Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

The Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality, client-centered care for youth and adults with addictions and concurrent disorders within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive health assessments, diagnosing conditions, and implementing evidence-based treatment and harm reduction strategies.

Job details

The Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality, client-centered care for youth and adults with addictions and concurrent disorders within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive health assessments, diagnosing conditions, and implementing evidence-based treatment and harm reduction strategies. Requires a graduate degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program and current registration as an RN (Extended Class) with the College of Nurses of Ontario. A minimum of three years of experience in an addictions service role and certifications in BCLS, AED, and Non-violent crisis intervention are required.

What you’ll do

The Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality, client-centered care for youth and adults with addictions and concurrent disorders within a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include performing comprehensive health assessments, diagnosing conditions, and implementing evidence-based treatment and harm reduction strategies.

Requirements

Requires a graduate degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program and current registration as an RN (Extended Class) with the College of Nurses of Ontario. A minimum of three years of experience in an addictions service role and certifications in BCLS, AED, and Non-violent crisis intervention are required.

Listed skills

• crisis intervention · Preferred
• Quality Improvement · Preferred
• case management · Preferred
• Microsoft Office · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Comprehensive Health Assessment
• Addictions Medical Support
• Biopsychosocial Support
• Harm Reduction
• Pharmacotherapy
• Trauma Informed Care
• Clinical Leadership
• Patient Advocacy
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration
• Quality Improvement
• Crisis Intervention
• Case Management
• Patient Education
• Clinical Guidelines Development
• Population Health Assessment
• Microsoft Office

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Social Services
• Management & Leadership

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