Engaging your staff and management in high quality end of life education ensures your organization can provide evidence based, compassionate end of life care and care from a palliative perspective. When your clients receive compassionate, person and family centered palliative care, the evidence indicates they will  have higher patient satisfaction, improved quality of life and fewer hospitalizations (Beddard-Huber et al. 2020, Taylor et al., 2019) .  

Professional development opportunities can help nurses feel confident and competent in their job, leading to job satisfaction. Additionally, NOHS, as palliative experts, can help bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. This allows for better integration of palliative concepts into practice through deeply contextual learning. (Health Canada Nursing Retention Toolkit). Higher retention of staff allows for decreased orientation and onboarding cost in the long run for an organization. In fact, for a mid-level employee, the cost of losing that employee is 150% of their annual salary. (Simply Benefits) 

Building your team will ensure their have job security in their current job. Most of our courses are ‘portable’ meaning, the certification of training and education time is recognized across care settings (LTC, Hospice, Hospital, Home and Community Care). The courses provided are based on provincial BC-Centre for Palliative Care Competencies and national Hospice Palliative Care Competencies and Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association: A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care.  

NOHS is proud to provide high quality end of life and palliative care education through a variety of delivery methods. These include Face to face, and virtual delivery. Face to face delivery of education is available at your worksite. If you do not have appropriate space to facilitate education, training can be done off site. Off-site education will be at a place that is convenient to your business and NOHS. Of course, we are always happy to host your organization in our NOHS boardroom! Virtual delivery is available through TEAMs.

NOHS has the following courses available for Nursing.  

1. Life & Death Matters for Nurses and Allied Health: Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse.  
2. Serious Illness Conversation Guide 

NOHS has the following courses available for RHCA’s. RHCA is also known as Personal Support Worker, Care Aid and Health Care Aid. 

1. Life & Death Matters for Personal Support Workers:  Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers  
2. Palliative Essentials for Health Care Aids 

NOHS can has the following course available for Interdisciplinary Health Care Workers. Interdisciplinary Health Care Workers is also known as Allied Health and includes any registered professional. This includes but is not limited to Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Social Worker etc.  

1. Serious Illness Conversation Guide 

 The following courses can be adapted to be appropriate for Interdisciplinary Health Care Workers. This adaptation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

1. Life & Death Matters for Nurses and Allied Health: Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Resource for Every Nurse.  
2. Life & Death Matters for Personal Support Workers:  Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers  
3. Palliative Essentials for Health Care Aids 

Education and training grants are available through the BC Employer Training Grant found HERE. 

The B.C. Employer Training Grant provides funding to small, medium and large enterprises to support skills training for their workforces, including prospective new hires.

The intent of this program is to help British Columbians access the skills training required to adapt to the labour market’s changing job requirements, while also encouraging employer involvement in skills training.

The Employer Training Grant helps employers pay for training, which in turn helps employees experience increased job security or move into better jobs.

Employers can apply as often as they need and receive 80 per cent of the cost of training up to $10,000 per employee, with a maximum annual amount per employer of $300,000.