Nurse Practitioner (NP) – Independent Contractor Full-Time (FT) – Countryside

Job Description 

NURSE PRACTITONER(NP) (Full-Time – Independent Contractor) – EXTENDICARE Locations Across Ontario

Extendicare is a leading provider of care and services for seniors throughout Canada. Through our network of over 115 senior care and living centres as well as our home health care operations, we are committed to delivering care throughout the health care continuum to meet the needs of a growing seniors’ population in Canada. Our qualified and highly trained workforce of 23,700 team members are united by a dedication to quality care and by our vision of being the best provider of senior care and services in Canada.

Extendicare is seeking self-directed, results oriented nursing leaders, with strong communication and critical thinking skills. You will provide innovative and creative clinical leadership for our inter-professional team to build capacity and support knowledge development in geriatric care, and work collaboratively with our physicians, staff, and system partners.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an integrated member of the leadership team and values the importance of working within a strong interdisciplinary team. Reporting to the leadership team, you will collaborate with the Executive Director, Director of Care and Medical Director to provide direct comprehensive care to long-term care (LTC) residents with specialized and complex needs based on enhanced clinical knowledge and skills.  This is an interdependent practice in which the NP works collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, however, the scope of the NP’s practice will be beyond that of regular nursing care (full scope of extended class nurse as per the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Delivers primary health care to residents in long-term care in the management of acute and chronic medical conditions, therapeutic management, health promotion and disease/injury prevention to deliver comprehensive health services
• Provides clinical leadership to team members centred around resident care needs which can include resident admission/discharge, hospital discharge planning, palliative and end-of-life care, pain management, dementia care and responsive behaviour management
• Conducts health assessment using and adapting assessment tools and techniques based on resident needs and performs a completes health history, including physical, psychosocial, emotional and cultural dimensions of health
• Performs physical examination and identifies and interprets normal and abnormal findings and orders diagnostic investigations and interprets results using evidence-based clinical reasoning
• Collaborates and engages with residents and family members to develop person-centred plans of care and synthesizes health information using critical inquiry and clinical reasoning to formulate a diagnosis, health risks and states of health/illness
• Communicates with residents/families about the health assessment findings and recommended therapeutic management
• Selects appropriate interventions from a range of non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions to restore or maintain resident physical and mental well-being
• Promotes safe resident care by mitigating harm and addressing immediate risks for residents and others affected by adverse events
• Liaises with discharge planning services for hospitalized residents to ensure a smooth and safe transition back to the long-term care home
• Collaborates with leadership and community health services in professional advisory, continuous quality improvement and research initiatives where applicable
• Dedicates 80% of time to be engaged in direct care to residents and 20% engaged in non-direct care activities targeted at the improvement of resident care
• Incorporates knowledge of diversity, cultural safety, and the determinants of health in the assessment, diagnosis and person-centred therapeutic management of residents and the
• Evaluates clinical outcomes assesses situations and problems efficiently and effectively
• Fosters effective working relationships and ability to provide clinical supervision, education and mentoring for students
• Build and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders working effectively within multidisciplinary teams
• Communicates effectively in both verbal and written communication
• Implements care in alignment with RNAO Best Practice guidelines, College of Nurses Ontario (CNO) standards and Ministry of Long-Term Care legislation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse in the Extended Class (NP) with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Masters Degree in Nursing (MScN or MN) an asset
• Membership with Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO) (preferred)
• Has acquired professional liability insurance (RNAO or other liability insurance)
• National certification in gerontology an asset

In Ontario, Extendicare, ParaMed Home Health Care and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodation needs must be provided in advance. To discuss your needs, please contact the individual noted in the

 posting.

Please forward your résumé to the attention of: Rebecca Nepssy, Director of Care

Time Type:

Full time

When you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you’re joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences. 

If you have a passion for caring, turn it into a rewarding career with Extendicare! 

Extendicare and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes upon request.