Nurse Practitioner - New Hamburg

Woolwich Community Health Centre (WCHC), is a multi-site health centre and requires a Nurse Practitioner (30 hours per week, 0.6 Permanent FTE, at our New Hamburg site). All WCHC Nurse Practitioners work to their full scope of practice within an inter-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive primary health care to a registered client caseload. In addition to providing comprehensive primary care, within this unique role, the Nurse Practitioner will also engage in community-facing programing aimed at reducing primary care unattachment rates across rural Waterloo Region and surrounding areas. Woolwich Community Health Centre is responsible for program and service delivery to clients who are residents of Woolwich, Wellesley, and Wilmot Townships.

Requirements

• BScN with Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner certificate and registered with The College of Nurses of Ontario in Extended Class.
• Broad-based nursing experience with 2-5 years in primary health care setting.
• Commitment to working as part of an inter-disciplinary team that includes family physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurses, chiropodists, registered dietitians, counsellors, physiotherapy and community health team staff Skills/experience to fulfil major functions of role: wellness care; assessment, diagnosis and management of episodic illness; managing chronic disease; and group work.
• Strong communication, organizational, and issue management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, within the inter-disciplinary team setting and with clients and community members.
• Flexibility to work one evening per week as well as provide after hours on-call on shared schedule with 15 other health centre physicians and nurse practitioners.
• Knowledge of/experience with health issues across the lifecycle.
• Specific expertise in the following areas would be considered an asset: geriatrics, palliative care, mental health, chronic disease management, maternal and infant/child health as well as familiarity with working in a rural setting.
• Strong facility with computer; previous experience with electronic medical records would be an asset.
• Car required for home visits.
• Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
• Woolwich Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and providing equal opportunity for people with disabilities.