Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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HHS Requisition # 121485
Location: McMaster Children's Hospital
Status: Temporary Full-Time
Hours per Week: 37.5
Rate: $58.42 - $74.90 Hourly
Unit Summary
Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS. We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College. Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.
The McMaster University Medical Centre site of Hamilton Health Sciences is home to McMaster Children’s Hospital, which provides care to children aged 0-18 years and serves a population of 2.3 million Canadians. Within the ambulatory programs, the infectious disease program sees a wide variety of patients, including those with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis, bone and joint infections, congenital CMV, congenital syphilis, adverse events following immunization, and many more.
Position Summary
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) reports to the Director of Ambulatory Services and the Chief of Interprofessional Practice. The NP will provide advanced nursing care to meet the needs of the outpatient Pediatric Infectious Diseases clinic at McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH). This will include assessment, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment management of acute and chronic pediatric infections in close collaboration and consultation with the Infectious Diseases specialists. The NP will actively participate in promoting and providing quality, family-centred care in the outpatient clinic setting. They will also coordinate care with clinicians (nurses, NPs, physician assistants, MDs, etc.) from other Divisions to ensure that MCH is delivering the best quality care to all that it serves; this may include assessing whether children have received the appropriate vaccinations, making recommendations with respect to antimicrobial-resistant organism colonization, etc.
The NP will also support the coordination of care for all infants identified in our region who have screened positive for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) on the dried blood spot with Newborn Screening Ontario. The NP will perform retrieval for cCMV screen positive infants which includes contacting the family or the primary care provider to inform them of the screen positive result, prognosis, and planning, and, referring infants to community pediatrician for initial evaluation to ensure timely and comprehensive care is provided. The NP will ensure that symptomatic infants are urgently referred to the McMaster Pediatric Infectious Diseases clinic, where the NP will assess, diagnose and provide advance-nursing care as needed in close collaboration with the Infectious Diseases specialists. The NP will also collect and interpret initial evaluation results on all asymptomatic infants, maintain and complete required documentation for Newborn Screening Ontario and MCH, and ensure ongoing follow up for all screen positive infants. The NP will review and revise Newborn Screening Ontario medical directives for retrieval, evaluation, and treatment of cCMV screen positive infant. The NP will serve as a key resource and point of contact for community pediatricians, other regional program partners, audiologists, family physicians, midwives, and families.
Schedule Work Hours
Days - Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours per week
This position is temporary until June 2027.
Qualifications
Proficiency in both Official Languages would be an asset.
Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer.
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