Nurse Practitioner

Full-Time & Part-Time available

Regular Position

Salary Range: $117,923 - $138,733 (1.0 FTE)

Benefits include:

- Extended Health and Dental benefits including Life, AD&D; and LTD
- Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid time off (vacation, sick and personal days)
- Professional development time and funds

South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non-profit, multi-service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention primarily to people of East Toronto. Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and delivering quality care through a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches. As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting-edge primary health services, health promotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food centre and population-based community programs for marginalized peoples. We value health equity and inclusion and respect in our work and in the delivery of our services.

This is an opportunity to help launch a new, community-connected model of primary care from the ground up. As part of a broader effort to expand equitable access to team-based primary care, the clinic will connect residents to comprehensive health services and support Ontario's goals for primary care attachment. The successful candidate will join a growing interdisciplinary team and contribute to a clinic designed to improve access,



support primary care attachment, and make a meaningful impact for residents, especially newcomers and others who have traditionally faced barriers to navigating the health system

The Population Health Clinic is a neighborhood-based, interdisciplinary primary care model that brings health and community services together in one accessible location. Developed through a partnership of Community Health Centres, including Flemingdon Health Centre, Access Alliance, and South Riverdale Community Health Centre, the clinic is co-located within New Circles, a registered charity that provides free clothing, settlement support, employment training, and community connections to individuals and families facing barriers. This is designed to create a low-barrier pathway into the health system and build on trusted relationships already established within the community.

Through a collaborative team of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, allied health professionals, and administrative staff, the clinic will provide integrated, person-centred care that improves access to primary care, advances health equity, and supports better health outcomes for the communities it serves. This is an opportunity to be part of an innovative model of community-connected care that is helping shape the future of primary health care in East Toronto.





Providing primary health care, the Nurse Practitioner works collaboratively with other interdisciplinary team members, health care professionals/service providers, partners and service users. This position is required to work flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends onsite, at partner locations, or through mobile work.Working onsite is required.

Responsibilities

Direct Client Care – follows own patients, ensuring high quality care

- Conducts comprehensive health assessments of the well person throughout the lifespan. Assessments include a holistic health history, physical examination and appropriate screening and diagnostic tests
- Assesses and manages episodic and stable chronic conditions commonly seen in primary health care, consulting with CHC physicians when issues present that go beyond the RN(EC) scope of practice
- Performs telephone screening when necessary, which may include intake, referral, health care advice for acute or chronic conditions, anticipatory guidance, and support for reception
- Provides supportive and lifestyle counselling which may include preventative counselling, brief supportive counselling or short-term crisis management when indicated and when SRCHC social workers are unavailable
- Writes prescriptions and orders laboratory tests within the RN(EC) scope of practice
- Provides pre and post-natal care which includes collaboration with CHC physicians, obstetricians, "maternity care" physicians, midwives or health care providers chosen by the client, as needed
- Makes home visits to clients who live within the catchment area as necessary
- Makes internal referrals to other SRCHC staff as appropriate

📌 Nurse Practitioner (Toronto)
🏢 South Riverdale Community Health Centre
📍 Toronto