Nurse Practitioner

Responsive Group; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a Nurse Practitioner to shape the care experience for seniors in a new long-term care home. This role focuses on person-centered, emotion-focused living, ensuring that residents receive comprehensive primary care. You will collaborate with a dedicated team to implement innovative practices that enhance residents' quality of life. Starting in early 2025, you will play a crucial role in preparing for the home's opening, embodying the values of making every moment matter. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to creating supportive communities for all ages.

Benefits

Competitive Wages

Employee Benefits

Employee Perks

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Support for Personal and Professional Growth

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Practitioner in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Experience in long-term care and providing clinical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive primary care and health assessments to residents.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on care plans and innovations.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Clinical Leadership

Evidence-based Practices

Research Skills

Education

Registered Nurse Practitioner Certification

Post-graduate Education in Gerontology

Specialty Certification in Gerontological Nursing

Job description

An exciting and unique opportunity to shape the care experience for seniors in a new long-term care home, built on the principles of person-centered, emotion focused living - awaits you in the residential community of Cardinal Creek in Orleans, just outside Ottawa, ON.

Planned to be opened in January 2026, Cardinal Creek LTC will welcome and become home to 224 residents from the neighbouring communities as well as the daily destination and inspiration for more than four hundred team and community members.

About the Role:

As the Nurse Practitioner, with accountability to the Medical Director and reporting to the Director of Care, you will role model and enact the organization’s vision of “Creating communities where people of all ages can achieve all they can be” and bring to life our PEOPLE values, which support a workplace where each other’s strengths are celebrated, individual aspirations are recognized and supported, and meaningful connections are made.

Our motto is Making Every Moment Matter and we do this through meaningful interactions with Residents and Team Members - and with all those who frequent our community. The Nurse Practitioner champions this approach and leads by example while being responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the residents’ plan of care and quality of life for all. Additionally your leadership and collaboration in research, education and evidence-based practice initiatives will optimize outcomes for the resident, long term care home and the health system.

Starting in early 2025, this role will be one of the first to join the Cardinal Creek team and will be instrumental in supporting the clinical preparations for the opening of the home.

Your Impact:

• In collaboration with the Medical Director and Attending Physicians, provides comprehensive primary care to residents including but not limited to performing person-centered health assessments, ordering and interpreting diagnostics, as well as follow up.
• Collaborates and consults with the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary team members, as well as external resources regarding residents’ plan of care as well as participating in care conferences.
• Assists, supports, guides, and provides consultation to the Director of Care, Nurse Managers, nursing staff and interdisciplinary team members regarding challenging clinical situations.
• Identifies and implements research-based innovations for improving resident care and collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team and/or community to identify research opportunities and to conduct and/or support research.
• Any and all other tasks as assigned.

What you will need:

• Registered Nurse Practitioner in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario, or a Registered Nurse Practitioner registered with a regulatory authority in a Canadian jurisdiction, other than Ontario, and holds in that jurisdiction the equivalent of a certificate of registration authorizing independent practice in Ontario as of right exemption Bill 60.

What you will also have:

• Comprehensive knowledge of evidence-based clinical practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of long-term care concepts and philosophies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Post-graduate education and experience in gerontology (recommended).
• Specialty certification in gerontological nursing (recommended).
• Experience working as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Experience in long-term care, preferred.
• Experience providing leadership and supervision in any healthcare environment.
• Must provide a complete and current (within six months) Vulnerable Sector Check (including a Criminal Background Check) or be willing to obtain one.
• As a condition of employment, candidates are required to submit documented results of TB testing (within the last six months or within 14 days upon hire) or a chest X-ray (within the last year), as per Public Health requirements.

What we offer:

• Competitive wages.
• Employee benefits.
• Employee perks.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• Support for personal and professional growth.

We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter. Although we appreciate all applicants' interest, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

We strive to be diverse, inclusive, fair, equitable and accessible by addressing barriers and promoting dignity and respect for all. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please contact the hiring manager.