nurse practitioner

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Master's degree

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Work setting

• Public or community health centre

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team
• Coordinate patient care
• Evaluate patient care and progress
• Implement an interdisciplinary plan of care
• Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests
• Plan patient care
• Advise patients on drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs
• Provide health maintenance education

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Licensure by the appropriate provincial or territorial authority for midwives

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Attention to detail
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Fast-paced environment
• Physically demanding

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Paramedical services coverage
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• As per collective agreement
• Group insurance benefits
• Pension plan

Long term benefits

• Long-term care insurance
• Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Travel insurance