Nurse Practitioner - Canadian Clinic

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $60.75 - $87.33 per hour.

Bring your clinical expertise and passion for providing quality, compassionate care to a challenging and rewarding role as a Nurse Practitioner. Working collaboratively with family physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and community service providers you will provide service in our New Canadian Clinic located in Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre (JPOCSC) in Surrey, B.C. JPOCSC provides a full range of scheduled outpatient services including day surgery, diagnostic services, and specialized health clinics.

This is your opportunity to be part of a welcoming and inclusive Surrey community. As part of this rewarding role, you will provide primary health care services for government assisted refugees, privately sponsored refugees, and refugee claimants. Are you interested in global health? In this role you will work with patients across the life span with heavy focus on pediatrics, obstetrics, chronic disease, and mental health.

The clinic focuses on providing health management, education, and self‑management supporting those with language barrier and limited health literacy. Be part of our clinical enhancement program with regular in‑house skills development such as 12 lead ECG interpretation, point‑of‑care ultrasound (POCUS), suturing, and x‑ray interpretation in addition to receiving centralized NP orientation. You will be welcomed into a New Graduate NP Community of Practice team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.

• Comprehensive, 100% employer‑paid benefits: full coverage.
• Generous vacation time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation.
• Benefit portability: seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate pension enrollment: secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity top‑up: 87% top‑up during maternity leave.
• Trans Link pass subsidy: save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes.
• Additional employee discounts and perks available.
• Eligibility based on employment status.

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible and accountable for the comprehensive assessment of patients/clients/residents including diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions. The Nurse Practitioner initiates treatment including health care management, therapeutic interventions and prescribes medications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions, and employer policies and procedures. The Nurse Practitioner provides professional guidance to other health professionals and practices autonomously and interdependently within the context of an interdisciplinary health‑care team, making referrals to specialist physicians and others as appropriate.

The position collaborates with patients/clients/residents and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients/clients/residents, families and communities; develops and implements population and evidence‑based strategies to improve health and participates in policy‑making activities that influence health services and practices. The position participates in peer review and self‑review to evaluate the outcome of services at the patient/client/resident, community and population level.

• Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients/residents for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; provides first line care in emergencies.
• Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations; interprets reports of investigations and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment.
• Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow‑up treatment; communicates with patients/clients/residents and families about health findings, diagnoses and priorities, outcomes and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients/residents in their…