Nurse Practitioner en Hamilton Health Sciences

McMaster Children's Hospital (MCH) is part of the Hamilton Health Sciences' family of hospitals. MCH serves a community of 2.3 million people from south central Ontario and beyond. The Pediatric Chronic Pain Program is an ambulatory clinic of the Specialty Adolescent Medicine Services at MCH. The program provides coordinated, comprehensive pediatric chronic pain services through ambulatory clinics with an interdisciplinary model of care. The Pediatric Chronic Pain Program provides an inter-professional approach with expertise in pediatric chronic pain management within a family-centered environment. The program provides tertiary and sub-specialty care to children with complex chronic pain conditions.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) for the Pediatric Chronic Pain Program at McMaster Children’s Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in pediatric family centred nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP will work in partnership with the Physicians to deliver comprehensive patient care through the outpatient Pediatric Chronic Pain Program, as well as consultation for complex chronic pain inpatients at MCH.
In collaboration with the inter-professional team, and using a patient and family centred model of care, the NP is responsible to: apply advanced pediatric chronic pain management knowledge, expertise and decision-making skills in health assessment, diagnosis, therapeutics, and health care management of the child in the ambulatory setting; provide direct patient care, coordination of care; manage the referral triage process, provide education and collaborate with community partners; tutor and mentor appropriate variety of learners, participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in the program and academic settings; initiate, participate and lead program development, presentations, evaluations, research initiatives and other system changes to continue the enhancement of the inter-professional care team and program. The NP will work in partnership with physicians, consultants, and other members of the inter-professional health care team to provide comprehensive medical assessment, management and education. The NP reports to the Director, Child and Youth Mental Health, McMaster Children's Hospital, and the Interprofessional Chief of Practice..

37.5 hrs/week 
Monday to Friday, days/evenings

This position is temporary until April 2027

1. Current Certificate of Registration in the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Extended Class RN(EC), (eligible to write the registration exam would be considered) 
2. Completion of a Master’s Degree in Nursing, with an Advances Practice Nurse Certificate in Pediatrics (NP-Pediatrics) or Primary Health Care (NP-Primary Health Care) 
3. Recent (3 years) clinical experience with pediatric chronic pain and mental health 
4. Experience in developing, implementing and evaluating nursing practice tools in an ambulatory setting and primary care framework 
5. Expertise in developing strategies to build capacity and improve pediatric chronic disease self-management outcomes 
6. Proficiency in performing history and examination of the child and adolescent 
7. Knowledge and assessment of developmental milestones at all stages of pediatric development including the unique aspects of adolescent development. 
8. Experience and ability to lead and facilitate the development and implementation of basic and advanced education programs for patients, families, staff, and other health professionals 
9. Experience in the development and maintenance of medical directives 
10. Demonstrated skills and experience in program development and evaluation 
11. Demonstrated ability for independent action, initiative, problem solving, critical thinking, organization and prioritization 
12. Demonstrated mastery of effective communication with patients and coworkers, both written and verbal 
13. Demonstrated ability to work in a consultative role with the members of the inter-professional team 
14. Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations 
15. Demonstrated ability to provide culturally-sensitive services 
16. Demonstrated ability to utilize information technology 
17. Committed to acquire new knowledge and ensure competency 
18. Able to handle significant daily psychological and emotional stress in dealing with parents of chronically ill children 
19. Eligible for cross appointment with McMaster University School of Nursing at the undergraduate and graduate level

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.

Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Operations at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.

This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment

Proficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an asset 

If this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:

Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective Agreement

Article 10.7 (d), ONA Collective Agreement

Article 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective Agreement

Article 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective Agreement

Article 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement

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