Nurse practitioners Jobs in Winnipeg, MB

Position Overview

The Primary Care Nurse will function within an interdisciplinary primary health care team, providing comprehensive nursing services to clients across the lifespan within the Inkster / Seven Oaks community and beyond. The Primary Care Nurse will deliver direct client care, health promotion, chronic disease management and preventative services, while supporting quality improvement and program development initiatives at NorWest Co-op Community Health.

The Primary Care Nurse

• Provides evidence-based triage, assessment, and care planning for clients with a range of primary health needs.
• Performs nursing procedures such as immunizations, venipuncture, dressing changes, and other treatments in accordance with established guidelines and protocols.
• Delivers chronic disease management and health education for individuals and groups, including clients living with diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and COPD.
• Supports prenatal, well-baby, and reproductive health programs, including Pap testing, STI counselling and testing, pregnancy choice counselling, and contraceptive management.
• Collaborates with physicians, nurse practitioners, and interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated and continuous care.
• Documents client encounters in the electronic medical record (EMR) accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring compliance with professional and organizational standards.
• Participates in the planning, promotion, and delivery of community health clinics and outreach initiatives such as flu clinics, Pap clinics, and health fairs.
• Mentors students and supports staff learning through participation in teaching and supervision.
• Contributes to quality improvement and client safety initiatives, ensuring ethical and culturally sensitive care.
• Applies harm reduction and trauma-informed principles to practice, supporting equitable and client-centered health care.

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Education

Certification / Licensure / Registration

Qualifications and Skills

NorWest values & supports diversity, equity & inclusion & encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We also encourage members of equity-seeking groups to self-declare in their application.