Specialty Nurse Practitioner

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Bring your clinical expertise and passion for providing quality, compassionate care to a challenging and rewarding role as a Nurse Practitioner in a locum capacity. Working collaboratively with family physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, and community service providers, you will provide services in our Surrey New Canadian Clinic and the Positive Health Services located in Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre (JPOCSC) in Surrey, BC.

This is your opportunity to be part of a welcoming and inclusive Surrey community. As part of this rewarding role, you will provide primary health care services in the Surrey New Canadian Clinic for newly arrived refugees in the region at the Surrey New Canadian Clinic in JPOCSC. You will work with patients across the life span with a focus on pediatrics, obstetrics, chronic disease, mental health, and infectious disease. The clinic provides primary care to refugee adults and their children with a lens on providing health management, stabilization of chronic conditions, education, and self-management.

The Positive Health services is a clinic catering to the needs of patients living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The NP team diagnoses, manages, and treats primary care conditions according to primary care guidelines, within the scope of practice set out by British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). In addition, the NP team manages stable HIV patients with the support of our multidisciplinary team, including pharmacy, nursing, and social work.

This is an opportunity to hone your skills in primary care as well as expand your knowledge of a specialised area of practice. JPOCSC Provides a full range of scheduled outpatient services including day surgery, diagnostic services, and specialized health clinics.

Surrey is one of Canada’s fastest growing cities and its land mass makes it one of the largest cities in the province, equal to the size of Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby combined. Known as the City of Parks, Surrey has over 6,000 acres of parkland and 15 golf courses and driving ranges. Also, despite rapid growth, Surrey has held onto the rural flavour of its past, with about 35 per cent of its land designated as agricultural and still actively farmed.

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. You will be welcomed into a New Graduate NP Community of Practice team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.

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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.

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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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Known as "The City of Parks," Surrey has over 400 parks encompassing 6,000 acres including ocean parks, urban forests, and quiet gardens. Cultural and performing arts activities abound in Surrey, with acclaimed galleries, theatre companies, and a growing base of multi-cultural arts groups and facilities. The City of Parks is one of the fastest-growing cities in Metro Vancouver, and rich with opportunities for skiing, snowboarding, sailing, fishing, and beachcombing.

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