• Job ID: 40559
• Job Category: Health Services
• Division & Section: Public Health, Harm Reduction, Addiction & Mental Health (HRA&MH)
• Work Location: Yonge & Dundas  (In-person only)
• Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Temporary (12 month) vacancy
• Hourly Rate and Wage Grade: $68.25 - $73.64
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 10AM to 6PM, 35 hours per week (7) days
• Affiliation: L79 Full-time
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period: 14-May- 2025 to 2- Jun-2025
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Reporting to the Manager, Mental Health, this Nurse Practitioner (NP) will be part of the Downtown CORE Team. The NP will be responsible for coordinating primary care services for individuals by and conducting substance use and mental health assessments. In addition, they will be developing, implementing, maintaining, and adjusting comprehensive healthcare plans based on complex needs identified. The NP will be working alongside Public Health Nurses.

For for information on the Downtown CORE Team: www.toronto.ca/coreteam.

Major Responsibilities:

• Delivers primary health care to clients (as identified by Public Health Nurses on the team) in the management of acute medical conditions, therapeutic management, health promotion and disease/injury prevention
• Conducts focused health assessments, including physical, psychosocial, emotional, cultural, and ethnic dimensions of health, using and adapting assessment tools and techniques based on client needs
• Performs physical examinations and identifies and interprets normal and abnormal findings. Orders diagnostic investigations and interprets results using evidence-based clinical reasoning. Orders diagnostic investigations and interprets results using evidence-based clinical reasoning
• Synthesizes health information using critical inquiry and clinical reasoning to formulate a diagnosis, health risks and states of health/illness
• Communicates with clients about the health assessment findings and/or diagnosis, including outcomes and prognosis through the application of knowledge of pathophysiology, psychopathology, epidemiology, infectious diseases, behavioral sciences, when making diagnoses and providing overall therapeutic management
• Selects appropriate interventions from a range of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions to restore or maintain clients functional, physiological, and mental stability to achieve stable health
• Promotes safe care by mitigating harm and addressing immediate risks for clients

• Participates with the Manager, Mental Health in the development and implementation of evaluation processes and the identification of strategies to continually improve clinical outcomes and effectively manage risks, to contribute toward program success

• Communicates regularly and works collaboratively with program partners and stakeholders to build and maintain positive working relationships and ensures all program staff work toward goal of community building
• Initiates, analyzes, and utilizes research to identify issues, trends, gaps, best practices, and innovative approaches to service delivery. Analyzes health status, socio-demographic and epidemiological data, and health research for use in strategic planning, operational planning and to make recommendations to the Manager, Mental Health
• Supports the development of policies and procedures that ensure the programs and services implemented in the community meet professional standards (e.g., College of Nurses) and protect the city from potential liability and negative public image (e.g., in relation to the provision of services in both universal and high-risk-focused programs.)
• Ensures Accreditation Canada standards are evident in daily practice
• Ensures health care records are properly maintained in compliance with applicable legislation and divisional expectations
• Ensures compliance with all corporate policies and provincial legislation (e.g., Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), Ontario Human Rights Code, Workplace Harassment, Confidentiality, Occupational Health and Safety, Professional Standards of Practice
• Adheres to the standards of practice established by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class of Nurse Practitioner Specialty (in either Primary Care (NP-PHC) or Adult (NP-Adult)) and entitled to practice.
2. Experience as a Nurse Practitioner in long-term care, acute care, rehabilitation, continuing care, or primary care.
3. Experience in the provision of harm reduction, drug treatment/addiction counselling, methadone, social, health, housing, and HIV/AIDS related services.
4. Experience working in an outreach capacity with people who use drugs, people experiencing mental health issues and/or people who are homeless or underhoused.
5. Experience in providing empathetic/relational care for vulnerable clients and those living with substance use, mental health, and housing challenges.
6. Experience within a community mental health program, hospital setting, or the approved equivalent professional development in mental health, counselling, or mental health promotion.
7. Must possess a valid Ontario Driver's License Class "G" with the ability to qualify for a City Equipment Operator's License, and able and willing to drive within the Greater Toronto area.

You must also have:

• Thorough knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis prevention and treatment issues.
• Thorough knowledge of harm reduction practice, drug use including safer drug use practices, safer supply, opioid substitution.
• Ability to conduct work in a non-judgmental way, using a harm reduction approach. Excellent assessment skills.
• Knowledge of drug treatment, social, housing, health, HIV/AIDS related programs and services.
• Awareness of issues relating to sex works, addictions, mental health, and homelessness. Thorough knowledge of Hepatitis including transmission, prevention, and treatment options.
• Ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Accommodation

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