Mentor Clinic Nurse Practitioner

About Us:

PRAXES Medical Group, headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been a trusted provider of innovative healthcare solutions for over 28 years. In partnership with Nova Scotia Health, PRAXES operates the Mentor Clinic, a collaborative primary care clinic built on the family health team model. 

This approach places patients at the center of care and relies on strong teamwork within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive, patient-focused services. We emphasize prevention, holistic health, and proactive care planning to support long-term wellbeing. Every interaction is designed to create a positive experience for both patients and providers through integrated care planning and coordination. 

If you’re passionate about collaborative care, patient-centered practice, and working in a supportive team environment, we’d love to hear from you. 

For more information, visit our website: https://www.mentorclinic.ca/

Nurse Practitioner Role: 

As a Nurse Practitioner (NP), you’ll be a key clinical decision-maker, working closely with our multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care. You’ll support patients rostered to the clinic with health promotion, disease prevention, and illness management for individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.   Each day includes a “Duty Clinician” role for same-day, urgent care needs.

This is an in-person role based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We’re open to full-time, part-time or casual arrangements. 

Compensation:

Compensation is competitive with Nova Scotia Heath and will be based on your experience and qualifications.

Tasks:

Examine patients and take their medical histories. 

Prescribe medications. 

Co-ordinate or manage primary patient care. 

Order and interpret laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures. 

Make referrals to other team members (RN, PT, Dietitian, OT, SW) and specialists as required. 

Advise patients and their families on health care including health education, promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention. 

Perform a patient advocacy role. 

Provide primary care in person or remotely (via telephone or video). 

Provide care for same-day, urgent appointments  (duty clinician role) 

Answer phone calls from the lab or from pharmacies as required. 

Respond to urgent tasks/lab results as required during the shift. 

Complete detailed documentation, and tasks for other Mentor Clinic providers to ensure continuity of care (note that Mentor Clinic is using an AI scribe to assist with documentation).  

Skills and Qualifications: 

Must-have 

Master in Nursing with Nurse Practitioner Certification. 

Nova Scotia NP License (in good standing) and Professional Liability Insurance. 

Solid Computer Skills and working knowledge of the Telus MedAccess EMR system and Microsoft office suite. 

Ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare providers and administrative staff. 

Nice-to-have 

Experience in a multi-disciplinary primary care environment 

Experience with urgent, same day presentations  

Our Values: 

People - People are our greatest asset. We value passion, drive, and commitment. In return we provide opportunities for personal and professional growth and development. We encourage self-care, balance, and making time for personal health and wellness, for both ourselves and the people we work alongside. 

Agility - We thrive on Agility; the confidence to adapt to change, as well as the safety to learn from trying, failing, pivoting, and trying again. Innovation requires expertise, risk, and safe supportive workplaces. 

Caring - We define Caring as empathy, compassion, and kindness, with each other and for the people we serve. Each of our clients is unique, with different needs and priorities – there is no ‘one size fits all.’ Caring requires awareness, acceptance, respect, inclusion, and humble self-confidence. 

Trustworthiness - Trustworthiness is the genuine and respectful approach we take in everything we do. Its core is personal integrity, which we define as “do the right thing, even when no one is looking.” Trust is the cornerstone of how we deliver consistent, reliable care to those in need. 

Commitments: 

PRAXES is an equal opportunity employer and employs personnel without regard to race, creed, colour, religion, sex, ethnic origin, ancestry, age, place of origin, physical or mental disability, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital or family status.   It is our policy to select the best qualified person for each position within our organization on the basis of demonstrated ability, experience, training and potential.  This policy applies to all of our employment and personnel practices, including decisions regarding hiring, transfer, promotion, demotion, and dismissal. 

Thank you for your interest in this role.   Due to the volume of applications, only suitably qualified and experienced candidates will be contacted.