Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Northern Health - BC; Prince Rupert; On-site; CAD 145,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority in Prince Rupert, Canada, seeks a Nurse Practitioner responsible for comprehensive patient assessments, initiating treatments, and collaborating with health professionals to improve community health strategies. The role includes independent practice and referral capabilities to specialists, ensuring holistic patient care.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with patients to identify health trends and patterns.
• Develop and implement evidence-based health strategies.
• Participate in health policy-making activities.

Job description

Overview

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible and accountable for the comprehensive assessment of patients/clients/residents including diagnosing diseases, disorders, and conditions. The Nurse Practitioner initiates treatment including health care management, therapeutic interventions and prescribes medications in accordance with the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions, and employer policies and procedures. The Nurse Practitioner provides professional guidance to other health professionals and practices autonomously and interdependently within the context of an interdisciplinary health care team, making referrals to specialist physicians and others as appropriate.

Responsibilities

The position collaborates with patients/clients/residents and other health professionals to identify and assess trends and patterns that have implications for patients/clients/residents, families and communities; develops and implements population and evidence-based strategies to improve health and participates in policy-making activities that influence health services and practices. The position participates in peer review and self-review to evaluate the outcome of services at the patient/client/resident, community and population level.

Compensation

• New Grad 145,739


• One Year 153,026


• Two Years 160,313