Nurse Practitioner - Indigenous Primary Care Team

Title: Nurse Practitioner

Division: Indigenous Primary Care Team

Site: On-site and Remote Virtual Care    

Reports to: Director of Indigenous Primary Care Team

Status: Permanent Full-time

Eligible for WAHA Sign-on Bonus (up to $15,000), Employee Referral Bonus (up to $5,500) & Retention Program

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experience candidate to fill the key role of Nurse Practitioner.

Who We Are

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is the leading health care provider on the western James Bay coast. WAHA comprises of hospitals in Moose Factory, Fort Albany, and Attawapiskat, with a Health Centre in Moosonee. WAHA also provides regional outpatient programs, as well as Paramedicine services in Moose Factory, Moosonee, Fort Albany, Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Peawanuck. The span of services, complexity of care needs in the region, and the depth of health integration has made WAHA a leader and a model of health care services in Northern Ontario. WAHA consists of 450 employees, a Physician team, many students, as well as community stakeholders. It is affiliated with Queens University and offers many educational opportunities for current and prospective team members.

Who You Are

• Advanced knowledge of cardiovascular, prenatal care, metabolic conditions, common acute/chronic illness, pediatric care, pharmacology, and epidemiology
• Ability to critically assess and evaluate health research literature to determine best practices: ability to introduce education and evidence-based research to interprofessional team members
• Demonstrate ability to work both independently and as a member of the interprofessional team
• Critical thinker who leverages data-driven decision-making
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and lead when necessary

What You’ll Do

• Provides clinical leadership, expertise and continuity of care for remote communities Provides episodic and chronic disease management, primary care to patients and families
• Support and enhance a remote, interprofessional nursing team to meet the episodic and primary care needs of patients living in the James and Hudson Bay region
• Work in collaboration with RNs, physicians, traditional healers, knowledge keepers and other members of the interprofessional team to improve the clinical outcomes of the patient population seeking care
• Collaborates with the team on quality improvement and staff development initiatives
• Consultation and Referrals as required

What You Bring

• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (master’s prepared) Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Science
• Registered with CNO as a Registered Nurse Extended Class (RN EC)
• ACLS, PALS, TNCC (or willingness to complete)
• Minimum of 5 years as a registered nurse in an acute care setting
• Minimum of 3-5 years recent NP experience in a primary care clinic, ambulatory or urgent care setting Experience working with Indigenous people and communities
• Applicants with Indigenous ancestry will be given preference
• Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset

Join our Team

The successful candidate must provide a valid Vulnerable Sector Screening Check within a specified time frame. Please apply in writing, providing three recent work references, quoting Competition #2024-232 to:

Human Resources

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority

 P.O. Box 664                                                        

Moose Factory, ON  P0L 1W0                                                  

• Resumes can be emailed to jobs@waha.ca or faxed to 705-658-4917
• For more information contact the HR team by email above
• Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
• This position will remain open till filled
• Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada

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.