nurses.

• TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes

Plus, enjoy a range of additional perks, discounts, and employee wellness supports designed to help you feel your best—both at work and at home.

*Eligibility based on employment status

*Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview

Provides nursing care to patients according to established standards of practice and administrative policies; assesses patient's physical and psychological needs to identify problems; plans, implements and documents the care plan for an individual and/or group of patients.
Responsibilities

Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for patients and/or a group of patients based on nursing knowledge consistent with established standards of practice and hospital policies; identifies actual or potential problems and strengths; plans and performs interventions and evaluates patient outcomes; makes adjustments to care plan as required, in collaboration with members of the interprofessional team.

Collaborates and consults with patients, their families and the interprofessional team regarding the patient care plan by encouraging patient and family participation, identifying issues and care solutions, explaining the care plan and resolving issues.

Plans and provides teaching to patients and their families by identifying health-related learning needs to promote, enable and encourage individuals to actively participate in their care plan and accomplish their care plan goals; provides related teaching and/or refers patient to appropriate resources such as respiratory therapy, home health, palliative care and/or cardiac rehabilitation, as needed.

Maintains patient records and documents care provided to the patient by collecting information such as nursing observations, interventions, teaching, care evaluations and patient responses as per established policy and professional standards of practice; reports significant change or findings to the physician, Manager or other health care provider as required.

Initiates discharge planning for patients on admission; intervenes as appropriate and refers patient to other disciplines as needed; acts as an advocate to protect and promote the patient's right to autonomy, respect, dignity and access to information.

Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, visitors and staff adhering to hospital standards and other policies such as infection control, fire and other emergency procedures.

Participates in the planning, implementation and/or evaluation of quality improvement activities and research by identifying patient care issues and collecting relevant data; generates recommendations for alternative approaches to nursing care and identifies appropriate corrective action.

Participates in the orientation and ongoing education of nursing staff and students by providing information and acting as a preceptor, as appropriate.

Utilizes appropriate human and material resources in a cost effective manner in the delivery of patient care.

Participates as an active member on nursing and/or hospital committees, interprofessional conferences and councils for improvement of patient care.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Graduation from an approved school of Nursing and current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to assess patients and apply assessments to determine appropriate patient care interventions
• Ability to develop and implement a comprehensive plan of care
• Knowledge of chronic management models
• Ability to teach and promote chronic disease self-management
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in a continuously changing environment
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a member of a interprofessional care team
• Ability to teach patients, their families and students
• Ability to deal with others effectively including developing and maintaining rapport with patients, families and other health care providers
• Ability to organize and prioritize work
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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