Nurse Practitioner

Local Health Integration Networks; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join their Palliative Care Team. In this rewarding role, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centered hospice palliative care across various settings in the community. Your expertise will support patients and their families through complex palliative needs, ensuring they receive the care they deserve. This position offers a collaborative environment where you can make a significant impact while enjoying attractive compensation packages and professional development opportunities. If you are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for patients in their final stages, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation packages

Development opportunities

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the Extended Class.
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in Palliative Care Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide palliative and end-of-life care to patients and families.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure comprehensive care.
• Mentor and coach nursing colleagues and students.

Skills

Palliative Care Nursing

Communication Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Decision-Making Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

BScN

Masters in Nursing

Canadian Nursing Association Certification

Tools

Clinical Assessment Tools

Care Coordination Software

Job description

Job Description

Nurse Practitioner

CARE AND BE CARED FOR – THIS IS YOUR HOME

Are you an experienced Nurse Practitioner seeking a rewarding career that cares for others, in a professional practice that cares for you? You’re looking in the right place.

What will you do?

Reporting to the Manager, Patient Services, as an integrated member of the Palliative Care Team, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) supports the Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton Palliative Program and the Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Palliative Care Regional Programing to ensure high quality, patient-centered hospice palliative care across all care settings in the Mississauga Halton region. The NP provides support to the Palliative Care Team and specialist providers to address palliative care needs and increase capacity within the region to provide palliative and end of life care in the community. Critical to the NP role is the provision of direct nursing services to support patients with palliative needs and their families. The NP broad scope practice will support seamless integration of hospice palliative care at the primary, secondary and tertiary care level; serving as clinician, educator, collaborator and advocate.

Expert Clinical Practice

• Provides palliative and end-of-life direct care to patients within the scope of practice, supporting patient/caregiver and their circle of care to receive community-based care as long as possible and support patient death in place of choice.
• As part of a team of NPs, provides expert clinical care to complex palliative patients and expert clinical advice to the inter-professional team, including for example, primary care physicians, specialists, care coordinators, and community nurses on the management of pain and symptoms, psychosocial support and therapeutic interventions.
• Participates in shared care roles with the primary care team as well as specialists.
• Ensures rapid response capacity.
• Provides advanced care planning; develop goals of care and/or initiate end of life conversations.
• Responsible for home/office/hospital visits to complex palliative patients and their families for the purpose of completing comprehensive clinical assessments and building capacity within the primary team.
• Contributes to the development of comprehensive shared care plans in consultation with Care Coordinators, service providers, primary care physicians and others.
• Participates in patient rounds and case conferences with palliative care teams in hospital(s) to identify complex palliative needs and support safe and successful transitioning back to the community/home; prioritizes responsibility to ensure crisis management/urgent needs are supported.
• Adopts regional and provincial targets as performance goals and measures.
• Supports Most Responsible Practitioner (Family Physician/Palliative Physician/Other) to ensure continuity of medical/clinical care for individuals with complex palliative needs across primary, acute, community and specialized palliative care sectors in relation to coordinated management approaches, information exchange and relationships with the patient and family.
• Identifies complex needs that may require tertiary intervention.
• Provides evening support to the inter-professional and primary care team for the purposes of assistance with problem solving and decision-making and telephone or face to face visits as required.

Leadership

• Collaborates with Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton administration to work towards provincial goals of “death in place of choice” and building organizational and regional capacity to care for patients within the system of home and community care.
• Assists in the development of palliative care program policies and procedures including development of content for education and orientation materials.
• Mentors and coaches nursing colleagues, other team members in the circle of care and students.
• Identifies gaps in the palliative care system and develops partnerships to facilitate and manage change.
• Participates in local, provincial, national palliative care organizations and initiatives; and professional nursing organizations.

What must you have?

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the Extended Class.
• Nurse Practitioner Program with a BScN (Masters level degree in Nursing preferred).
• Canadian Nursing Association Certification in Hospice Palliative Care or relevant specialty certification an asset.
• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in Palliative Care Nursing, preferably in a community setting.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, assessment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle.
• We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. As a condition of employment, all employees are required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination status prior to start date.

What do we offer?

• Attractive comprehensive compensation packages and benefits.
• Valuable development opportunities.
• Membership in a world class defined benefit pension plan.

Who we are?

We are Ontario Health atHome, ready to serve every person in Ontario. We partner with patients and caregivers, primary care providers, hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes, service providers and Ontario Health Teams, to deliver responsive, accessible, integrated, patient-centered care.

Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism Commitment

Ontario Health atHome is committed to a culture of equity, inclusion, diversity and anti-racism. We are committed to attracting, engaging and developing a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified applicants. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request.