Posted 19 days ago
Nurse Practitioner
@ NorWest Community Health Centres
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Overview
NorWest Community Health Centres is hiring a 0.5 FTE Nurse Practitioner at its Thunder Bay site to join the Managed Alcohol Programs. The role provides primary care and addiction services to people with severe alcohol use disorder, including assessments, diagnosis, prescribing and individual care plans. The posting offers a competitive salary, group health benefits and the opportunity to join HOOPP, with pay of $61.648 to $73.734 per hour.
Pay:
$61.65–$73.73 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Conduct health assessments and diagnose acute and chronic conditions
- Prescribe medications and monitor addiction treatment
- Develop individualized care plans for clients with severe alcohol use disorder
- Reduce alcohol-related harms
- Collaborate with healthcare, social service and community partners
Requirements summary:
- BScN from a recognized university
- Current CNO Extended Class (CNO-EC) registration
- Knowledge of addiction medicine and harm reduction
- Experience in community-based health care
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience with diverse and marginalized populations
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-18
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-19
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-19
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Physicians & advanced practice |
| Hours per week | 18.5 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Client sites, Office |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | CNO Extended Class (CNO-EC) |
| Encouraged to apply | Indigenous peoples |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Nursing |
| Perks mentioned | Retirement plan |
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NorWest Community Health Centres
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Full company description
NorWest Community Health Centres exists to respond to individual and local community needs by providing a range of services that improve the health and well-being of people and their communities.
- LinkedIn followers
- 549
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 86
- Reported office locations
- 525 Simpson Street, Thunder Bay, ON P7C 3J6, CA
- P.O. Box 104, Armstrong, ON P0T 1A0, CA
- 99 Skinner Avenue, P.O. Box 910, Longlac, ON P0T 2A0, CA
- Business categories
- Communities
- Health Care
- Non Profit
- Other recorded names
- NorWest Community Health Centres
- Specialties
- Health Care
- Primary Care & Walk-In
- Client Supports
- Exercise
- Movement & Falls Prevention
- Food & Nutrition
- Promoting Health
- Diabetes
- Mental Health
- FASD
- and LGBTQ
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- 0
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NorWest Community Health Centres exists to respond to individual and local community needs by providing a range of services that improve the health and well-being of people and their communities.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Thunder Bay, ON |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Specialties | Health CarePrimary Care & Walk-InClient SupportsExerciseMovement & Falls PreventionFood & NutritionPromoting HealthDiabetesMental HealthFASD |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 17 |
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Nurse Practitioner
0.5 FTE
Thunder Bay Site
One of a network of provincial community health centres, the NorWest Community Health Centres is a community based, non-profit organization funded by Ontario Health, emphasizing access to primary health care and prevention programs and services.
We are currently seeking 0.5 FTE Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs), who as a valuable member of the Community Health Centre, the Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, client-centered primary care and addiction services to individuals living with severe alcohol use disorder, often accompanied by complex physical health, mental health, and social challenges. The NP conducts health assessments, diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions, prescribes medications, helps reduce alcohol-related harms, and develops individualized care plans. The successful candidate will collaborate with healthcare providers, social service agencies, and community partners to address clients' medical, mental health, housing, and social support needs.
The position has a competitive salary, an excellent group health benefits package, and opportunity to join the Health Care of Ontario’s Pension Plan (HOOPP).
The pay range for this position is $61.648 to $73.734 per hour. Compensation will commensurate with qualifications and relevant experience.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) from a recognized university.
- Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in the Extended Class (CNO-EC).
- Broad knowledge and interest in community health, substance use health, addictions, and harm reduction.
- Interest in providing substance use health care and supporting clients across the continuum of substance use.
- Knowledge of and experience with current and emerging addiction medicine practices, including prescribing and monitoring.
- Knowledge of managed alcohol administration is an asset.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and health education skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of community-based health care.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
- Demonstrated experience working across all genders, with racialized populations, indigenous peoples, individuals who engage in sex work, individuals who are/have been incarcerated, people with mental health challenges, and people who have experienced trauma.
- Awareness of and sensitivity to health issues particularly within individuals who face barriers to accessing care (under housed, living with mental health challenges or diagnoses, current or past substance use, complex health histories, 2SLGBTQIA+, newcomers, non-insured).
How to Apply
Please visit https://norwestchc.org/team/
The deadline for applicants is Friday, November 6, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.
Please submit your cover letter, resume and three work reference contacts with your online application. Cover letters can be addressed to:
Lesly Gunasekara, Manager of Human Resources
NorWest Community Health Centres
525 Simpson Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 3J6
FAX: 807-622-7637
NorWest Community Health Centres is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free workplace. We provide accommodation throughout all stages of the recruitment process in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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