nurse practitioner - primary health care

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Health care institution, facility or clinic
• Private practice

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team
• Advise patients on health care
• Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
• Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
• Provide health maintenance education
• Prescribe medication and treatment
• Diagnose diseases and physiological disorders

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

• Licensure as a Nurse Practitioner by the province/territory of work

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Personal suitability

• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits