The salary range for this position is CAD $55.25/Hr. - CAD $79.42/Hr.

The hours of work, including start and stop times, days off, work area and work site may be subject to change consistent with operations requirements and applicable provisions of the Collective Agreement and statutes. **Testing may be required. ***A criminal record check may be required

Providence Health Care's Mental Health Program is now hiring for a permanent, full-time Clinical Nurse Specialist to help provide clinical leadership, drive forward program development and education, and contribute to research and evidence-based practice within the Program. Being a Clinical Nurse Specialist at PHC means being supported by a robust network of interdisciplinary professionals. 

Reporting to the Program Director for Program issues and the Chief of Professional Practice and Nursing for professional issues, the Clinical Nurse Specialist provides expert nursing care to patients and families and functions as a clinical leader within the Mental Health Program. Consults and collaborates with Clinical Group/Service Leaders, other nurses and health care professionals to improve and advance nursing practice and patient/resident outcomes both in Mental Health and in nursing practice initiatives throughout Providence Health Care.

This is a primarily in-person role with potential for hybrid work up to 2 days per week and working hour flexibility, at manager's discretion.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Supports and conducts nursing research to improve clinical practices and patient outcomes. Critiques, disseminates, and integrates research findings into practice while encouraging and mentoring colleagues in research and evidence-based care initiatives.

• Clinical Expertise and Leadership: Provides expert nursing care to patients/residents and serves as a clinical leader in mental health, acting as a role model for professional nursing practice. This includes maintaining excellence in care, influencing nursing practices, and collaborating across disciplines to improve patient outcomes.

• Consultation and Program Development: Offers consultation to nurses and interdisciplinary teams by guiding clinical decision-making, planning care strategies, and contributing to the development and evaluation of patient care programs and standards of practice within the specialty area.

• Education and Professional Development: Leads educational initiatives by identifying learning needs, developing and implementing training programs for nursing staff, and contributing to the education of nursing students and interdisciplinary teams. Promotes a culture of continuous learning and professional growth across the organization.

Education

• Master's degree in Nursing. Current practicing registration with the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia.
• Five years of Nursing experience with three years of recent, related experience in a clinical area relevant to the area of specialty.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate programs in areas of clinical practice.
• Ability to perform in-depth holistic patient/family assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care for complex care situations, and guide interdisciplinary team members in care planning.
• Ability to be an effective consultant for individuals and groups.
• Ability to conceptualize research questions and collaborate with researchers to conduct research.
• Ability to role model expert nursing practice.
• Ability to assist in the development of professional and leadership skills of the nursing staff.
• Ability to synthesize and utilize research findings in practice.
• Ability to present clinical/research work in a scholarly way.
• Prepared to be affiliated with a university school.

• Competitive salary: $108,147 - $155,461 CAD per year/$55.25 - $79.42 per hour, depending on experience 
• Comprehensive benefits: Eligible employees receive a robust medical and dental benefits package, including 4 weeks paid vacation starting.
• Pension plan: Work towards a comfortable retirement through employer-matched contributions to one of Canada's strongest pension plans! 
• Meaningful impact: Your dedication and expertise will directly impact the lives of patients, including many from marginalized communities, helping contribute to the public healthcare system we're privileged to have here in BC  
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State-of-the-art facilities:  The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents. 

Who we are: 

Providence is a non-profit healthcare provider with over fifteen sites, including a large tertiary hospital in the heart of Vancouver’s beautiful and vibrant Downtown, a smaller community hospital in the idyllic Mount Pleasant neighborhood, one of the largest referral centres for rehabilitation in British Columbia, and five long-term care facilities, as well as other clinics. 

As a leading teaching and research organization, and the provincial referral center for Cardiac, HIV/AIDS, and Renal Care, we provide services ranging from acute and long-term care to leading substance use and addiction treatment supporting some of BC’s most marginalized communities. Guided by the motto “how you want to be treated”, delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care is our mission.

Curious about working at PHC and the culture of our teams? Check out the videos and articles below to learn more and meet some of the members of the team you'd be joining:

2026 Team Award : Complex Intervention Response Team (CIRT)

2025 PHC Mission Awards - Mental Health Social Worker Lucky Pickering

New Grads:

A Heart for Healing in Geriatric Psychiatry

Supporting the whole patient Complex Intervention Response Team (CIRT)

Reproductive Health: Supporting New Parents Through Compassion and Education

Eating Disorders: Food, freedom, and healing in eating disorder recovery

Foundry: Helping young people thrive through connection and creativity

Peer Support Worker: a career rooted in connection, compassion, and change

 

Your Day to Day:

• Exemplifies and promotes excellence in nursing practice in a specialty area through activities such as:
  a) maintaining practice excellence through involvement with selected patient/resident groups .
  b) utilizing practice opportunities to provide expert nursing care to patients/residents or groups of patients, to evaluate nursing practice, and to provide clinical learning activities for nurses.
  c) influencing nursing practice by participating in patient/resident care advocacy issues directed toward improving practice and the quality of patient/resident care.
  d) acting as a role model for professional practice by integrating all components of the professional role: clinical practice, consultation, collaboration, leadership, education, research/evaluation.
  e) collaborating with other health care disciplines within the hospital and community to develop effective patient/resident care programs.
  f) participating in provincial/national groups related to specialty
  g) coordinating care for select patients/residents (ie: as case manager)
• Provides consultation to nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team, through activities such as:
  a) assisting the members of the interdisciplinary team with clinical decision-making and with planning, implementing, and evaluating patient/resident care.
  b) participating in the development of patient/resident care programs as required.
  c) evaluating the effectiveness of the consultative process for patient/resident outcomes as well as development of the consultee.
  d) providing leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of practice within the specialty area.
• Coordinates the evaluation of patient/resident care outcomes, identifies populations at risk, and proposes solutions through activities such as:
  a) evaluating current practice using a systematic process.
  b) recommending changes in practice in conjunction with leaders, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
  c) using and/or developing evidence-based innovations to improve the quality of health care.
• Provides leadership to nurses, leaders, and other members of the interdisciplinary team in identifying learning needs of patients/residents and staff and determine priorities for educational programs through activities such as:
  a) contributing to an atmosphere conducive to learning.
  b) developing programs to assist nursing staff to meet performance expectations and standards of professional practice.
  c) implementing programs directly, as appropriate, using formal and informal teaching strategies.
  d) developing and/or utilizing appropriate educational tools to facilitate learning.
  e) participating in basic and graduate nursing student education.
  f) participating in the education of nurses and members of the interdisciplinary team about standards of practice.
• Supports nursing research to promote clinical knowledge development and research-based clinical practice through activities such as:
  a) demonstrating and promoting critical thinking which leads to the formulation of research questions and hypotheses.
  b) assisting nurses to evaluate their own practice systematically and to identify pertinent care problems for investigation.
  c) critiquing current research findings related to specialty area. Disseminates the research findings and collaborates with colleagues in determining the effectiveness in our practice setting, for those relevant to our setting, designs and implements changes in practice.
  d) assisting colleagues in research efforts.
  e) conducting research by self, or with others, and disseminating findings in presentation or publication.
  f) identifying research opportunities and administers the research projects performing duties including writing research proposal, developing and designing budget parameters, sourcing funding from internal and external partners, hiring/firing research staff, monitoring funds/expenditures and providing detailed reports to senior staff.
• Supports nurses in their practice across Providence Health Care in programs/initiatives as requested through activities such as:
  a) participating in nursing, agency-wide, and/or community committees.
  b) facilitating in the design, implementation and evaluation of agency wide education programs for nurses
  c) participating as a member of a teaching group for a specified short term initiative
  d) participating in establishing the goals, objectives, and standards of nursing practice throughout the hospital.
  e) Provides professional expertise to health care professionals external to the organization on matters related to nursing practice including clinical, research and educational activities.
  f) Performs other duties as assigned.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.