Job Summary:

Bring your clinical expertise and passion for providing quality, compassionate care to a challenging and rewarding role as a Nurse Practitioner with the Primary Care Network (PCN) in Mission, BC.

This is a permanent full-time independent NP contract position.

Mission's PCN:

Mission’s Primary Care Network is a partnership between the Ministry of Health, Fraser Health Authority, and Mission Division of Family Practice.

Primary care network attributes include:

• Processes to ensure all people in a community have access to quality primary care and are attached to a PCN
• Provision of extended hours of care, including early mornings, evenings and weekends
• Provision of same-day access to urgently needed care
• Provision of comprehensive primary-care services through networking of primary-care providers and teams, including inpatient, residential, mild/moderate mental health substance use, and preventative care workers
• Co-ordination of care with diagnostic services, hospital care, specialty care, surgical services, and specialized community services for all patients, with a particular emphasis on those with mental health and substance-use conditions, complex medical conditions and frailty

Working for Mission's PCN:

We are committed to transforming the way that primary health care is delivered in our community through a team-based, collaborative approach.

Our strategies include:

• Enhanced mental health and substance use services
• Enhanced primary care clinic for some of the most vulnerable and complex patients in Missio
• Enhanced Indigenous health services
• Enhanced outreach for seniors and youth

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility and accountability for the comprehensive assessment of patients/clients/residents including diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions
• Initiating treatment including health care management, therapeutic interventions and prescribing medications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, conditions, and employer policies and procedures
• Practicing autonomously and interdependently within the context of an interdisciplinary healthcare team while providing professional mentorship to other health professionals
• Collaborating with patients/clients/residents and other health providers to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients/clients/residents, families and communities; developing and implementing population and evidence-based strategies to improve health and participating in policy-making activities that influence health services and practices
• Participating in peer review and self-review to evaluate the outcome of services at the patient/client/resident, community and population level

Experience:

• Current registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
• Relevant, clinical nursing experience
• Professional/Technical capabilities, including clinical knowledge and a real passion for providing quality, compassionate care to motivate and inspire others

 

If this sounds like the ideal role for you, please contact Jen Cook.