Nurse Practitioner; NP Community Based

About the Organization

The Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) is an Indigenous governed, Indigenous led regional social planning and development organization. The BANAC service region now covers Simcoe County, Muskoka, and the northern York region. BANAC works in cooperation with Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous organizations to address community-identified priorities through coordinated planning, implementation and evaluation. BANAC has a mandate to support the continued promotion of Indigenous lifelong learning and community wellness through self-determination and community participation.

BANAC offers many innovative programs and services including Aging Well Senior Supports, Bebminot Family Wellness, the Biinoojinsauk Child Care Centre, Maapii Enjii Zaagi Gaazwad and the Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team. Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin offers a wholistic approach to wellness that includes traditional healing practices in primary care, community clinics, addiction and recovery services, counselling programs, midwifery, land-based healing programs, and community health promotion.

This position operates within an Indigenous-led and Indigenous-governed organization that is accountable to the communities it serves. Work is grounded in the principle of Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands, ensuring that all programs and services are developed, delivered, and evaluated under Indigenous governance structures and community direction. In alignment with Indigenous and provincial standards, the organization upholds excellence in care, accountability, and compliance while centering on Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural safety, and self-determination in health and social service deliverables.

All employees are required to participate in organizational Indigenous Cultural Safety training and to engage in ongoing reflexive practices as part of their professional development. This includes a commitment to examining personal and systemic biases, deepening understanding of Indigenous histories and experiences, and ensuring that service delivery aligns with the values of respect, reciprocity, and wholism that guide the organization’s work.

Working as part of the Indigenous interprofessional primary health care team, the Nurse Practitioner will provide trauma-informed, culturally safe primary health care to full scope with a strong emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention for Indigenous patients. The Nurse Practitioner will assess, diagnose, treat and monitor a wide range of health problems while engaging patients as full partners in their care plan.

Working under a guiding value of wholism, the Nurse Practitioner will work collaboratively with an interprofessional team including Traditional Healing, Social Work and Counselling, Nursing, Community Health Professionals, and Mental Health and Addictions Professionals to support physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well‑being for clients. The Nurse Practitioner brings advanced skills in primary care services to the table to support Indigenous communities.

Working in a clinic space and in the community, the Nurse Practitioner will meet patients “where-they-are-at” as part of our trauma-informed care delivery model. This role is assigned to a specific base location with some regional work as required.

• Member in good standing and without restrictions, College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) as a Registered Nurse in Extended Class [RN(EC)] required.
• Member of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and/or the Nurse Practitioners Association of Ontario.
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing from a recognized University and Certificate as a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Program preferred.
• Experience working as an NP in a primary health care or community setting an asset.
• Experience working within an EMR and an electronic office work environment.
• Experience working with Indigenous patients and communities.
• Knowledge and understanding of Indigenous culture and protocols and willingness to work in community settings.
• Demonstrate commitment to…