Nurse Practitioner, Family Medical Teaching Unit

Humber River Health; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Humber River Health seeks a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner to join the Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit. The NP will serve as a member of the primary care team, delivering comprehensive primary health care across the lifespan with a focus on health promotion, education and disease prevention.

The role involves developing and evaluating programs for the Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit, collaborating with physicians and allied health professionals, and contributing to continuity of care

Responsibilities

• Practice within the RN(EC) practice standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Integrate evidence-based guidelines into clinical practice.
• Collaborate with physicians, residents, and allied health professionals to develop care plans.
• Identify areas of improvement to promote quality assurance and evaluate outcomes.
• Develop links with external partners to ensure continuity of care.
• Promote health, disease prevention, and healthy lifestyles for individuals and families.
• Provide comprehensive health services including immunizations and well-baby/well-women care.
• Identify and manage chronic stable conditions with pharmacological or counseling interventions.
• Conduct comprehensive health assessments with attention to social determinants of health.
• Identify urgent, emergent and life-threatening situations.
• Provide follow-up and monitoring in collaboration with patients.
• Participate in program development, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives.

Job description

Position Profile

Nurse Practitioner –

Humber River Health. Tomorrow's Healthcare, Today.

Humber River Health is a multi-site organization serving a population of more than 850,000 people in the northwest Greater Toronto Area. The organization is a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and operates Hennick Humber Hospital, along with its Finch and Church campuses, supported by more than 5,000 employees, approximately 800 physicians, and over 600 volunteers.

Hennick Humber Hospital is North America’s first fully digital hospital. Through robotics and advanced technology, patients benefit from less pain, fewer complications, and shorter hospital stays. A custom combination of technology and clinical expertise supports a reimagined model of care focused on safety, efficiency, and improved outcomes. Its digital ecosystem includes automated laboratory services, medication management robotics, electronic health records, a Command Centre, computerized physician order entry, bedside computer terminals, and surgical tracking systems that keep families informed in real time.

These innovations enhance communication, improve efficiency, and create a more connected experience for patients and families

We have an exciting opportunity for a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our team within the Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit at Humber River Health. The NP will function as a member of the primary care team in the provision of primary health care services at the Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit. The NP provides services to patients who include the individual throughout their life span, the family, and the community, with a strong emphasis on health promotion, patient education and disease prevention. The NP provides primary care functions and participates in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs and services of Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit for the individuals, families and the community of North Western Toronto.

Employment Status: Full TimeHours of Work: Days/Afternoons; weekends will be required.Location: Humber River Health, Wilson SiteHourly Rate Range: $65.09 - $80.90

Labour Group: ONA

Reporting Relationship: Manager, Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit & Integrated Care Services

Responsibilities

• Practice within the scope and according to the RN(EC) practice standards of the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Integration of best practice guidelines and current evidence-based research into clinical practice
• Collaborates with physicians, residents, and allied health professionals to develop and discuss individualized care plans with patients and caregivers, ensuring alignment with best practices, evidence-based research, and the RN(EC) scope of practice.
• Identification of areas of improvement to promote ongoing quality assurance, plans, implements, evaluates and reports on outcomes
• Evaluation of outcomes for the programs and make recommendations for change in consultation with Program Director, Manager and Physician Leader
• Development of linkages with external partners as appropriate to ensure continuity of care
• Develops and implements strategies to promote health, prevent disease, and foster independent, healthy lifestyles, particularly for individuals, families, groups, and the chronically ill medical population.
• Treat acute and chronic illnesses across the lifespan, provide health screening, promote and provide immunizations, provide well-baby and well-women care.
• Provide comprehensive health services encompassing:
• Identifies and manages chronic stable conditions by monitoring ongoing therapy and providing effective pharmacological, complementary, or counseling interventions.
• Comprehensive or focused health assessments to identify existing and potential health problems, with an emphasis on the social determinants of health.
• Identify urgent, emergent and life-threatening situations
• Promotes health education, disease and injury prevention, and supports patients in identifying and utilizing health resources. Encourages patients and families by involving them in setting goals and choosing interventions for disease treatment, prevention, and health promotion, in line with the philosophy of primary health care.
• Conduct an appropriate follow-up and monitoring plan in collaboration with the patient.
• Cognitive assessment test: MOCA and MMSE
• Participates in and leads program development, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives related to FMTU