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Nurse Practitioner - Acute Ambulatory Care Unit

Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Job Description

Posted Friday, June 6, 2025 at 4:00 AM | Expires Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM

Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.

Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

Applicants must reside and be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

This is a Temporary Full-Time Opportunity

Department : Acute Ambulatory Care Unit

Type : Replacement

An exciting Temporary Full-Time (one year) opportunity as a Nurse Practitioner exists in the Acute Ambulatory Care Unit (AACU), reporting to the Director, Specialized Medicine and Mental Health.

Summary of duties, but not limited to

• Works collaboratively with nursing colleagues, physicians, allied health team, patient / family to provide integrative patient-focused care for patients of the Acute Ambulatory Care Unit (AACU).
• Provides leadership in educational programs whose focus is specialized knowledge and skills related to the treatment of complex medical patients.
• Acts as a consultant and resource to nursing administration, medicine, members of the health care team and external groups in the process of decision-making, strategic planning and problem solving.
• Uses ongoing evaluation of needs assessment to develop, initiate, and modify the health care plan.
• Determines and implements required diagnostic testing and initiate, adjust, and / or discontinue pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies as defined by medical directives and listed by the College of Nurses of Ontario RN(EC).
• Maintains leading edge nursing knowledge based on clinical research and literature review; contributes to nursing knowledge base through active participation in research or as a lead investigator; incorporates research into practice and shares knowledge by presentation and / or publications.
• Implements and monitors clinical guidelines, educates staff regarding clinical guidelines and acts as a resource for related issues and problem solving. Recommends Clinical guideline revisions as required.
• Acts as a change agent by advocating for and implementing new initiatives.
• Supports the strategic direction of the Hospital and the strategic plan of nursing by being actively involved in Hospital program committees.

As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

• Master's Degree in Nursing is required.
• Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses in the Extended Class.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible and related experience.
• Current Basic Life Support certification.
• Minimum of 2 years experience as a Nurse Practitioner in acute care setting.
• Previous nursing experience in an emergency setting preferred; previous experience as a NP in an emergency setting preferred.
• Demonstrated clinical leadership skills.
• Strong MS Office application skills including Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to work well under pressure and use good judgment in assessing difficult situations.
• Ability to produce high quality work in accordance with Hospital standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills that would compliment well developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to handle multiple duties.
• Demonstrated commitment to and continuing participation in research.
• Proven success in providing inspirational leadership in a team environment and ability to encourage innovation and creativity amongst team members.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing education, professional growth and maintenance of clinical competency
• Demonstrated record of good performance and acceptable attendance will be considered as part of the selection criteria
• Proven attendance and punctuality.
• Professional behaviour and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all

• Be part of a dedicated team committed to excellence.
• Shape the future of healthcare in a supportive environment.
• Enjoy competitive benefits and an excellent defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP).

Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.

Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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