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With a warm and welcoming community of around 40,000 residents, Vernon is the ideal place to call home. Friendly hellos and genuine smiles are part of everyday life, making you feel like you belong from the moment you arrive. With a low cost of living, excellent schools, and a strong sense of community, Vernon is a fantastic place to raise a family or start a new chapter in your life.
The Vernon Urgent & Primary Care Centre (UPCC) is a team-based care clinic consisting of family physicians (FPs), nurse practitioners (NPs), primary care registered nurses (RNs), social workers (SWs), mental health counsellors, and a dedicated operational manager.
The Vernon UPCC attaches patients for ongoing, longitudinal primary care, with a focus on marginalized and underserved members of the community. Specifically, these may include: Aboriginal, homeless seniors requiring palliative care, refugees, migrant workers, the transgender population, those with compromised executive functioning (Brain Injury/FASD), those involved with the justice system, (RCMP, Probation, Forensics, Parole, Incarceration), the uninsured (those living in poverty, the socially isolated with limited social supports, those with significant mental illness and substance use disorders and/or behavioral challenges), those with complex psychosocial needs, the financially challenged with economic barriers who are unemployed, homeless or marginally housed.
The ideal candidate combines current or recent experience in primary care along with urgent or emergent care, with a clear understanding of the role and importance of foundational primary care, and is able to integrate the two. We actively foster a positive, respectful, and supportive working environment, and we are looking for someone who is positive, energetic, and empathic with strong communication skills and natural attention to detail.
The UPCC offers work-life balance with competitive wages, within a group services contract providing flexible hours and days and the contract group self schedules. Bring your clinical expertise and passion for providing quality, compassionate care to a challenging and rewarding role as a Nurse Practitioner at our clinic. Be part of a cohesive team of clinicians who each have their own unique role and scope in the provision of patient care. You’ll work together to ensure that the patient’s urgent needs are met in the most effective way possible.
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