Nurse Practitioner – Medical Arts Centre: Urgent Care Clinic (Group Contract equivalent to 2 FT roles) )

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Medical Arts Centre: Urgent Care Clinic is seeking Nurse Practitioners.

The NPs shall provide team-based care within a network of primary care providers and expanded services to meet the ambulatory needs of urgent primary care patients.

The NPs shall provide, the following Direct Patient Care, Indirect Patient Care and Clinical Administrative Services during scheduled shifts for the urgent care service provided by the Clinic. UPPC policies and guidelines should be adhered to.

Direct Patient Care consisting of, but not limited to, consultations, physical examination, diagnosis of disease, minor surgery, advising, counseling and treating as required to provide non-urgent episodic care for conditions, illnesses and injuries and including:

- Basic in-office primary care services including non-life threatening illnesses or injuries that need treatment, such as sprains and simple fractures caused by minor accidents and falls, cast modifications/removal (where equipment allows), minor bleeding/cuts requiring simple wound closure;
- Assessment and treatment for mental health conditions, respiratory, management of chronic diseases for unattached patients. This includes ICBC and WorkSafeBC cases,



minor illnesses or injuries including commonly presenting primary care conditions, such as earaches, eye irritation/injuries, nosebleeds, oral abscess or laceration, headache, corneal abrasion; abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, or dehydration, mild to moderate back pain and problems, skin rashes and infections, urinary tract infections; and completion of various forms;
- Referral for specialist consultation when appropriate. Consider re-directing patients to primary care provider (if they have one) for referral for chronic or non-urgent issues, as this is usually a more appropriate source referral.

Indirect Patient Care consisting of but not limited to:

- Patient-specific conferences, team meetings, telephone consultations, and chart or report writing;
- Arranging for appropriate follow up care, including assessments, procedures, investigations and/or therapy as may be appropriate, and interpreting the results and, where applicable, the preparation of follow-up plans for patients seen, treated and referred back to their primary care provider, where applicable, in accordance with skilled standards as determined by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives;
- For patients transferring to an acute care site, following medical

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