Midwives Specific Skills

Care for, assess and monitor the health of newborns and refer infants to appropriate medical services as required; Provide advice and guidance regarding care for newborns and young infants

Physicians Assistants Specific Skills

Perform or order diagnostic tests and interpret results; Formulate and implement treatment plans and monitor patients' progress; Provide health maintenance education; Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases

Nurse Practitioners Specific Skills

Advise patients on health care; Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures; Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health; Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team and plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care; Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases

Personal Suitability

Effective interpersonal skills; Excellent oral communication; Excellent written communication; Reliability; Organized

Security and Safety Criminal record check

Work Setting

Hospital/medical facility or clinic; Health care institution, facility or clinic

Experience 3 years to less than 5 years

Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)

Licensure as a Nurse Practitioner by the province/territory of work; Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certificate

Education Master's degree

Languages Bilingual