Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC) is dedicated to providing accessible, equitable, and transformational health and social service choices for the well-being of Scarborough's diverse communities. We cultivate vital community services by promoting healthy lifestyles while delivering a comprehensive range of culturally competent health and social services programming. Our I2CARE values ensures that we, as a work community, treat all with, inclusivity, innovation, collaboration, accessibility respect and equity.

As an employer, we strive for excellence as a workplace and are committed to building a workforce that enhances our capacity to meet the needs of the diverse communities we serve.

Primary Health Care Nurse

Practitioner 1 – Full Time, Permanent (35 hours/week) Reporting To: Interprofessional Primary Care Manager A strategic commitment to organizational health, ensuring our people and culture are well supported. ~3 weeks paid vacation for full time positions to start, additional time with tenure. ~ Continuous funded training opportunities. ~ Health benefits including prescription drugs, dental, vision care, alternative therapies, life insurance, employee assistance program, disability insurance; A strategic commitment to Action on Equity to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging utilizing an intersectional lens. ~ Standard working hours, with flexibility to accommodate occasional evening or weekend appointments. To provide comprehensive primary health care for unattached children and families living in the Scarborough community with an emphasis on service delivery, health promotion and prevention based on their unique health care needs. Provide comprehensive family centered primary health care services within his/her scope of practice.

Provide assessment, intervention, monitoring and follow-up for acute and chronic illnesses. Conducting clients’ interviews and examinations, developing and implementing client-centered treatment plans,



while integrating evidence-based health promotion practices. Provide seasonal, routine and catch up immunization based on MOH Publicly funded immunization schedule.

Obtaining, documents and interpreting clients’ information and maintaining clients’ records according to the standard of medical records at SCHC, including assuring privacy and confidentiality. Participate in Health Centre health promotion/outreach initiatives. Capacity to work in a team setting, delivering services to marginalized individuals living with chronic illness, mental health and addiction.

Willingness to participate in professional development opportunities and preceptor nurse practitioner/medical students. Participating in the clinical team audits and other quality improvements and best practice activities within the organization and broader community health team. Capacity to work in a team setting, delivering services to marginalized individuals living with chronic illness, mental health, and addiction.

Willingness to participate in professional development opportunities and preceptor nurse practitioner/medical students. Provide community education sessions as schedule permits.

The Nurse

Practitioner will function within their full scope of practice in accordance to College of Nurses of Ontario standards of practice.

The Nurse

Practitioner is accountable to the agency’s manager, primary care services. Master’s prepared Nurse Practitioner with Primary Health Care certificate.





Experience working as a nurse practitioner in a community setting is strongly preferred Oral/written fluency in other languages relevant to providing service in the role would be considered an asset. 3-5 years practice working as a NP utilizing advanced nursing assessment skills in an inter-professional model of care such as a CHC, FHT or NP lead clinic. ~ Experience working as a Nurse Practitioner in a primary care setting is strongly preferred. ~ Familiarity or willingness to practice with electronic health record documentation environment considered an asset. Sensitivity and awareness of culturally and racially, economically and socially diverse communities. Respect and adherence to agency policies, mission, vision and values philosophy of care.

Robust research and planning skills. Oral/written fluency in other languages relevant to providing service in the role would be considered an asset. In order to ensure programming is accessible to our clients; the successful candidate will be required to provide extended hour services (including evenings and weekends).

Flexibility of hours – occasional evening or weekend work will be required. Flexible working sites – working in the community. As a condition of employment all new hires must be legal to work in Canada.

SCHC values equity, inclusion and accessibility. We welcome those who have a demonstrated commitment to upholding these values and who will assist us to expand our capacity for diversity in the broadest sense. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, newcomers, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or LGBTQ2S+.

We respect and uphold the requirements set forth under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and its associated regulations. SCHC will provide accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process.

📌 Clinic Nurse Practitioner - Full-time (Toronto)
🏢 Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC)
📍 Toronto