Greater Peterborough Family Health Team
Permanent Part Time – Mornings only Monday – Friday

DESCRIPTION OF TEAM:

The Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams’ mission is to improve community access to primary care with an overall mandate to keep our residents healthy, reduce wait times, and provide better access to doctors and nurses. Our five teams include 83 physicians and we are funded for 21 nurse practitioners, 6.2 dietitians, 13 mental health clinicians, 2.9 pharmacists, 24 nurses.

This is a unique opportunity for Peterborough, as you would be employed directly by Dr. Jordan Crane who currently has a patient roster of 1600 and is looking to expand his Advance Access practice with the addition of a Nurse Practitioner.

You will be part of the Greater Peterborough Health Team and will work in collaboration with Dr. Crane, registered nurses, mental health clinicians, a registered dietitian, and a pharmacist, to provide comprehensive primary care to the patients of his practice.

Please visit our website, www.peterboroughfht.com for more information and to review the Employee Handbook located in the careers section to discover the benefits of choosing the Peterborough Networked Family Health Team as your employer of choice.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will practice within his/her full scope of practice as outlined by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

We look forward to hearing from you!
hr@peterboroughfht.com

PT Nurse Practitioner – Dr. Jordan Crane

Peterborough Community Family Health Team (Turnbull Medical Building & Times Square locations)
Permanent Full time – 37.5 hours per week
Monday – 8am – 4pm (Times Square)
Tuesday – Friday 9am – 5pm (Turnbull)

DESCRIPTION OF TEAM:

The Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams’ mission is to improve community access to primary care with an overall mandate to keep our residents healthy, reduce wait times, and provide better access to doctors and nurses.

Primary Health Care Services is the parent organization of the Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams and will be your employer. Our five teams include 83 physicians and we are funded for 21 nurse practitioners, 6.2 dietitians, 13 mental health clinicians, 2.9 pharmacists, 24 nurses.

You will be part of the Peterborough Community Family Health Team and will work in collaboration with Drs. John Beamish, Bob Elliott and Juri Rand, as well as registered nurses, mental health clinicians, a registered dietitian, and a pharmacist , to provide comprehensive primary care to the residents of the Peterborough Community.

Please visit our website, www.peterboroughfht.com for more information and to review the Employee Handbook located in the careers section to discover the benefits of choosing the Peterborough Networked Family Health Team as your employer of choice.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will practice within his/her full scope of practice as outlined by the by the College of Nurses of Ontario.

We look forward to hearing from you!
hr@peterboroughfht.com

FT Nurse Practitioner – Peterborough Community Family Health Team

December 19, 2011 – The Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams want patients to know that primary care is still available over the holiday season.  Patients are encouraged to phone their family doctor’s office for appointments for non-urgent matters as physicians, nurse practitioners, mental health clinicians, registered dietitians, pharmacists and registered nurses continue to provide care for the 117,000 patients attached to Family Health Teams.  Regular office hours as well as after hours and extended care hours will be available and details for each Family Health Teams’ schedule are available by calling your family doctor’s office.

“We want to ensure that patients know that their Family Health Team is available to them over the holiday season, just like any other time of year,” said Dr. Don Harterre, Physician Lead, Primary Health Care Services of Peterborough.  “In the last year, 98% of non-urgent care took place in the primary care setting between regular offices hours with less than 2% visiting the ER.  We want to ensure that this trend continues over the holiday season.”

The 5 Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams saw 414,411 patient visits in 2010 which included a total of  27,125 visits to the extended hours care services provided by our teams.  It is important for patients to know that as part of a Family Health Team, they have access to extended hour clinics.

Primary Health Care Services is the parent organization of the Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams. The five teams include 83 physicians and are funded for 20.6 nurse practitioners, 6.2 registered dietitians,
13 mental health clinicians, 2.9 pharmacists, 23.3 registered nurses and 15.5 clerical staff, working collaboratively to provide comprehensive primary care across Peterborough County in Ontario, Canada.  The Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams are dedicated to expanding access to primary care in our community.  Since their creation, the Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams have enrolled over 27,000 new patients.

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December 15, 2011 – Students at Immaculate Conception, St. Teresa and St. Joseph, Douro,Catholic elementary schools will be the firstschools to participate in the Youth Sports Concussion Program with Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School coming on board as the very first secondary school.  As part of the program, free baseline screenings are being provided to students age 10 right through until high school graduation that will be administered at the school by the Youth Sports Concussion Program.  The assessment is an on-line 8 minute Computerized Cognitive Assessment Tool (CCAT) and will create a baseline measurement which captures the students cognitive functioning when the brain is healthy.  Repeating the same test after injury will assist healthcare providers in clinical diagnosis and treatment plans.  Free baseline previews are available at www.yscp.ca

“We are pleased to participate in this important partnership involving our students, their families, our schools and Primary Health Care Services of Peterborough,” says Greg Reeves, Director of Education for the Catholic District School Board.  “The Youth Sports Concussion Program will focus attention on the issue of concussion and better management of risk in young athletes, and that is important. We are fully supportive of this initiative and think it’s the right thing to do to help protect youth in our Catholic schools.”

“It’s important for parents to understand that the baseline CCAT is not an IQ or performance based test.  It has no value other than to take a snapshot of the brains’ functioning pre-injury and is as unique as a finger print,” said Victoria Steeves, Student Achievement Consultant for the Catholic Board. “Each school will have an assembly to explain the program.  Detailswill be announced in the school newsletter and parents will beinvited to attend.  Information packages and parental consent forms will be sent home and parents are encouraged to visit the Youth Sports Concussion website at www.yscp.ca or discuss the program with their school Principal at any time.”

The Youth Sports Concussion Program has been created to develop and implement best practices in the assessment, treatment and prevention of concussions in youth from the ages of 10 right through until high school graduation, reaching more than 15,000 students across the city and county of Peterborough.  The program, the first of its kind in Canada, is a collaboration between primary care providers and specialists and will establish standardized guidelines for concussion management for all healthcare providers across the 5 Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams.  The program is being administered by Primary Health Care Services of Peterborough in partnership with Dr. Derek Krete and baseline screens are being provided completely free of charge thanks to fundraising efforts of the Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation.

“Not only have we been able to standardize guidelines for concussion management across our teams, but we have been able to provide further education for our physicians and nurse practitioners and create resource tools to support concussion management,” said Dr. Don Harterre, Physician Lead, Primary Health Care Services of Peterborough.   “We feel another important tool is to have a baseline for all students, so that if they sustain an injury, be it from sports or any other activity, we have objective information specific to that individual.  This will help us to not only inform clinical decisions, but to ensure that the student doesn’t return to school sports or recreation activities before they have had a chance to heal.”

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a hit, bump or jolt to the head or body and can occur without loss of consciousness.  Sports related concussions occur in the greatest frequency in the pediatric and young adult age ranges and recovery takes longer in these age groups.  All concussions should be taken seriously.  For signs and symptoms of a concussion and further information, please visit www.yscp.ca

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/peterborough-health-squad-strives-to-pinpoint-concussions-among-youths/article2236336/

Peterborough Community Family Health Team Full Time – December 2011 – March 2012

DESCRIPTION OF TEAM:

The Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams’ mission is to improve community access to primary care with an overall mandate to keep our residents healthy, reduce wait times, and provide better access to doctors and nurses.

Primary Health Care Services is the parent organization of the Peterborough Networked Family Health Teams and will be your employer. Our five teams include 83 physicians and we are funded for 21 nurse practitioners, 6.2 dietitians, 13.2 mental health clinicians, 2.7 pharmacists, 24 nurses.

You will be part of the Peterborough Community Family Health Team and will work in collaboration with three female family physicians.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is 37.5 hours per week and is available from December 8th, 2011 until March 2012. You will work in an all female practice with a high female and paediatric patient population. You will have previous experience or an interest working with these populations. You must be an excellent communicator who is comfortable performing pap smears, discussing birth control as well as participating in chronic disease management programs.

We look forward to hearing from you!

For more information or to submit your resume please contact

lori.richey@peterboroughfht.com

NP Locum – December 2011 – March 2012

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As you will see we have certainly accomplished a great deal; providing greater access to primary care in our community, strengthening our teams through further multi-disciplinary collaboration and acting as a leader in developing innovative programs to best meet the needs of our community.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Board of Directors and all members of our family health teams and we look forward to an equally successful 2012.

To view the 2011 Annual Report please click PHCS 2011 Annual Report-LOW REZ