Nurse Practitioner - Primary Connect

Employment Type (Full-Time etc.) Full-time, Permanent or Part-Time Permanent

Compensation Amount / Range $117,923 - $138,733 (1.0 FTE)

Existing Vacancy Yes

Is Artificial Intelligence used for screening or assessment of candidates No

South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non-profit, multi-service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention primarily to people of East Toronto. Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and delivering quality care through a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches.

As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting-edge primary health services, health promotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food center and population-based community programs for marginalized peoples. We value health equity and inclusion and respect in our work and in the delivery of our services.

Primary CONNECT (Collaborative Navigation Network for Connected Treatment) is a new comprehensive Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPCT) that is a collaborative effort between two CHCs (Parkdale Queen West CHC & South Riverdale CHC), and CAMH’s specialist mental health and substance use care/addictions services, and through CAMH’s Shkaabe Makwa, will provide culturally responsive supports for Frist Nations, Inuit and Metis clients. The Primary CONNECT collaborative enables the three organizations to create a service that supports a high-need under-serviced population with mental health and substance use care/addictions needs in the downtown and east Toronto.

This service is supported by the provincial government’s Expanding and Enhancing IPC Teams initiative, focused on access and attachment for clients/patients with poorer health outcomes/health status.

The Nurse Practitioner – Primary CONNECT will function independently, and as a member of the primary care team to provide primary health care to clients Primary CONNECT, as well as clients of South Riverdale CHC emphasizing health promotion, health education and disease prevention.

Working onsite is required.

• Conducts comprehensive health assessments of the well person throughout the lifespan. Assessments include a holistic health history, physical examination and appropriate screening and diagnostic tests
• Assesses and manages episodic and stable chronic conditions commonly seen in primary health care, consulting with CHC physicians when issues present that go beyond the RN(EC) scope of practice
• Performs telephone screening when necessary, which may include intake, referral, health care advice for acute or chronic conditions, anticipatory guidance, and support for reception
• Provides supportive and lifestyle counselling which may include preventative counselling, brief supportive counselling or short-term crisis management when indicated and when SRCHC social workers are unavailable
• Writes prescriptions and orders laboratory tests within the RN(EC) scope of practice
• Provides pre and post-natal care which includes collaboration with CHC physicians, obstetricians, "maternity care" physicians, midwives or health care providers chosen by the client, as needed
• Makes home visits to clients who live within the catchment area as necessary
• Makes internal referrals to other SRCHC staff as appropriate
• Refers clients to specialist, hospital or community resources as appropriate
• Participates in case conferences with other providers to ensure coordination of services to the client
• Ensures that standards of client care are maintained according to accepted College of Nurses standards, the Regulated Health Professions Act, and the policies of SRCHC
• Performs necessary back-up clinical functions for other nursing staff in their absence
• Provides care at outreach clinics e.g., Family Planning, STD clinic and Red Door Shelter without physician present but consulting with CHC…