About
Our Vision
Superior Care
Our Shared Mission
Our purpose is to improve the quality of life and foster overall health and well-being for people living in Thunder Bay and Surrounding areas through the provision of high-quality primary care.
Our Clinic embraces a nurse-led philosophy which centres people’s needs within a holistic, relationship-based, systemic, prevention-oriented model of care.
Our Values
- We create a safe, respectful and welcoming environment for our staff, patients, and community
- We provide person-centred primary care in partnership with our patients
- We are innovative action-oriented pioneers and leaders in the provision of interdisciplinary primary care
- We act with courage, humility, and authenticity in all our relationships
- We respect the diversity of all people and welcome the full expression of their culture and identities
- We are accountable to our patients, ourselves, our funders and community
Land Acknowledgment
We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we work is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people, specifically, Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson-Superior Treaty of 1850. This land has been a place of community, stewardship, and gathering for the Anishinaabe for thousands of years.
We honour the deep cultural and spiritual connections that the people of Fort William First Nation maintain with this land and its waterways. We acknowledge their enduring presence, resilience, and commitment to protecting the land, waters, and all beings who inhabit this space.
We reflect on our responsibilities to honour the original stewards of this land by recognizing the past, addressing the present, and working toward a more just and inclusive future for all.
History
In 2007 the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (the Ministry) announced the creation of 25 Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics. To date, the 25 NPLCs are open and seeing patients in the following communities: Barrie, Belle River Township of Lakeshore, Belleville, Capreol, Essex, French River, Huntsville, Ingersoll, Kitchener, London, North Bay, Oro Station, Oshawa, Peterborough, Sarnia, Sault Ste Marie, Scarborough, South Glengarry, Smith Falls, Sutton, Thessalon, Thunder Bay, Toronto, West Parry Sound, White River and Thessalon.
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics are a primary health care delivery model in which Nurse Practitioners are the lead providers of primary health care (Primary Care Provider). Through a collaborative practice approach which includes an interprofessional team with Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Social Workers, Registered Dietitian, Pharmacist, and collaborating family physicians, Nurse Practitioners provide comprehensive, accessible, and coordinated family health care services to our patients.
Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics improve the quality of care through enhanced health promotion, disease prevention and chronic disease management, as well as improve care co-ordination and navigation across the health care system at the local level.
