Nurse Practitioner - Urology Inpatient and Ambulatory Programs

Choosing to work for The Hospital for Sick Children means that you've chosen more than a job - you've chosen a career where you can have a meaningful impact on the lives of children, youth and families every day. Our staff are our greatest strength and SickKids works hard to provide a supportive working environment where Nurse Practitioners can give their best work possible. Working in collaboration with the interprofessional health care team, Nurse Practitioners at SickKids have the opportunity to provide expertise in the areas of:

• Clinical Practice
• Education, Mentorship, Research and Knowledge Translation
• Leadership and Organizational & Systems Management

SickKids is recognized as one of the world's foremost paediatric health-care institutions and is Canada's leading centre dedicated to advancing children's health. Nurse Practitioners play a critical role to our success. We are currently looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join the Urology Program, as a dual inpatient and ambulatory role, to provide leadership and promote inter-professional excellence and collaboration in child and family-centred -care within the five main role components of expert practice, education, consultation, research and leadership/change agency in a dynamic clinical environment.

Employment Type: Part-Time or Full-Time (17.5 - 35 hours per week: 0.5 - 1.0 FTE), Contract 1year.

Here's What You'll Get To Do

• Be responsible for the provision of comprehensive health care to various patient populations in urology, across inpatient and ambulatory care settings.
• Integrate clinical skills and knowledge within a broad scope of advanced nursing practice, caring for patients/families with urological issues.
• Provide leadership in advancing clinical practice and the provision of safe and high quality child and family-centred care.
• Provide guidance to children and families as they progress through their treatment plans
• Identify appropriate community resources and services, creating linkages.
• Assist in the acquisition of specialized equipment as required.
• Foster interprofessional collaboration in the coordination of plans of care.
• Assume a leadership role in advancing the quality of clinical practice and the provision of high quality, safe care, within the team, and in the development of others.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to support the development of nursing and Interprofessional colleagues.
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of programming to effectively transition youth and their families to adult services.
• Identify, integrate and evaluate research-based innovations for improving patient care.
• Commit to reducing preventable harm through Caring Safely - for example, role model error prevention behaviours in practice, and provide leadership with strategies to reduce hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) in the Urology patient population.
• Partner with children/families to navigate their illness trajectory
• Create, utilize and/or disseminate new knowledge using formal and informal channels.
• Provide relevant health education to families that is based on their needs, learning styles and stage of development.
• Conduct environmental assessments (home, community, school) and help guide child/family through the treatment program.

Here's What You'll Need

• Master of Nursing or equivalent, with a clinical focus
• Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program (within MN or post-master certificate)
• Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario within the RN (Extended Class)
• 3 - 5 years of clinical nursing experience. Experience in Pediatric acute care, surgical, or as an NP considered an asset.
• Proven ability in a leadership role.
• Ability to act as a change agent, and foster teamwork and consensus-building.
• Innovative critical thinking with excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of theoretical and conceptual frameworks and their practical application.
• A commitment to understanding and aiding in the pursuit of equity, diversity & inclusion.