2026-070 Primary Care Educator

Elte Carpets Limited; Moose Factory; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HOOPP pension

Health benefits

Annual retention bonus

Indigenous community engagement

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experienced Primary Care Clinical Educator to lead orientation and ongoing nursing education across WAHA communities. This role emphasizes primary care best practices in remote settings and reports to the Manager of Education.

It is a permanent full-time position with a hybrid site, offering opportunities to advance Indigenous health work in northern Ontario and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to strengthen primary care services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing and active CNO registration in good standing.
• 7+ years in primary care and remote nursing settings.
• Instructor level certifications or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Provide orientation and ongoing education to nursing teams based on primary care standards.
• Collaborate with Site Managers to re-establish comprehensive primary care services.
• Serve as expert in primary care knowledge and decision making.
• Support families with assessments and remote practice education.
• Help promote an interprofessional model of care with physicians and allied health.
• Coordinate student placements, preceptorships, and affiliation agreements.

Skills

Primary care nursing

Remote nursing

Cultural competence

Trauma-informed care

Confidentiality

First Nations experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Registered with CNO

Job description

Title: Primary Care Clinical Educator

Division: People Experience

Affiliation: ONA (Ontario Nurses Association)

Site: Hybrid

Reports to: Manager of Education

Status: Permanent Full-time

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experience candidate to fill the key role of Primary Care Clinical Educator.

Life at WAHA

A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, obscurred by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA

What We Do

There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.

At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.

Who You Are

• Expert knowledge, skills and abilities in primary care and remote nursing
• Experience in all ages assessment and clinical decision making
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Experience working with First Nations people
• Demonstrate strong cultural competence and understanding of historical colonial impacts in health and lifeways of Indigenous peoples
• Understands and implements care from a trauma informed care (TIC) lens

What You’ll Do

• Providing orientation and ongoing education to all nursing team members based on primary care best practices and provincial standards
• Collaborate with Site Managers/Directors to re-establish comprehensive primary care services for all WAHA communities
• Expert level practitioner in primary care knowledge, skills and abilities
• Support the nursing team to provide families with expert primary care services through education in comprehensive assessments and clinical decision making in remote practice
• Participates in the establishment of a philosophy of care by developing models and standards to promote an interprofessional, shared model of care including nursing, midwifery, physicians, specialists and allied health team members
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on facilitating student placements, preceptorship development, affiliation agreements

What You Bring

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or equivalent
• Registered with College of Nurses of Ontario and in good standing
• 7 + years of primary care and remote experience
• Instructor level certifications or willingness to obtain
• Expert knowledge, skills and abilities in acute/high acuity care in hospital and remote nursing
• Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset

Why Choose Us

• Defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP)
• Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
• Annual retention bonus
• Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
• Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow

Salary:

$87,797.50 - $128,700.00

Competition #:

2026-070

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Deadline:

This position will remain open till filled.

As part of our recruiting process, AI tools may assist in the screening of applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team and hiring managers.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005