Nurse Practitioner - West Ottawa HART Hub

Position Title:

Nurse Practitioner, West Ottawa HART Hub

Department:  West Ottawa HART Hub

Reports to:

Director, West Ottawa HART Hub

Position Status:  Regular Part-Time (10.5 to 24.5 hours per week)

Pay Scale:  $63.395/hr to $74.593/hr

Hours of Work:  We are seeking coverage primarily for Thursdays, Fridays, and weekends. We welcome applications from candidates with varying availability and may consider schedules ranging from part-time to full-time based on program needs and candidate availability.

This position is an existing vacancy.

Benefits include:

4 weeks vacation plus other leave entitlements

Extended Group Health benefits for 0.5

FTEs or above

Flexible Health & Wellness Spending Account

HOOPP

WEEKEND PREMIUM:
Eligible weekend shifts include a premium above the regular hourly rate, recognizing the importance of supporting access to care during weekend service hours.

Who We Are
Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre is an innovative, community-based, multi-service centre. We strive to meet the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We work in partnership with individuals,families,and communities to achieve their full potential, paying particular attention to those who face barriers to care due to race, gender, income and/or ability.

PQCHC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce.

If at any stage in the selection process, you require accommodation due to a disability, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.

The West Ottawa Homeless and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub (WOHH) is a new collaborative initiative being driven by seven core partners and led by PQCHC, with support from more than 20 organizations across the region. The HART Hub will provide safe, low-barrier and judgement-free access to a full continuum of services for people in need of support with their substance use health.

This continuum will include primary care, addiction medicine, withdrawal and treatment services as well as housing support, peer connection, and access to social services. The West Ottawa HART Hub will operate out of two locations- a main location housing a walk-in clinic and withdrawal management and a secondary location housing the bed-based stabilization and treatment services.

Position Summary
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an integral member of the West Ottawa HART Hub (WOHH) interdisciplinary team, providing integrated withdrawal management, addiction medicine support, episodic primary health care, and mental health assessment and treatment to individuals aged 16 and older. Working within a trauma-informed, culturally safe, client-centred, and harm reduction framework, the NP assesses, diagnoses, treats, prescribes, monitors, and provides short-term follow-up for substance use, physical health and mental health concerns within scope of practice.

WOHH operates within an episodic model of care. The NP responds to identified health needs through assessment, treatment, consultation, referral, care coordination, and short-term follow-up, while facilitating transition to appropriate community or specialty services when ongoing care is required.

Model of NP Practice
The NP role is organized around four interconnected clinical functions:

Withdrawal Management and Addiction Care:
Assessment and treatment of substance use, intoxication, withdrawal, associated risks and addiction-related health needs.

Episodic Primary Health Care:
Timely assessment and management of acute, chronic, preventive and other primary care needs that arise during a client's involvement with WOHH.

Mental Health and Concurrent Disorders:
Identification, assessment and treatment of mental health concerns within NP scope, including consideration of the relationship between mental health, substance use, withdrawal, medications, physical health and psychosocial circumstances.

Navigation, Consultation and Continuity of Care:
Determining what can be managed within WOHH, what requires short-term follow-up, and what requires consultation, referral, transition to longitudinal care or escalation to another level of service.

Job Specific Responsibilities
Direct Client Care

Provide client-centred, trauma-informed, culturally safe and harm reduction-oriented care to individuals accessing WOHH services.

Assess, diagnose, treat, prescribe and monitor care for substance use, physical health and mental health concerns within NP scope of practice.

Deliver withdrawal management, addiction medicine, episodic primary health care and mental health…