Specialty Nurse Practitioner

Role and Facility Information

Fraser Health invites you to join an innovative and unique primary health care team in a rapidly growing and dynamic city centre Mission. We are currently recruiting a Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive, integrated, and trauma-informed care at our Urgent and Primary Care Centre located in Mission, B.C.

UPCC’s are dedicated to delivering timely, person-centred, culturally safe, trauma informed longitudinal and urgent primary 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.

Situated on a coastal mountain slope overlooking the lush valley of the Fraser River, Mission is a rapidly growing rural centre. Its magnificent mountains, idyllic meadows and natural forest settings blend well with a hometown feeling. A beautiful Fraser Valley community with unique cultural roots, Mission is the site of British Columbia’s first rail link to the United States.

This is a great opportunity for a new Nurse Practitioner to join a well supported fellowship program to help consolidate clinical skills. Be part of our clinical enhancement program with regular in-house skills development such as suturing and x-ray interpretation in addition to receiving centralized NP orientation.

This position will also have a new and exciting postgraduate up to 6-month nurse practitioner residency program. FH is the first health authority to implement a formal residency program for NPs in the province, which will be key to supporting the development of NPs and practice-readiness in select programs. You will receive in depth in house advanced training within a clinical area relevant to the position, improve your team collaboration and develop a model of patient centred care. This is your opportunity to consolidate your nurse practitioner education with a team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.

During your residency, you’ll receive:
Mentorship in multiple clinical areas
Dedicated clinical supervision during clinical placements
Protected time for self directed learning relevant to your clinical practice
Coaching from a consistent experienced nurse practitioner throughout your residency
Individualized support in transitioning to independent provider

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.


Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

Come work with us!
Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Effective October 26, 2021, all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

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Mission

Surrounded by incredible beauty, the District of Mission is nestled on a southern coastal mountain slope, overlooking the lush valley of the Fraser River. This rapidly growing and dynamic center is home to nearly 45,000 residents. Ideally situated, Mission is just a 15 minute drive from the US border, and approximately 70 kilometers easy of the City of Vancouver.

Overlooking the lush valley of the mighty Fraser River, Mission (1892) was originally inhabited by the Stó:lô First Nations people. Surrounded by incredible mountainous vistas in a natural forest setting, our climate is warm in the summer and mild/wet in the winter. Mission enjoys an immense variation of hillsides and gullies which mountain natural neighborhood enclosures, spectacular views, and a sense of permanence.

With its unique and colorful history, Mission is the site of Canada’s first train robbery, first rail link to the United States, and a great escape from the City. The municipality has an open and welcoming attitude to its citizens, business, news residents, investors, and visitors alike.

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