Primary Care Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Provide primary care for clients experiencing mental illness through DCHC’s West Durham Interprofessional Primary Care Team in Pickering. Apply assessment and treatment expertise.

As a temporary full-time Nurse Practitioner, you will deliver client-centered care for mild to moderate mental health and concurrent issues. Your work includes diagnostics, therapeutic interventions, counselling, medication, referrals, and continuity with referring primary care providers. You will address complex biopsychosocial needs while collaborating with health promotion staff, therapists, external providers, and community partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide primary care for mild to moderate mental health issues
• Perform assessments, diagnostics, and therapeutic interventions
• Develop treatment plans, referrals, and follow-up communication
• Provide case management within the interprofessional care model
• Document encounters accurately using the electronic medical record

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in nursing
• Recognized primary care Nurse Practitioner program completion
• Good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Three years’ primary care experience with complex-needs clients
• Basic CPR certification and Ontario driver’s license

Bring primary care expertise, mental health assessment skills, and collaborative practice to Durham Community Health Centre in Pickering.

#J-18808-Ljbffr