Couchiching Family Health Team
The Couchiching Family Health Team is expanding, and we are looking for NP's to join our
team to work towards our attachment strategy.
HOOPP: Effective April 25, 2026, the CFHT is a participating employer of the Healthcare
Ontario Pension Plan (“HOOPP”).
Position: Nurse Practitioner (Extended Class)
(1.0 FTE Permanent with Benefits)
Interim Reports To: Director of Clinical Services
Position Summary:
As a key member of the Couchiching Family Health Team (CFHT), and an integral part of an
interdisciplinary health care team, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) Extended Class (EC) uses
advanced practice clinical skills to provide direct clinical care, education, research,
consultation, and treatment to support the care needs of patients in the Couchiching region.
This role may provide care to both unattached and rostered patients in collaboration with
Primary Care Practitioners. The NP will establish relationships with Primary Care Practitioners
(PCP’s), CFHT Allied Health Practitioners, and community partners to provide best practice care
to those without a PCP. The Nurse Practitioner will apply an anti-oppressive lens in supporting
diverse patients, including those facing systemic barriers.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Assessment:
- Assess, monitor, provide intervention, education, and support to patients and their
caregivers within the scope of the regulatory practice as delineated by the College of
Nurses of Ontario
- Complete health assessments, including health history and physical examination
- Provide treatment and advanced clinical management as needed across the
continuum of care
- Utilize diagnostic reasoning and decision-making process to formulate a list of
hypotheses, determine the need for, order, and interpret diagnostic testing, and
formulation of a medical diagnosis within the specialty scope of practice and
consistent with practice guidelines
- Conduct consultations with clients/family to obtain relevant information and assess
client/family learning and needs
- Communicate significant clinical findings and facilitate ongoing communication of
patient progress and plan of care to the health care team
- Initiate/order, tailor and evaluate/discontinue selected medical and nursing therapy
(including pharmacologic therapy) within the specialty scope of practice and consistent
with practice guidelines and established medical directives to optimize the plan of care
