Join Our Team!
Do you believe that community health belongs in community hands? Are you passionate about making positive changes in our community? Be part of a hard working and dedicated team, working towards improving health outcomes within the vibrant and diverse community of Grandview Woodland and build your life long career with us!
REACH proudly celebrates the diversity in our neighbourhood and amongst our staff. We strongly encourage applications from people of under-represented communities, including Indigenous, migrant, people with disabilities, people of colour and LGBTQ2S+ individuals. We are committed to providing access to employment opportunities and fair treatment for all by accommodating unique differences.
All current job openings are listed below.
To apply, send a resume and cover letter to jobs@reachcentre.bc.ca
WHY REACH
Competitive salary at a Living Wage
Extended health care benefits
Dental and Vision Care
Healthcare Spending Account (Up to $500/year*)
Three week vacation after your first year*
Bonus based on years of serving*
*Depends on your work hours and type of contract
Build Your Career
In-house workshops & online training courses
Annual performance review
Regular one on one meeting with your manager
Paid professional development time
Off-site training opportunities
THE REACH Community
Staff Summer Social Event
A commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity
Supportive and collaborative colleagues
A modern building on vibrant Commercial Drive
Easy access by public transportations
Social events such as summer BBQ and holiday party
Compressed work week and hybrid option for some positions
Cultural awareness initiatives and staff Lunch & Learn
Certified Dental Assistant (CDA) or Chairside Assistant with X-ray module
Department: Dental / Full-time
The CDA/Chairside plays a key role in maintaining the warm, friendly environment for which we are known. The CDA/Chairside is responsible for assisting dentists during examination and treatment of patients and performing regular CDA’s/Chairside duties.
dENtal Manager
Department: Dental / Full-time
Temporary Maternity Leave Coverage starting January 6, 2025 to February 10, 2026 with a possibility of extension
The Dental Manager oversees the smooth, efficient, and productive operations of the Dental Clinic. This role assesses clinic needs and implements processes and procedures to ensure optimal efficiency. all aspects of the dental clinic. The Dental Manager oversees all dental staff, , fosters effective communication between staff and patients, and manages volunteer and practicum student programs.
dENTist
Department: Dental / Part time (0.75 FTE)
The dentist, collaborating closely with our dental team, is responsible for delivering comprehensive dental treatments, emergency care, patient education, and oral health promotion activities. Serving a diverse patient base, the dentist plays a vital role within our interdisciplinary community health center team, committed to enhancing the oral health of our community.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Department: UPCC / Casual
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works at the full extent of their scope of practice in a primary care setting with a focus on urgent care. They perform a practical supporting role as a critical member of an interdisciplinary team. Using their clinical insight and training they ensure physicians and nurses are provided with much needed information to support their assessments and facilitate efficient flow of patients through the REACH UPCC while maintaining high quality of care.
Nurse Practitioner
Department: Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) / Full time (35 hours per week)
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide urgent primary care within a team-based care model. Nurse Practitioners will be expected to manage the entire range of acute primary care problems usually presenting to a family physicians office, including minor procedures such as suturing wounds, splinting injuries and responding to acute psychiatric or substance withdrawal scenarios. They will be comfortable with resuscitating and stabilizing a patient whose acute medical needs exceed the capability of the unit while awaiting transfer to an emergency room.
Department: Medical Clinic / Full time (35 hours per week)
Nurse Practitioners working in the medical clinic will manage the entire range of acute primary care problems usually presenting to a family physicians office. Nurse Practitioners, along with physicians will lead and empower the team. They will help plan service delivery to ensure work is satisfying and effective from the perspective of the Practitioner, the participants and the organization. The NP will provide client and family-centered care through a trauma-informed approach and evidence-informed practice.
Nurse Practitioner Post Graduate Advanced Education (pgae)
Department: Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) / Part time or Full time (28-35 hours per week)
REACH UPCC is now offering a new and exciting 6 months Nurse Practitioner Post Graduate Advanced Education Program. This is your opportunity to consolidate your Nurse Practitioner education with a team helping to support your successful transition into independent practice.
PHYSICIAN - FAmily physician/general practitioner
Department: Medical / Part time to Full time available
The Physician will show a high level of clinical skill and competence in combination with exceptional communication skills with team members and patients who may be vulnerable for complex medical or social reasons. They are willing and able to participate as a prescriber of Opioid Agonist Therapy integrated with primary care to patients where needed or will obtain this competency shortly after joining the service. They will have a good understanding of, and commitment to addressing the social determinants of health in their contact with patients and in their interactions with the wider team.
Department: Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) / Sessional Positions
Family physician will be expected to manage the entire range of acute primary care problems usually presenting to a family physicians office, including minor procedures such as suturing wounds, splinting injuries and responding to acute psychiatric or substance withdrawal scenarios.
Registered Nurse
Department: UPCC / Casual
The Registered Nurse works at the full extent of their scope of practice in a primary care setting with a focus on urgent care. The RN performs a critical role in an interdisciplinary team triaging all patients and directing to appropriate care, whether that is within the REACH UPCC, or elsewhere, as well as performs job duties through a trauma informed care framework and culturally sensitive and safe lens for families and individuals across the lifespan.
Social Worker
Department: UPCC / Temporary Part-time (0.8FTE or 28 hours/week)
Maternity Leave coverage from February 2025 - March 2026 with a possibility of extension
The social worker is responsible for advanced clinical and consultative social work services to clients and families focusing on how the client’s relationships are affected by their environment. Duties include working in partnership with physicians and nurses and other staff to offer more holistic patient care which includes conducting social and psychosocial assessments, improving access to community services and resources and initiatives to reduce inequities, providing short term counseling interventions, maintaining client records, attending multidisciplinary clinical/case meetings and conferences, identifying applicable community resources for clients and facilitating care throughout the continuum.
Ways to help Our community
REACH’s Basics for Health Program: This volunteer led program helps navigating people in our community to improve health outcomes. Perfect for students who are in health care programs to gain meaningful and valuable healthcare work experience.
REACH Dental Clinic: Our dental clinic has a robust volunteer program, to support CDA’s as they develop their skills while in school. To volunteer in our dental clinic, send your resume and a list of your availability to Brenda Sang, Dental Clinic Manager. bsang@reachcentre.bc.ca
Board of Directors: REACH Community Health Centre is led by a volunteer Board of Directors and we are actively recruiting candidates in advance of our next Annual General Meeting. Their role is to govern the organization on behalf of the community, in a timely, transparent, and accountable manner by overseeing the performance of the organization and ensuring fiscal integrity and regulatory compliance.
We are always on the lookout for great people with great talent. We encourage you to check our website regularly for current job postings. You may also submit your resume for us to keep on file by emailing your resume to jobs@reachcentre.bc.ca All resumes will be kept on file for six months and we will only contact potential candidates that match our job criteria for specific openings.
Please note: All REACH employees are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of hire and ongoing employment (COVID-19 vaccine doses as approved by Health Canada), subject to any medical or other human rights grounds. Such a request must be made during, not after, the recruitment process.
If you, or your relative, is a current patient of REACH medical, and are successfully hired for a position in the centre, you may not use REACH for ongoing primary care medical services. REACH will assist any employee or family member who loses their primary medical care as a result of this policy to obtain comparable medical care as soon as possible after the conclusion of the probationary period.