Nurse Practitioner - Coast Salish FNPCC (Tsartlip)

First Nations Health Authority; Ladysmith; On-site; CAD 171,000 - 183,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a pioneering health organization as a Nurse Practitioner with the First Nations Health Authority, focusing on culturally safe care for First Nations families. This role involves collaborating in a team-based environment and providing comprehensive primary care services. The position offers a competitive salary and the chance to make a meaningful impact in community health.

Qualifications

• Experience working with First Nations people and communities.
• Active practicing license in good standing with BCCNM.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care in a culturally safe, team-based environment.
• Conduct home visits when clinically required.

Skills

Cultural Safety & Humility

Team Collaboration

Education

Masters Degree – Nurse Practitioner (Family)

Job description

Position Summary

NURSE PRACTITIONER- Coast Salish FNPCC (Tsartlip First Nation)

About Us

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

Title: Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Region: Coast Salish FNPCC (Tsartlip First Nation- North Saanich Area)

Compensation: $171,533-$182,968 pro-rated for partial FTE plus completions incentive

Contract: 0.5 FTE Contract-typically 840 hours a year

NPs Are Not Required To Contribute To Clinic Overhead.

FNPCI Initiative

The First Nations-led Primary Care Initiative (FNPCI) aims to improve access to primary health-care services for First Nations people across BC in a way that is culturally safe and closer to home. The FNPCI is part of the province’s primary care strategy, which is integrating team-based care in communities throughout B.C. and changing the way primary care is delivered with the creation of primary care networks in partnership with the Regional Health Authorities.

In order to meet the health and wellness needs of First Nations people, it is very important that primary care is culturally safe and culturally informed where Indigenous ways of knowing and being are woven into services.

About The Centre

Tsartlip Health Centre serves as a central hub for community health and wellness services within the Nation. It is fully equipped with two spacious clinical exam rooms, ten offices, and a large multipurpose area. The health centre's team takes a holistic approach, providing a wide range of support services for community members. This includes medical office assistants, community health nurses, maternal and child health services, mental health support, food security, employment and training resources, and patient travel assistance.

It is expected that the centre will initially operate Monday to Friday (excluding Statutory Holidays) during regular business hours. This may change over time due to operational needs.

About The Role

The Nurse Practitioners (NPs) will be the most responsible provider for a client panel as described in the NP clinical service contract template. NPs are expected to collaborate within a team-based environment that supports the practice of Western and Traditional Wellness approaches to client health and wellness. A minimum panel size is typically expected to reach 300 patients per 0.5 FTE by year 3 and will be confirmed in the clinical service contract. The Nurse Practitioner will be expected to provide home visits when clinically required.

Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility, to provide primary care in a culturally safe, team-based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole-person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards.

About You

• You are passionate about supporting First Nations families on their health and wellness journeys;
• You have a Masters Degree – Nurse Practitioner (Family);
• You have an active practicing license in good standing with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM);
• You have training in Cultural Safety & Humility or are willing to take this training;
• Ideally you have experience working with First Nations people and communities, and providing culturally safe care.
  
  

Current valid driving license and willingness to travel periodically around the Saanich Peninsula

About Tsartlip First Nation

Tsartlip First Nation translates to "land of maples." Tsartlip is one of five communities that make up the W_SÁNEC Nations, alongside Tsawout, Tseycum, Pauquachin, and Malahat First Nation.

Located near the town known post-contact as Brentwood Bay, Tsartlip is home to a diverse population of just over 1,000 members, including Elders, youth, children, and families. The community is served by a freestanding health centre located on-reserve, which hosts a variety of community-based programs, including primary care services. Primary care in Tsartlip is primarily driven by the needs of the community, and it is delivered in a person-centred, self-determining manner. Due to the complex interplay of historical, social, and structural factors impacting health and wellbeing, it is essential for primary care providers to approach care through a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive lens.

Why Contract with the First Nations Health Authority

• We have a common foundation at FNHA through our Vision and Seven Directives to guide us in our daily work.
• What happens to communities and people we serve happens to us—we care for and respect one another. What happens to us happens to community and the people we serve—we strive for excellence and believe First Nations deserve the best we have to offer.
• We are wellness champions. We have the historic opportunity to achieve transformative change in First Nations health & wellness, and an obligation to make the most of this opportunity.
• We are for change makers. Those who are called to act, open to cultural understanding and teachings, and undaunted by unique challenges. We are a young organization, still growing and fast changing.
• We provide meaningful work rich with transformational learning opportunities.
• When you work at the FW-FNPCC, you will truly make a difference in your life and for many others.
• Find purpose beyond your profession. “It starts with me”. Here, your work changes lives, starting with your own.
• We work together, not apart, with our beautiful and culturally rich First Nations communities in British Columbia.
• The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
• First Nations Health Authority is a first of its kind in Canada and joining our family means being part of a collaborative, diverse and compassionate organization committed to innovating, transforming and redesigning health service delivery for First Nations communities in BC. Leading with culture, all FNHA medical staff are encouraged to continue with their cultural safety and humility learning and engagement activities. A range of relevant courses are available to medical staff who will complete at least one within the first year of joining FNHA.
  
  

How To Apply

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please email a copy of your CV to [e-mail] .

Anticipated Hire Date: Summer 2025

For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us

If you have any inquiries or issues please contact Medical Affairs at [e-mail]

Click on the links for information about Cultural Safety and Humility and for information about Land Acknowledgements

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