Title: Nurse Practitioner – Long Term Elder & Palliative Care
Division: Clinical Services
Affiliation: ONA (Ontario Nurses Association)
Site: Moose Factory, ON
Reports to: AVP of Clinical Services and Elderly Friendly Care
Status: Permanent Full-time
Eligible for WAHA Sign-on Bonus (up to $15,000), Employee Referral Bonus (up to $5,500) & Retention Program
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is looking for an experienced professional to fill the key role of Nurse Practitioner – Long Term Elder & Palliative Care.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.
Who You Are
- Ability to incorporate knowledge of diversity, cultural safety and the determinants of health in the assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic management of residents and the evaluation of outcomes
- Integrating Indigenous traditional health/medicine practices into plan of care in collaboration with Indigenous elders and leaders of the field
- Ability to exercise independent judgement and to assess situations and problems efficiently and effectively
- Leadership skills, working well within an inter-professional team and ability to foster effective working relationships
- To provide clinical supervision, education an mentoring for nursing students, medical students and other learners including residents/families
- Develop and implement evaluation processes and identify strategies to improve clinical outcomes and manage risks
- Strong and effective verbal and communication skills
What You’ll Do
- Deliver primary healthcare to residents in the ALC/CCC beds in the management of acute and chronic medical conditions, therapeutic management, health promotion and disease/injury to deliver comprehensive health services
- Conducts focused on health assessment using and adapting assessment tools and techniques based on resident needs
- Complete health history into resident’s situations, including physical, psychosocial, emotional, cultural and ethnic dimensions of health
- Performs physical examination and identifies and interprets normal and abnormal findings
- Develops and implements individual care plans, liaison with physicians and other health care professionals and provide education to patients and families
- Provide clinical expertise in geriatric and palliative and continuity for LTC patients
- Mentor, coach and support excellence in care for patients/families, LTC and remote RN
What You Bring
- Successful completion of a Registered Nursing Program with certification as a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner.
- Registered with CNO as a Registered Nurse Extended Class (RN EC)
- Geriatric Certification from CAN or equivalent experience
- GPA and PIECES required
- BLS and ACLS (or willingness to complete)
- Commitment to Indigenous values and principles
- Willing and able to travel as required
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- Relocation paid by the organization
- Housing provided by the organization
- Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow
Salary: $159,588.00 - $165,886.50
Competition #: 2026-093
Deadline: This position will remain open till filled.
Apply directly at https://www.waha.ca/career-opportunities/
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $81.84 per hour
Application question(s):
- Have you successful completed the Registered Nursing Program with certification as a Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner?
- Are you registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario and in good standing?
- Are you legally entitled to work in Canada?
Work Location: On the road
