Role and Facility Information
Background
Our clinic, located in Cranbrook, BC, is seeking a full time Nurse Practitioner to join our cohesive clinic team.
The Nurse Practitioner, as a most responsible provider, offer primary health care services to a panel of attached patients. This position is covering for a maternity leave for just over 12 months (February 6 2025 - February 28 2026). The Nurse Practitioner will work collaboratively as a member of the clinic, which will operate within the East Kootenay Primary Care Network, working closely with multidisciplinary healthcare providers to improve the delivery of comprehensive primary care.
Typical Job Duties Include:
Provide full range primary care that includes working in an interdisciplinary team delivering individualized clinical services including assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to clients.
Diagnoses and treats previously undiagnosed patients/clients for undifferentiated diseases, disorders, and conditions within the Nurse Practitioner’s scope of practice; writes orders for treatment and medications; and provides first-line care in emergencies.
Monitors ongoing care, orders appropriate screening diagnostic investigations, interprets reports of investigations, and analyzes information to monitor progress and plan treatment
Establishes priorities for management of health, diseases, disorders, and conditions; provides follow-up treatment; communicates with patients/clients and families about health findings, diagnoses, priorities, outcomes, and prognoses; supports and counsels patients/clients in their responses to diseases, disorders, and conditions.
Prescribes drugs within the statutory and regulatory standards, limits, and conditions for Nurse Practitioners.
Assigns work to other nursing and healthcare personnel, evaluates work, provides education and supervision as necessary and evaluates staff performance.
Maintains population health focus by implementing screening and health promotion activities for populations at risk.
Participates in interdisciplinary staff and nursing education through case presentations; mentoring; role modeling; and facilitating the exchange of knowledge in the clinical setting and the community.
Develops, implements, and evaluates policies and procedures related to nursing, interdisciplinary care, and health system practices.
Performs other related duties as required
Other Information
The city of Cranbrook, located in southeastern BC is an all-season playground offering world-class skiing and golfing. Outdoor recreation abounds with mountain biking, hiking, camping --and more-- in and around lush forests, majestic lakes and winding rivers.
The area combines small town charm and affordable real estate with big-city amenities like a regional hospital, international airport, fine dining and top-notch entertainment.
Our recreational complex is home to the Kootenay bucks BCHL Hockey Team and host to such A-list concert acts as The Tragically Hip, Bob Dylan, ZZ Top and many others!
The Key City Theatre seats an intimate 600 patrons, making every seat "the best seat in the house" for fans of ballet, jazz, musical theatre, comedy and much more. The Theatre also continues to offer "up-close-and-personal" performances from iconic Canadian artists like April Wine, Burton Cummings and Colin James, to name a few.
Cranbrook is a small city of about 20,000 residents and serves as the regional centre for East Kootenay - with a population of about 80,000.
Fabulous four-season outdoor recreation with the Rocky Mountains and several national parks in our backyard - skiing, hiking, fishing/hunting, boating to name a few.
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