Nurse Practitioner

Southbridge Care Homes Inc; Alexandria; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A long-term care facility in Alexandria is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide primary care and clinical leadership to residents. The ideal candidate will manage plans of care, mentor staff, and ensure quality outcomes. Applicants should be registered as a Nurse in Ontario and have experience in gerontology and palliative care. Bilingual proficiency in English and French is considered an asset for this role.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Experience in gerontology and specialty certification in gerontological nursing is an asset.
• Experience in palliative care is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement residents’ care plans in collaboration with health care team.
• Provide medical care including proactive screening, episodic care, and chronic disease management.
• Mentor LTC staff to enhance their skills and improve resident health care outcomes.
• Contribute to Quality Improvement Plans.

Skills

Leadership and mentoring

Bilingual English & French

Education

Post-graduate education in gerontology

Post-graduate certificate in palliative care

Job description

NURSE PRACTITIONER

Home: The Palace

Are you looking for a unique career development opportunity that focuses on primary care in a long-term care (LTC) setting? Would you like to develop in-depth expertise in the care of older persons and leadership?

Attending Nurse Practitioners are the most responsible provider with overall responsibility for the management and coordination of care for residents in LTC homes.

In this exciting and challenging role, you will provide clinical leadership support for the home’s inter-professional team, working collaboratively with physicians, staff and health system partners in the community. Spending 70% of your time providing direct medical care to residents, and 30% on clinical leadership you will:

• Develop and implement the residents’ plan of care in collaboration with residents and their families, and the LTC home’s health care team
• Provide proactive screening and assessment, timely episodic care and specialist referrals, follow-up care, ongoing chronic disease management, palliative and end-of-life care
• Provide leadership and mentoring support to LTC home staff to enhance their knowledge, assessment skills and ability to care for residents, optimizing resident health care outcomes
• Contribute to and implement Quality Improvement Plans
• Support internal and external committees respecting the LTC home respecting clinical and professional issues

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class (Primary Health Care or Adult) and entitled to practice
• Post-graduate education and experience in gerontology (an asset)
• Specialty certification in gerontological nursing (an asset)
• Post-graduate certificate and experience in palliative care (an asset)
• Bilingual English & French (an asset)

Interested applicants should apply here. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team!

Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted.