Practice Transition Program is an opportunity for:
• 121 hours of supernumerary mentorship in the practice area
• mentorship from an experienced member of your profession
• a new graduate workshop (7.5 hours)
New graduate workshop includes an introduction to the mentor and mentee relationship, self-care strategies to use while transitioning from the student into the new professional role, a review of competencies and learning plans, an opportunity to explore challenging situations, and a review of resources within Fraser Health.
The focus of the new graduate component of the Practice Start Program is to support new graduates in consolidating their nursing practice. It is also an opportunity for you to:
• Complete skills and assessments that you were not able to do in the 'student role'
• Develop a competency-based learning plan
• Have mentorship from an experienced RN/RPN
• Consolidate learning from your program to set a strong foundation for your nursing career
The program offers:
• An opportunity for new RN/RPN graduates to consolidate their registered nursing practice.
• Up to 121 hours of supernumerary mentorship.
• 7.5 hours educational time:
• Two hour New Graduate Program Workshop Virtual session
• Five one hour New Graduate Town Hall Virtual sessions
• 0.5 hours for your own self-directed learning
• Or 7.5 hours of their own self directed learning or attend 7 Town Hall sessions
Practice Transition Program is an opportunity for:
• up to 150 hours of supernumerary mentorship in the practice area
• mentorship from an experienced member of your profession
• a new graduate workshop (7.5 hours)
Supernumerary mentorship means you are supernumerary (i.e. extra/not considered as baseline staff), assigned to a designated mentor(s) and assigned to one care delivery area.
New graduate workshop includes introduction to mentorship and how to work with your mentor(s), self-care strategies, developing a competency-based learning plan, giving/receiving/requesting feedback, and navigating your career at Fraser Health.
The Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services (LMPS) Pharmacy Residency Program is a 52-week experiential training program focused on institutional pharmacy practice. The purpose of the LMPS Pharmacy Residency Program is to provide residents with the diverse, structured and robust learning opportunities necessary to develop the knowledge, skills and professional attributes required for direct patient care roles and innovative pharmacy practice.
The program is designed to provide unparalleled opportunities for pharmacists to experience practice within the diversity of sites and patient care settings encompassed by our large urban and rural university-affiliated health regions, Fraser Health, Providence Health Care, Provincial Health Services Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health.