Healthcare Practitioners
Job description
Specialized Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistants provide a range of health services. They provide ongoing and preventive care to patients to maintain their health.
Physician Assistants work under the supervision of Physicians. They may perform professional family medicine activities such as health assessments and physical examinations. They perform more professional activities in the presence of physicians (venous and arterial punctures, intubations, etc.). They work within the Canadian Armed Forces.
Midwives provide a woman with the professional care and services required during pregnancy, labour, and delivery as well as during the first six weeks of the postpartum period.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Hazardous chemical
- Biological agents
- Odours
- Violence
Main tasks
Specialized Nurse Practitioners
- Prescribe medications, diagnostic tests, and medical treatments.
- Use diagnostic techniques that are invasive or pose a risk of injury.
- Provide clinical support to Nurses and other professionals.
- Collaborate with the Attending Physician to identify health problems and establish care and treatment.
- Contribute to the follow-up of previously diagnosed patients.
- Design, implement, and evaluate health programs.
- Develop and implement educational programs.
- Collaborate in the development of training programs for Nurses.
- Conduct clinical medical research.
Physician Assistants
- Discuss with patients, assess their physical health, and record their medical history.
- Perform or order diagnostic tests and interpret results.
- Develop and implement treatment plans and monitor patient progress.
- Vaccinate patients.
- Perform or participate in minor surgical procedures.
- Provide health maintenance education services.
- Participate in research activities as required.
Midwives
- Monitor and assess pregnancy, labour, delivery and, during the first six weeks, the postpartum period.
- Apply preventive measures and screen for abnormal conditions in the woman or her child.
- Practise spontaneous childbirth.
- Perform amniotomies, episiotomies and their repair as well as repair lacerations of the perineum.
- In case of emergency, perform the following procedures:
- Apply a suction cup.
- Practise breech delivery.
- Manually extract the placenta followed by manual uterine revision.
- Perform resuscitation of the woman or baby.
- Prescribe or administer medication.
- Prescribe, perform, or interpret tests and analyses.
- Advise and inform parents on various topics (role preparation, birth planning, preparation for childbirth, etc.).
- Advise and inform the public on perinatal health education.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 90.8% Female
- 9.2% Male
- 90.8% Female
- 9.2% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 621, 622, 62391% of jobs
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NAICS 614% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others-1% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 621, 622, 62391% of jobs
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NAICS 614% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 452% of jobs
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NAICS 812% of jobs
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NAICS 912% of jobs
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Others-1% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
University
Nursing
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 90.6%
5.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 88.9%
7.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Perinatal Medicine
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 100%
Also required
Nurse Practitioners
- Master’s degree in Nursing.
- Additional training and several years of experience as a Nurse.
- Membership in the Ordre des infirmiers et infirmières du Québec (OIIQ [Quebec Order of Nurses]).
- Licensed to practise as a Nurse Practitioner.
Physician Assistants
- University degree obtained in a Physician Assistant program.
Midwives
- Membership in the Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec (OSFQ [Quebec Order of Midwives]).
Sometimes required
- Training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is often required.
- Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation (ANR) program may be required or may be an asset.
- A Class 5 driver’s licence and vehicle may be required or an asset.
Midwives
- Training in obstetrical emergencies may be required or may be an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Social perception
- Information processing
- Result evaluation
- Reading comprehension
- Service oriented
- Coordination
- Active learning
- Teaching
- Written expression
- Solving complex problems
- Time management
- Negotiation
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Oral comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Verbal skills
- Inductive reasoning
- Speech recognition
- Perception speed
- Speech clarity
- Information processing speed
- Written comprehension
- Selective attention
- Written expression
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Processing flexibility
- Classification
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Autonomy
- Capacity to adapt
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Tolerance to stress
- Respect standards and regulations
- Availability
- Capacity to facilitate a group
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 3124
Allied primary health practitioners
Job titles
- Specialized Nurse Practitioners (SNP)
- Midwives
- Nurse practioner - adult care
- Primary health care nurse practitioner
- Physician assistant
- Anesthesia assistant
- Extended class registered nurse - nurse practitioner
- Registered nurse - extended class (rn-ec)
- Nurse practitioner - cardiology
- Nurse practitioner - pediatrics
- Nurse practitioner
- Advanced practice nurse
- Nurse practitioner - anesthesia
- Acute care nurse practitioner
Skill type
Health
Last update: March 17, 2023
