Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner - Urgent Primary Care

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Salary
: CAD $59.56 - $85.62 / hour.

Bring your clinical expertise and passion for providing quality and compassionate care to a challenging and rewarding role as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) working at the Urgent Primary Care Centre (UPCC) in Surrey, B.C. Join an innovative and unique primary health care team to provide comprehensive, integrated, and trauma‑informed care. Our model of care offers holistic team‑based care by supporting physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, clinical counsellors, allied health professionals and administrative support.

Together this team will extend continuous care that will be intentional and coordinated to all members of the community, including the vulnerable and medically complex.

UPCCs are dedicated to delivering timely, person‑centred, culturally safe, trauma‑informed longitudinal and urgent primary care. The team includes physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, clinical counsellors, allied health professionals and administrative support.

We offer a clinical enhancement program with regular in‑house skills development such as 12‑lead ECG interpretation, point‑of‑care ultrasound (POCUS), suturing and x‑ray interpretation, plus centralized NP orientation. You will be welcomed into a New Graduate NP Community of Practice team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.

• Comprehensive, 100% employer‑paid benefits: full coverage.
• Generous vacation time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation.
• Benefit portability: transfer benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate pension enrollment: defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity top‑up: 87% top‑up during maternity leave.
• Trans Link pass subsidy: 50% subsidy on Trans Link passes.
• Additional employee discounts and perks available.
• Eligibility based on employment status.

• Diagnoses and treats patients for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within scope; writes orders and provides first‑line care in emergencies.
• Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening and diagnostic investigations, interprets reports, and plans treatment.
• Establishes priorities for management, provides follow‑up treatment, and communicates with patients and families about findings, diagnoses, outcomes, and prognoses.
• Collaborates and consults with physicians or other providers to assess and diagnose patient status; implements treatment plans; may admit and discharge patients per policy.
• Prescribes drugs within statutory limits and employer policies.
• Assigns work, evaluates performance, and provides education and supervision as necessary; may hire staff and evaluate performance.
• Participates in research contributing to improved patient care and advances in nursing and population health.
• Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for at‑risk populations.
• Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations, mentoring, role modeling, and knowledge exchange.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing and health system practices.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education and Experience

• Current practicing registration as a Nurse Practitioner with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Recent relevant clinical nursing experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

• Communicate and collaborate with patients, families and colleagues about health findings, diagnosis, treatment, self‑care and prognosis.
• Collaborate, consult with and refer patients to physicians and other health professionals when appropriate.
• Critically assess and evaluate health research literature to determine best practices; introduce evidence‑based education.
• Assess and recognize population health trends; plan…