Nurse Practitioner – Lawrence Heights Site
Part-time, Contract Position (28 hours per week, November 2024 to May 2025)
$67.13 per hour
About Unison HCS:
Unison Health and Community Services is a non-profit, community-based organization that serves neighbourhoods in North West Toronto. Operating out of six locations, Unison offers core services that include primary health care, counselling, health promotion, Early Years programs, legal services, harm reduction programs, housing assistance, adult protective services, Pathways to Education™ and a Diabetes Education Program. Unison’s mission is working together to deliver accessible and high quality health and community services that are integrated, respond to needs, build on strengths and inspire change.
Unison Health and Community Services is committed to working from an inclusive, pro-choice, sex positive, harm reduction, anti-racist, anti-oppression and participatory framework.
Unison is seeking a keen and committed Nurse Practitioner-Registered Nurse, Extended Class – RN (EC) for our Lawrence Heights site. The RN (EC) diagnoses and manages common health problems and diseases as part of the multidisciplinary, primary health care team.
Job Specific Responsibilities:
- Perform clinical duties within the scope of practice, including assessments, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, counseling, screening, education, and referral.
- Collaborate with primary care physicians to focus on clients that are homebound and unable to access primary care services.
- Provide consultation and support related to clinical care to front line staff and our partners.
- Provide feedback on performance and care standards of staff and care providers.
- Provide supervision and clinical oversight including application of corrective and remedial actions, as required.
- Provide education/training, knowledge management expertise and research as required.
- Build and maintain relationships with health and social service agencies and external service providers.
Job Specific Qualifications:
- Registration in the Extended Class with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Sound clinical judgment and strong health assessment and diagnostic skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- 3-5 years’ experience in a community-based setting or nursing experience in Primary Care/NP.
- Excellent triage and clinical skills.
- Willingness to teach/work with other professional disciplines and students.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in group work and community development.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, and sensitivity to, the impact of social, economic, environmental and cultural issues on diverse communities.
- Knowledge of issues affecting communities facing barriers to access in an urban environment.
- Familiarity with the social, economic and cultural conditions of the health centre’s area; experience in working with local service providers, community groups and networks, and an understanding of local issues and priorities are an asset.
- Commitment to pro-choice philosophy.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity goals and principles, to sexual and reproductive rights, to being youth positive, LGBTQ2IA+ positive, and sex positive and to being inclusive of diverse sexual and gender identities.
- Ability to meet the expectation of providing trans care.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, including computer literacy.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with colleagues, students, community members, volunteers, etc.
- Available to work Monday to Thursday including an evening shift on Wednesdays.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are asked to email a résumé with covering letter by Thursday, November 14, 2024 by 4:00pm:
Hiring Committee - Nurse Practitioner, Lawrence Heights Site
Unison Health and Community Services
[email protected]
Please cite UN_2024_034 in the subject line of the email
We welcome applications from people who are reflective of the diverse communities we serve, including those who might need accommodation.
Where needed, accommodations for applicants with disabilities will be provided, on request, to support their participation in all aspects of the recruitment process.
Please note that due to the volume of applications, only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months
Pay: $67.13 per hour
Expected hours: 28 per week
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2024-11-14
