Why work for CMHA York Region?
We deliver quality mental health and addictions services that promote recovery and health, and end stigma.
Our Values:
- Responsive to the needs of our clients, their families, and our communities
- Respectful in how we meet the needs of our clients and staff in each interaction
- Committed to delivering the highest quality of care, every time
- Innovative in our approach to meeting our clients’ and communities’ needs
- Inclusive in how we work and serve our clients
Team Values:
- We create belonging
- We build better
- We deliver
We offer an inclusive, innovative, and high-performance work culture that helps us deliver transformational impact. The organization cares about the growth, safety and well-being of employees and offers:
- HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan)
- Comprehensive Health + Dental Benefits
- Learning & development opportunities
Learn more about us by visiting: https://cmha-yr.on.ca/careers/
We are looking for a Nurse Practitioner in our Gender Affirming Health Clinic!
Closing Date: November 27, 2025
Position: Contract, Full-time, working 35 Hours per Week. Ideal start date is February 1, 2027, ending March 2028. Evening Hours and Weekends may be required.
Salary: $104,030-126,085. Candidate experience will be considered when deciding starting salary. This salary is based on a 35-hour work week.
Location: The successful candidate will work primarily out of our Aurora and Newmarket offices, located at 15150 Yonge Street Suite 201 Aurora, ON L4G 1M2 and 1101 Nicholson Rd, Unit 5, Newmarket, L3Y 9C3. Nurse Practitioner will be required to occasionally travel within York Region & South Simcoe for training, meetings, and client visits. There will be some flexibility to work remotely.
As we continue to grow our team, we are looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join our passionate, dedicated, and “BRAVE” team! If you are a professional who is interested in supporting clients in the community who are experiencing significant challenges with activities of daily living, and functioning across all domains, then this position is for you!
We offer an inclusive, innovative and high-performance work culture that helps us deliver transformational impact. The organization cares about the growth, safety and well-being of employees.
Job Profile:
The Nurse Practitioner provides general health screening and assistance with the primary health concerns of clients within the selected program, including the client’s mental and physical health, pregnancy or prenatal issues.
The Nurse Practitioner will determine the presence of existing and potential health problems, provide nursing care and treatment, including prescriptions and/or counselling interventions. The Nurse Practitioner will deal with these personally, or by referral to other CMHA programs, or through consultation with other health care providers and agencies/services.
The Nurse Practitioner monitors the ongoing therapy of clients by providing effective pharmacological, complementary, or counselling interventions, prescribes drugs included in the Schedules of the Regulations to treat diseases or disorders within the RN(EC) scope of practice.
The Nurse Practitioner may also function as an educator and consultant to staff, families, groups, legislators, and communities, as well as participate in developing policies and healthcare reforms, improving service quality, and practice evaluation.
In addition to compliance with all organizational policies and procedures, the incumbent is also expected to behave ethically, demonstrate competence in effective communication and team building, demonstrate effectiveness in working in a collaborative environment, and demonstrate confidence in decision-making and in building relationships.
Duties:
Direct Service
- Responsible for providing care to clients experiencing a change or decline in their mental status and chronic or acute medical conditions.
- Works independently with other members of the medical team, with entitlements to specific clinical privileges approved by the clinic’s Medical Executive Board.
- Participates in an interdisciplinary team that provides primary care to clients.
- Performs clients’ histories and physicals, risk factor assessment, ordering of therapeutic and diagnostic tests, and attends to client consultations and appointments.
- Prescribes medications following the College of Nurses of Ontario practice standards for nurse practitioners.
- Consults with physicians on cases that are beyond the scope of qualification of nurse practitioner.
- Inputs all relevant client data in medical records and case presentations.
- Formulates, executes and reviews healthcare education delivered to clients and families for mental health.
- Ensures smooth communication with other health professionals for effective delivering of services to clients.
- Provides consultation to the program’s nursing and professional staff for improvement in their work performance, which enhances overall quality service delivery.
- Adheres to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Program Policy Frameworks for related program.
- Maintains a client caseload in accordance with the above standards and funding requirements, recognizing the need for extensive travel in some rural areas and intensiveness of contact with specific clients.
- Anticipates, understands, and responds to the needs of internal and external clients within organizational parameters in order to meet or exceed their expectations.
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of mental health and mental illness, including dual diagnosis (mental health and developmental disability and/or traumatic head injury) symptoms, presentation and intervention.
- Is familiar with signs and symptoms of trauma in clients and is able to respond appropriately in making referrals and providing short-term assistance to clients to help them to manage these symptoms.
- Responds rapidly to referrals from physicians and other organizations, participating in intake interviews, advising clients concerning confidentiality and its limits, and conducting preliminary mental and physical health assessments.
- Establishes a collaborative partnership with clients, and with their permission, their families, that fosters independence, self-determination, competence and hope, by employing empowerment/Recovery approaches.
- Collects relevant information from the client, and with the client’s permission, from family members and other service providers in order to collaboratively develop an empowerment plan that incorporates Recovery principles.
- Assists clients in developing individual treatment plans that include discussion of their strengths and needs and setting smart goals.
- Identifies any cultural or other issues, and responds in a sensitive manner
- Administers medication, ensuring metabolic monitoring and identification of, and response to possible side effects.
- Assists clients to maintain effective medication regiments by educating them, program team members, and others involved in providing care or services to the individual, about medication and its side effects or iatrogenic manifestations.
- Practices using empowerment/Recovery and anti-racist/anti-oppression principles.
- Promotes clients’ health and wellness through a variety of methods including stress management, emotional regulation, communication and problem solving, as well as self-care strategies.
- Uses strengths-based crisis intervention strategies to respond appropriately to clients experiencing relapse.
- Is able to effectively negotiate, based upon client instructions, with other service providers, including hospital staff, physicians, and psychiatrists.
- Collaboratively develops a plan for transition of care with the client that includes referral to community and professional resources, as well as opportunities for community engagement.
- Collaborates in the development and facilitation of client and family groups with other members of the program team.
- Is able to take direction from supervisors and amend services and interventions in consultation with the Program Manager, as well as provide information and feedback to the Program Manager concerning client needs.
- Takes part in group supervision and professional development activities.
Documentation
- Ensures that case and medical notes are completed in a timely manner according to agency policies and procedures.
- Documents assessments and plans, summaries, interventions, and issues in a timely and accurate manner.
- Records daily activities in Outlook and ensures the database is updated for accountability purposes.
- Maintains clear and concise client records that are based upon facts and observations, avoiding opinion or subjective conclusions.
- Completes extensive paperwork to support clients at risk.
- Runs reports in the database to ensure accurate recording of information.
Requirements:
- Council of Ontario University Program in Nursing Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program Certificate (or recognized equivalent)
- Member in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario; cannot be in the qualifying stages
- Four or more years experience as an RN, preferably working with Youth and or mental illness
- Driver’s License Abstract required, and a valid Canadian driver’s license, a minimum $1,000,000 third-party liability insurance
- Excellent health assessment skills, sound clinical judgment, and diagnostic skills
- Experience working with individuals experiencing serious mental illness, concurrent disorders, and dual diagnosis (developmental disability and/or traumatic brain injury) is preferred
- Familiarity with the administration, injection, side effects, and iatrogenic manifestations of psychotropic medications, especially the newer neuroleptics
- Knowledge of the Ontario Mental Health Act, mental health reform principles, the Substitute Decisions Act, the Health Care Consent Act, and PHIPA requirements
- Ability to apply Recovery principles and empowerment-oriented philosophies and practices in work with clients
- A satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening (Police Check)
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by an individual assigned to the job. This information is not constructed to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel in the job.
This position reports to and is supervised by the Manager, People & Teams.
Working Conditions: Office work, community settings, meetings in clients’ homes and travel with clients.
Disclaimer: In keeping with mental health reform, best practices, funding, and direction, this position may later require knowledge, skills, abilities, and working conditions not noted here.
To request this posting in an alternate format or to request an accommodation in the application process, email AODA@cmha-yr.on.ca.
Application Procedure: If you are interested in this opportunity, please visit https://cmha-yr.on.ca/careers/ and search for Nurse Practitioner, click on the “Apply Now” button, and proceed to upload your cover letter and resume.
Complete the application form and submit the following:
- Optional cover letter with 300 words or less which tells us why you want the role and why you should be considered for this position. (PDF or Word document)
- Resume (PDF or Word document)
CMHA-YRSS is dedicated to promoting employment equity and dismantling obstacles to employment for marginalized communities. CMHA-YRSS supports the journey to mental wellness, and we welcome applicants with lived experience of mental illness. In acknowledgment of the systemic underrepresentation faced by Black, Indigenous, racialized peoples, and those living with disabilities, this opportunity has been developed based on the special program provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code. We therefore extend invitations for applications from the following groups:
- Racialized Persons
- Indigenous Persons
- Persons living with Disabilities
While we thank all candidates for their interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
