Looking to join a group of forward-thinking, hardworking, passionate NPs? Are you an NP planning a move to the beautiful central Vancouver Island, or looking to change your current place of practice? Maybe you are a new NP looking to start your career in a collaborative, supportive environment where you can be mentored during your first years of practice? Look no further!

The Flowerstone Family Health Clinic (FFHC) is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join a team of NPs delivering longitudinal primary care to patients in the Oceanside area. FFHC is located in Qualicum Beach, and aims to provide attachment for community members in the Oceanside area (Bowser, Nanoose Bay, Errington, Coombs, Parksville, and Qualicum First Nations) who currently do not have a primary care provider.

In this service contract position the Nurse Practitioner will participate as a part of an inter-professional team that includes medical office assistants, a registered nurse, and a clinical pharmacist. We work closely with local physician specialists, community health authority services and other health care services. We hope to expand our team based care model to include more allied health care providers and physicians.

The Flowerstone Family Health Clinic is part of the Oceanside PCN that operatives in partnership with the Central Island Division of Family Practice, Island Health, and First Nations Health Authority.

NP-Primary Care Clinic attributes include:

• Implementing processes to ensure all people in a community have access to quality primary care and are attached to a primary care provider within their community
• Delivery of extended hours of care, including early mornings, evenings and weekends
• Delivery of same-day access for urgently needed primary care through the NP-PCC
• Delivery of comprehensive primary care services through a team-based care approach
• Collaborative and co-ordinated care with diagnostic services, hospital care, specialty care and community services for all patients

Community Information:

Qualicum Beach is a quaint and unique coastal community that offers natural recreation, an enjoyable and relaxed lifestyle, and a temperate climate. Walk along sandy beaches, or enjoy canoeing, hiking, swimming, fishing and the beautiful natural attractions that Qualicum Beach has to offer. An outdoor enthusiast’s paradise, Qualicum Beach continues to welcome visitors to one of Vancouver Island’s favorite getaways.

On the Strait of Georgia on the north-eastern coast of Vancouver Island in the shadow of Mount Arrowsmith, this community has been a popular tourist destination, being near Victoria and Vancouver, as well as a retirement community. It is served by the Island Highway (the main northwest-southeast highway on the island), an airport, and a nearby ferry to Lasqueti Island.