Nurse Practitioner - Addictions Hub - Mental Health & Addictions

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in Halifax is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join their opioid recovery and addiction treatment teams. The NP will provide comprehensive care and coordinate patient transitions to primary care while adhering to professional standards. Candidates should have a Masters of Nursing and at least two years of experience in mental health and addictions. This full-time position offers competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Dental Insurance

Long-term Disability

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Nurse Practitioner with NSCN.
• Minimum two years recent NP experience in Mental Health and Addictions.
• Current certification in Basic Life Support.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive care to patients in a collaborative team.
• Coordinate care and improve capacities within the opioid recovery program.
• Conduct assessments, diagnoses, and evaluations of patient health outcomes.

Skills

Mental Health and Addictions Expertise

Critical Thinking

Interpersonal Communication

Crisis Management

Harm Reduction Approaches

Education

Masters of Nursing – Advanced Nursing Practice

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Click here to apply as an internal applicant.

Req ID: 207547
Location: Central Zone, Dickson Building - QEII
Department: MHA Strat-Addiction Hubs - QE2
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% ) x 1
NSGEU Nursing Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Aug-25

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About the Opportunity

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides comprehensive and coordinated care to patients as a member of an inter-professional/collaborative opioid recovery and addiction day treatment teams. The NP improves the capacity of the opioid recovery program and coordinates outflow to primary care. The NP adheres to the NSCN Standards for Nursing Practice and the Code of Ethics and is responsible and accountable at all times for his/her own proactive consistent with relevant legislation, professional and ethical standards. The NP is accountable to identify, analyze and evaluate activities that are reflective of quality improvement initiatives. The NP partners with and complements other members of the mental health and addictions team across the continuum of care for the achievement of person and family centered care which includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and evaluation of patient health and treatment outcomes, screening and health promotion, early detection of illness and disease, chronic disease management, continuity and coordination of care and enhanced access to progress, services and community resources. NP practice activities include brief intervention community outreach, individual and family support, health promotion, disease prevention and education, crisis-management along with linkages to other community-based supports and programs, primary and reproductive health care, medical management and prescription renewal and referral to specialty services such as infectious disease and pain specialists. The incumbent will be the key liaison with primary care physicians, psychiatric staff, including all mental health and addictions staff, and other community partners and agencies such as correctional facility health centres, to ensure seamless care and is ideal for an NP with a passion for working with individuals who experience concurrent disorders. The NP utilizes an integrative/multidimensional approach that is biopsychosocial, person and family-centered, and culturally sensitive.

About You

• Completion of a Masters of Nursing – Advanced Nursing Practice stream or equivalent nurse practitioner program
• Current registration (or eligibility) as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nova Scotia College of Nurses (NSCN)
• Minimum of two years recent (within last 5 years) NP experience in a Mental Health and Addictions setting
• Current certification in Basic Life Support
• Successful Completion of controlled drugs and substances (CDS) education program and registration with the Nova Scotia Prescription Monitoring Program (NSPMP).
• Completion of Opioid Dependency Treatment Core Course via Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Experience, knowledge and respect in the application of harm reduction and determinants of health theory and practice approaches to client care and engagement in promoting health & supporting recovery
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving skills and the ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) effectively utilizing DSM 5 to screen and assess for mental health and addictions/concurrent disorders and conduct crisis and suicide risk assessments consistent with service standards
• Prescribe controlled drugs including but not limited to agonist medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder according to Nurse Practitioners’ Authorized Practices: Nova Scotia Schedule of Prescribing Pharmaceuticals and relevant legislation, standards and policies.
• Excellent interpersonal and written, electronic (Microsoft Office Programs, including Outlook) and verbal communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, public, community partners, primary care team members and other professionals and agencies
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

NOTE: If there are no applicants with 2 years of NP experience in Mental Health & Addictions, applicants with less than or no experience may be considered.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must clearly state such equivalencies in their cover letter, resume, or application. Additionally, candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.

Hours

• Permanent, Full-Time; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

$59.47 - $69.52 hourly

($71.96 hourly with 25 years' NP experience)

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.