Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis

Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis

Please apply via http://hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/careers and search for Requisition # 116558

HHS Requisition # 116558

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.

McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), located in Hamilton’s west-end, is the second largest children’s hospital in Canada. MCH serves a community of 2.3 million people from south central Ontario and beyond. The Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Program is a specialized program of the Specialty Pediatric Services at MCH. The program provides an interprofessional approach with expertise in pediatric Respirology, and education and management for children and teenagers with Cystic Fibrosis. The care is family centered, with an understanding that medical conditions in a child affect the entire family.

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner for the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Service of McMaster Children’s Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in pediatric family centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP would support the clinical activity of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Service, and the associated patient care and interventions through Cystic Fibrosis service. This would include the areas of the pediatric emergency department, inpatients and the outpatient clinics. Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient and family centered model of care, the NP is responsible to: Provide direct patient care, coordination of care, discharge planning, and the coordination of related community and other resources for this patient population; tutor and mentor nursing and other health professional students as appropriate, and participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in the program and academic settings; initiate, participate, and/or lead programs, presentations, publications, evaluations, research initiatives and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary care teams. The NP will work in partnership with Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis team, consultants, nursing and other members of the health care team to provide comprehensive medical assessment, management and education. The NP reports to the Director of Ambulatory Services and the Chief of Interprofessional Practice.

Schedule Work Hours

Monday – Friday; Days. Evenings and weekends as required.

This position is temporary until November 2026.

Qualifications

• Current Certificate of Registration in the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Extended Class RN(EC)
• Completion of a Master’s Degree in Nursing, with an Advances Practice Nurse Certificate in Pediatrics, (NP-Pediatrics)
• Minimum of (4) years recent pediatric nursing experience
• Minimum of (3) years recent acute/primary clinical experience in pediatrics
• Proficiency in performing history and examination of the infant, toddler, child and adolescent
• Knowledge and assessment of developmental milestones at all stages of pediatric development and ability to access appropriate community or hospital-based resources in setting of developmental delays
• Ability to triage and independently manage patients appropriately in the short-term in a busy clinic setting in the event the physicians are called away from clinic emergently
• Experience and knowledge to recognize emergent clinical condition calls and distinguish urgent from semi-urgent and non-urgent clinical matters and conditions
• Ability to counsel and educate parents and children in with respect to common pediatric ambulatory conditions
• Knowledge of community resources for pediatric ambulatory patients and their families
• Able to handle significant daily psychological and emotional stress in dealing with parents of critically or chronically ill children
• Experience in the development and maintenance of medical directives
• Demonstrated ability for independent action, initiative, problem solving, organization and prioritization
• Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work in a consultative role with the members of the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations
• Knowledge and experience in change theory and pediatric learning principles
• Demonstrated ability to utilize information technology
• Membership in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) and other professional organizations relevant to the role
• Certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and relevant certificates recommended
• Committed to acquire new knowledge and ensure competency
• Eligible for cross appointment with McMaster University School of Nursing at the undergraduate and graduate level

Proficiency in both Official Languages would be an asset.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer.

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