Nurse Practitioner - Hamilton, Canada - Hamilton Health Sciences

Description

Unit Summary

The 2F Digestive Diseases clinic provides ambulatory care and services within a multidisciplinary team for client with a variety of disorders. Our patient population includes patients with medical and surgical gastrointestinal disorders. The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) clinic within 2F, supports patients with chronic IBD experiencing acute symptoms, by providing, support, defined management goals, education and progressive management for individual therapies.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Gastroenterology, is part of a dynamic care team that includes Gastroenterologist, Registered Durses, Dietician, Research Coordinators, and Enterostomal Therapy Nurse. The team works seamlessly with an extended interdisciplinary team to diagnose, treat and advance the quality of care for complex chronic gastrointestinal disorders conduct research in the adult population. In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the NP will apply advanced decision making skills in health assessment, diagnosis, therapeutics and healthcare management, with a focus on clients affected by chronic, complex gastrointestinal disorders; these will be, primarily, clients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including those with complex disease.
In addition to direct clinical care, the NP functions fully in the 5 domains of the role identified within Canadian Nurses Association's APN Framework. These domains consist of the clinical practice, research, leadership, consultation and collaboration with education. The NP will provide leadership and promote excellence in patient centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP will liaise with the multidisciplinary team and will support clinical outpatients of IBD clients. These supports include the telephone advice line, NP lead outpatient/telephone clinic, rapid access clinic, managing disease flares, assessment leading to investigation and treatment, providing education and planning for advance IBD therapy, coordinating colorectal cancer surveillance for IBD clients, managing pediatric to adult transition pathway, service development and leadership, mentoring healthcare learners.

Monday to Friday; days

1. Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario, as a Registered Nurse (Extended Class) RN(EC)
2. Successful completion of an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Adult program, in Ontario or equivalent
3. Masters Degree in Nursing and/or equivalent graduate Degree
4. Recent (5 years) clinical experience with Medical/Surgical GI Disease management
5. Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating nursing practice tools in an ambulatory setting
6. Current CNA Certificate in Gastroenterology nursing is preferred?
7. Extensive knowledge of evidence based practice in the care and management of adult patients with complex GI diseases (ie: IBD)
8. Demonstrated commitment to patient and family-centred care
9. Demonstrated ability to foster collegial relationships within and among the hospital, clinics and community
10. Experience in leading inter-professional research initiatives and publishing outcomes
11. Demonstrated excellent independent, teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills
12. Expertise in strategies to improve patient adherence, manage outcomes of chronic disease, create and implement policies, procedures and medical directives, utilizing evidence-based standards of practice and best practice guidelines, where applicable, is required
13. Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and the ability to promote professional development in nursing
14. Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations
15. Eligible for faculty appointment at McMaster University School of Nursing
16. Membership in provincial, federal or international professional associations

As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof offullCOVID-19 vaccination to Employee Health Services.

HamiltonHealth Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Operations at , Ext. 46947for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment

Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset