Welcome to the Hants Shore Community Health Centre
5638 Highway 215, Kempt Shore, NS B0N2A0
(902) 633-2110
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Mobile” Pop-Up Clinic
Our clinic provides this temporary service to ensure we are bridging a gap in primary care services currently
being experienced in our community. It is open to all
community members, with or without a primary care
provider.
These clinics can only address non-urgent health
issues, including but not limited to prescription refills or
renewals, sore throat, earaches, fever, cough, cold or flu symptoms, urinary tract infections, and minor respiratory issues
This clinic is open the last Sunday of each month, with
appointments from 9am to 3:30pm. These appointments cannot be booked in advance
West Hants Access Clinic Services
The West Hants Access Clinics is a Primary Care Clinic providing medical services to community members without a primary care provider. Located on Gerrish Street in Windsor, we offer:
Same-Week Access Appointments
Our clinic provides medical appointments on a first come first serve basis.
This service was created to help reduce the strain on our Emergency Departments and increase overall accessibility in care for those without a primary care provider.
Appointments with the clinic are booked on a weekly basis starting 9am every Monday by
calling 902-472-2998
Virtual Care Nova Scotia
Community members who access car via Virtual Care Nova Scotia may be referred to the West Hants Access Clinic when in-person care is
required.
VirtualCareNS provides free, online and phone
medical appointments for community members on the Need a Family Practice Registry.
To learn more and register with Virtual Care, visit https://www.nshealth.ca/clinics-programs-and-services/virtualcarens
Women’s Health Clinic
This is a clinic dedicated to providing routine PAPs, STI screening, and contraception for those without a primary care provider.
This clinic is offered the last Thursday evening of each month, with appointments from 5pm to 8pm.Appointments can be booked by calling the West Hants Access Clinic at 902-472-2998
Hants Shore Community Health Centre is seeking a family physician (part-time or full time) and/or nurse practitioner to join our practice consisting of a family practice nurse and supportive administrative staff. We have 1.7 FTE available
This is a lovely, community managed Health Centre, operated by a board of directors. Overhead is extremely low and competitive for the central zone area, and includes billing support, large office space (with windows and a view of the Minas Basin!) a family practice nurse, full EMR access, 2 receptionists, and more. The Health Centre also shares space with a Little Tikes, Moms and Tots and Shoreline After School program. The Health Centre has a large board room, galley kitchen and private back exit. There is also a book lending program and a small busy food bank.
This practice is located in a beautiful rural location beside the Minas Basin, and is part of a larger group of community-led initiatives. If you are looking for a beautiful location in small, close-knit community 20 minutes from Windsor and 45 minutes outside Halifax, this is the spot for you.
Job Description
· Examine patients and take their histories, order diagnostic tests and laboratory procedures
· Advise patients on health care, health promotion, and disease prevention
· Consultation and referral to other medical practitioners
· Act as patient’s advocate
· Prescribe and administer medications and treatments, inoculations and vaccinations.
· Report births, deaths, contagious and other diseases as per Nova Scotia Public health requirements
For more information or if you are interested in coming for a tour, please contact Kim Brown at 902-633-2110 or email kbrown@hantsshorehealthcentre.com or reception@hantsshorehealthcentre.com
To view the detailed job posting for a family physician please go to: https://nshdocs.morethanmedicine.ca/opportunities/ref143x-family-medicine-hants-shore-community-health-centre
Now accepting Electronic Money Transfers (EMT) for the Hants Shore Health Association! We are very excited to offer this easy way to Donate or send money for a Fundraiser.
Please specify exactly what your EMT is for in the comment line. If you are donating and wish to have a Charitable Tax Receipt, you MUST send your Name, Civic address and Mailing address (if different). This is a CRA requirement to have a receipt issued. This information can be entered in the comment line of your EMT or sent via email to HSHAhwy215@gmail.com
Please note: Only money for Donations and Fundraisers are to be sent to HSHAhwy215@gmail.com All program fees or money for Driver's Medical Examinations are to be sent to bookkeeping@hantsshorehealthcentre.com
2025 Summer Programs
Food Drive on the Hants Shore
Thank you so much to the community and DAHS for donating so many items to our Community Food Drive every December. Special thank you to those who continue to donate to keep our shelves full. We have converted our old book shelves with items that will be available to community members to come and pick what is best suited to their needs.
If planning to come in to choose your food items, please call and make arrangements. by contacting the Health Centre at 902-633-2110 to make arrangements to come to the food bank. Once again thank you so much for your support in this wonderful program
We are always appreciative of our local supporters and those from afar. The Hants Shore Health Association would like to thank Farm Credit Canada for their support.