Job Title: Nurse Practitioner - Outreach
About Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo (The Health Centre)
The Health Centre provides a broad range of services aimed at improving the health of individuals and the wider community. Our services include medical and dental care, health promotion, illness prevention and outreach programming. Our expertise and resources are focused on working with those who experience health inequities and barriers to accessing health services. Collaborating as an interdisciplinary team, we provide services and supports that address the social determinants of health including factors and barriers such as poverty, inadequate housing, food insecurity, substance use, language and culture, as well as stigma and social exclusion.
The Health Centre works with the most complex client population served by primary health care professionals within Waterloo Region. Our highly skilled and diverse team works from a strength-based approach with individual clients as well as the broader community. We collaborate with many partner agencies and organizations within Waterloo Region. Our team consists of Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Social Workers, Dietitians, Chiropodists, Pharmacists, Psychiatrists, Health Promoters, Community Health Workers, Administrative Staff and Volunteers.
We invite you to consider this opportunity to join our team and contribute to this important work.
The Health Centre is currently recruiting for the following position:
QUALIFICATIONS
- Completion of a recognized Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program.
- Baccalaureate Nursing Degree with Extended Class registration with the Ontario College of Nurses.
- 2 years minimum experience as a Primary Care NP working with all ages in a community health setting.
- Minimum of three years of community based experience. Some combination of community and hospital experience may be considered.
- Awareness of the Index of Well-Being and the impact social isolation has on the health of clients and community participants.
- Commitment to working within client-centered, trauma informed, social determinants of health framework.
- Exemplary emotional intelligence, communication, conflict management, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with volunteer management is considered an asset.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
- Experience and strong interest in working with culturally, economically, and socially diverse populations.
- Familiarity with social service and health programs, services, and systems in Waterloo Region.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Proven experience leveraging community partnerships and collaborative projects.
- Ability to work collaboratively and ensure accountability to client and the team.
- Skilled in setting and maintaining strong boundaries with clients.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Excellent English written and oral communication skills. Second language is an asset.
- Proficiency in the use of computers and various software programs including Microsoft Office, email, and Internet.
- Ability to obtain a Police Vulnerable Sector Check satisfactory to the Health Centre.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9:00am- 5:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am to 5:00pm or 12:00pm to 8:00pm
Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm
The Health Centre values the diversity of its staff and welcomes applications from people of all races, ethnicity, religions, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity and those with disabilities.
Individuals with a disability requiring accommodation during the application and/or the interview process should advise the recruitment contact noted above so that suitable arrangements can be made.
Personal information submitted will only be used for the purposes of this recruitment process.
We appreciate all expressions of interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted