We place quality patient care at the forefront.

When vetting our nurses for placements, professional competency & skill level is at the top of our check list. We're committed to an extremely high standard of patient care and it shows in our nurses' work!

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The Northern Med Assurance

We recruit the best, so you get the best.

Professional competency, department experience, personality, and unique preferences are all considered when vetting our nurses for placements. Our extensive onboarding process allows us to get a very keen sense on what sort of people our nurses are, what placements will match them best, and where they will deliver the best patient care.

For health authorities, that means you get the very best nurses specifically suited for your health centres.

Our leadership team will also personally visit and tour each of our new partnering health centres to gain a real sense of your needs, unique workflows, and overall operation. Having this inside information allows us to diligently prepare nurses for their placements, saving them from any unexpected hurdles or surprises - boosting recruitment and retention.

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We go overboard with due diligence

A health authority's worst nightmare is filling a highly needed position with a nurse who can't handle the job. With Northern Med, that will never happen.

We've all heard the horror stories of travel nurses arriving at their placements without the proper credentials or professional competency to do the job. We know the last thing you want to do is fill a position a second time after it didn't work out the first time.

Northern Med has made a name for ourselves going overboard with due diligence during our vetting process - ensuring our nurses are incredibly well fitted for the assignments we send them to.

Our Leadership Team

We bring everything to the table.

Our leadership team is made of up an incredibly diverse and balanced group of people - with mixed professional backgrounds in nursing, human resources, business administration, and healthcare management.

Matthew Jurcina, RN

Founder

Our founder, Matthew began his career as an RN after receiving his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St-Francis Xavier/Cape Breton University. Matthew built up experience in many different nursing specialities including ICU, Emerg, Family Practice, Occupational Health, & Community Nursing in Indigenous communities. All this experience eventually lead Matthew into travel nursing across Canada, where he started dreaming of building an ideal travel nursing agency that advocated for both quality patient-care and a strong work-life balance for its nurses.

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Since founding Northern Med, Matthew has become an advocate for health, wellness, and balance - specifically in the nursing field. He is a proud husband and father of two boys. He loves all things hockey and will gladly join you on the ice for a quick game of shinny!

Jenn Wadden, MBA

Chief Executive Officer

With a Masters of Business Admin from U of A, an Executive Healthcare Leadership Cert from Cornell University, and nearly a decade of experience in healthcare management, Jenn brings so much to the table as Northern Med’s CEO.

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Jenn's extensive experience in hospital operations, recruitment, and people management, gives her the unique ability to step into the shoes of our partnering health authorities – helping us to facilitate healthy and long-lasting relationships between our nurses, healthcare administrations, and the communities we serve.

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Jenn is a proud Nova Scotian, wife, and mom of two girls. She is an active volunteer, avid traveller, and lover of live music.

Josipa Christianson, CPA, CA

Chief Financial Officer

Josipa is a proud graduate of Acadia University and a Chartered Professional Accountant with 15 years of experience in accounting and finance. Her career spans across public, private and non-for-profit sectors. Driven by passion for business and operational excellence, Josipa combines strategic thinking with deep financial expertise to effectively lead and elevate the finance function.
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Beyond her love for numbers, Josipa is a wife and mom to two energetic boys who keep life fun. Josipa loves to travel and explore new cultures, but some of her favourite memories are made closer to home - spending time at the cottage with family and friends enjoying simple moments.

Rebecca Coffey

Human Resources Manager

Joining us after an impressive post in the hospitality industry, providing HR leadership to top restaurant groups in Halifax, we're so excited to have Rebecca as our Human Resources Manager.

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With a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Saint Mary’s University and an HR Cert, Rebecca has all the chops needed to continually knock this role out of the park.

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When Rebecca is not snuggled up with a good book, she also enjoys getting out to an amazing spin class, or whipping up something delicious in the kitchen. With a passion for organization, learning, and community building, Rebecca is a perfect fit for Northern Med!

Ariel Gavin, RN, BN

Operations & Health Services Manager

Coming from a diverse RN background, floating to many different specialties over the last decade - including Burns/Plastics, ER, ICU, PACU, Med/Surg, L&D and Mental Health - Ariel is ready to handle anything that's thrown at her!

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While Nova Scotia has always been her home, Ariel has experience working as a travel nurse in Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Yukon - giving her the unique insights and first-hand experience needed to tackle the job of being Northern Med's Operations & Health Services Manager.

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Ariel is a wife, mom of one very special girl, and an artist. She's also a sucker for live music, getting out in nature, and always game for an adventure!