Nurse Practitioner

Full Time
  • Full Time
  • Iqaluit

Bayshore HealthCare

MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS A NURSE PRACTITIONER IN NORTHERN COMMUNITIES of NUNAVUT!

Are you a Nurse Practitioner (NP) looking for an exciting travelling work experience? Do you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of those you care for? Have you thought about traveling for work to expand your personal and professional growth in health care? We provide a unique way to experience an expanded clinical scope while enjoying an adventure simultaneously!

Bayshore HealthCare’s Northern Nursing program has provided high-quality community health relief staffing services to Indigenous and Northern communities since 1997. Our Nurse Practitioners experience exciting assignments in Northern Canada’s isolated, semi-isolated, and remote areas. Work closely with diverse Indigenous communities (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) providing care to community members in Canada’s remote Northern communities of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nunavut.

The work you will do:

As an NP in isolated, semi-isolated and remote communities in Northern Canada you will practice autonomously providing primary care to patients and families. All ages practice is required from diagnosing & treating illnesses, to prescribing medications, sending referrals and performing medical procedures for your patients. You will provide professional nursing care and community health services to patients (individuals, families, and groups) on a routine and emergency basis to promote a healthy lifestyle, to prevent and/or reduce incidence of disease, disability, and death, to support rehabilitation and to restore health and palliation.

NPs on our team will treat the whole person with an approach that includes addressing needs relating to an adult or child’s physical and mental health, gathering medical history, focusing on how an illness affects their life and family, offering information and education encouraging a healthy life.

Participation with community members and collaboration with the primary care team and supporting agencies to develop and implement a variety of programs to address patient and community needs will be required to promote health and well-being and to meet identified areas of health care concerns which may include the provision of programs such as: adult health clinics, pre and post-natal clinics, school health programs, chronic disease clinics, immunization programs and communicable disease surveillance.

Your average assignment durations vary from 4 to 6 weeks.

Job Qualification

Who You Are:

You are a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing and have a nursing license and a Nurse Practitioner Specialization through a Canadian provincial governing body in good standing
You have or are willing to obtain a regulatory license in the province or territory of work such as, College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA), College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM), College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and or College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (CANNN)
You have at minimum (1125 hours) or 30 weeks of full-time experience as a Nurse Practitioner within the past four years
You are confident and skilled to evaluate the need for further assessment outside of the community if necessary
Mandatory skillsets and additional training requirements and reimbursements will be discussed during interview

Thank you to all applicants. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly.

Bayshore is committed to a high quality and safe environment for both our staff and clients/patients. Dependent upon Provincial government regulations, and the position being applied for, new hires may be required to provide proof of vaccination against illnesses such as COVID-19, Hepatitis, Seasonal Flu etc. Please speak with the recruiter for Provincial and/or position specific requirements. Medical exemptions or any other kinds of requested exemptions based upon Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

“At Bayshore Healthcare, our commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is our strength. This is how we bring our vision of being the difference in the lives of those we care for, work with and in our communities. We have a great sense of pride in creating a culture of belonging, where individual differences are embraced and celebrated, through programs, resources and policies that support each individuals purpose, potential and wellbeing.”

Bayshore operates in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and applicable Provincial Human Rights Codes.

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