Role and Facility Information
TITLE: Nurse Practitioner
CONTRACT: Contracted FNHA Service Agreement up to a 0.5 FTE-typically 840 hours a year
Compensation is detailed within the contract and aligns with provincial norms, which are revised from time to time. The current service contract compensation is $171,533 - $182,968 over 3 years based on panel attachment. Applicants may be eligible for additional incentive and NPs are not required to contribute to clinic overhead.
ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
Niislaa Naay Healing House Society aims to improve access to primary health-care services for First Nations people across BC in a way that is culturally safe and closer to home. This initiative is part of the province’s primary care strategy, which is integrating team-based care in communities throughout B.C. and changing the way primary care is delivered through the creation of primary care networks in partnership with the Regional Health Authorities.
To meet the health and wellness needs of First Nations people, it is very important that primary care be culturally informed where Indigenous ways of knowing and being are woven into services. The aim is for clients to feel safe, welcomed, valued, respected and heard when they access care services.
ABOUT THE CENTRE
Niislaa Naay Healing House Society, located in Gaw Tlagée Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, is a well-funded organization in the early stages of operating as Primary Care Clinic. It serves the community of Old Massett and neighboring areas, offering a wide range of interactive programs and services. These include traditional wellness, mental health, community health, maternal health, home care, youth services, dentistry, patient travel, and access to visiting specialists. Many of its programs embrace a land-based healing approach, deeply rooted in the culture and traditions of the Haida people.
The Niislaa Naay Healing House Society Nurse Practitioner will provide care for Haida people. Services are designed to provide wraparound, team-based primary care, with mental health and traditional wellness services. It is expected that the centre will initially operate Monday to Friday (excluding Statutory Holidays) during regular business hours (this may change over time due to operational needs).
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Nurse Practitioner position provides culturally safe, trauma-informed primary care services at locations across British Columbia. These services are intended to address known attachment gaps in BC while honouring First Nations voices in health service delivery.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for practicing with cultural humility, to provide primary care in a culturally safe, team-based environment that recognizes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the client (and family) to provide whole person care, in compliance with policies and procedures of acceptable BC health and wellness regulations and standards.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Culturally safe care integrating cultural humility and traditional values and ways of being for all patients;
2. Serves as a team member with others such as a Family Physicians and allied health staff as well as traditional wellness advisors who collectively provide primary care to the patient;
3. Management and co-ordination of patient care;
4. Provision of family planning and sexual health services;
5. Primary mental health and substance use (MHSU) services including assessment, individualized care plans, early support and referral;
7. Consultation and referral to other health care professionals where beneficial;
8. Patient education, preventive care and assessment; and
9. A wide range of collaboration with other wraparound team members such as huddles, conferences, consultations, team meetings, service co-ordination and referrals to other health care providers.
ABOUT YOU
o You are passionate about supporting First Nations individuals and families on their health and wellness journeys;
o You have a Masters Degree – Nurse Practitioner (Family);
o You have an active practicing license in good standing with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives(BCCNM);
o You have training in Cultural Safety & Humility or are willing to take this training;
o Ideally you have experience working with First Nations people and communities and providing culturally safe care;
o You value working with a wraparound team of primary care, mental health and traditional wellness providers; and
Current valid driving license and willingness to occasionally travel to sites throughout Haida Gwaii.
WHY WORK AT THE NIISLAA NAAY HEALING HOUSE SOCIETY
We provide services while being grounded in four of the Xaads Xiináangaa Haida ways of being:
o Yahgudáng – Respect
o Ahl Kyáanáng Tláang - To Ask First
o Tll yahda – Make it Right
o Gin ’wáadluuwaan Gud ahl Kwáagiidang – Everything Depends on Everything Else
WHY LIVE IN HAIDA GWAII
Xaadáa Gwáay Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia, is a place where nature's raw beauty meets the timeless heritage of the Xaadée Haida people. Comprised of two main islands—Graham Island in the north and Moresby Island in the south—along with around 400 smaller islands, this stunning region offers a breathtaking tapestry of rugged coastlines, lush forests, and vibrant ecosystems. At the northern tip of Graham Island lies Gaw Tlagée Old Massett, a community deeply rooted in the rich traditions of the Xaadée Haida people, who have called this land home since time immemorial.
Visitors to Xaadáa Gwáay Haida Gwaii often find themselves captivated by its wild splendor and the profound sense of connection to the land's ancient stories.
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis.
Joining our team means being part of a collaborative, diverse and compassionate organization committed to innovating, transforming and redesigning health service delivery for First Nations communities in BC.
HOW TO APPLY: Email your CV to Medical.Affairs@fnha.ca
ANTICIPATED HIRE DATE
Summer/Fall 2025
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry who chose to identify (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).
For information about Cultural Safety and Humility visit https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/cultural-safety-and-humility and for information about Land Acknowledgements visit https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-Territory-Acknowledgements-Information-Booklet.pdf
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