Nurse Practitioner

Status: Regular Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Union: ONA

Shifts: Days

Rate of Pay: $65.09/Hour -> $76.93/Hour

Posting Date: October 20, 2025

Closing Date: November 6, 2027

Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. JBH is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara’s Top Employers since 2015, with a skilled team of approximately 200 physicians, 2,000 employees, and more than 300 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and is designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team (BOHT). JBH is deeply committed to providing exemplary care and living the hospital’s core values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

JBH also inspires and empowers a culture of caring and this is demonstrated in many ways including our commitment to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people. For more information, visit

JBH has an exciting full‑time opportunity for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable Nurse Practitioner who wishes to work in the vibrant Burlington area providing care to Geriatric Patients with a focus on dementia/delirium.

The Nurse Practitioner Extended Class (NP-EC) is a Registered Nurse with additional educational preparation and experience who possesses and demonstrates the competencies to autonomously diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe pharmaceuticals, and perform specific procedures within his/her legislated scope of practice as delineated by the College of Nurses of Ontario. NP’s have an essential role in advancing Joseph Brant Hospital’s Strategy to provide high quality and timely care to the patients and their families.

The Nurse Practitioner utilizes a comprehensive theoretical knowledge base and an advanced level of clinical competence in caring for (list specialty population) patients in an inpatient setting in collaboration with Physicians and the interprofessional team. The NP will be expected to provide comprehensive health assessment and diagnosis, develop and implement a plan of care, provide health counseling and emotional support in the areas of illness and injury prevention, complications, and health promotion.

The NP-EC will provide leadership and promote excellence in patient-centered nursing care through expert practice, education, consultation and research.

The NP role is derived from blending clinical diagnostic and therapeutic knowledge, skills and abilities within a nursing framework that emphasizes holism, health promotion and partnership with individuals and families, as well as communities.

• Obtains and documents a comprehensive health history, performs a physical examination on patients requiring assessment, collaborates closely with physicians and other members of the interprofessional team and coordinates care involving other healthcare providers such as the Home & Community.
• Uses advanced assessment and evaluation skills to develop/initiate/modify the health care plan, determine and implement required diagnostic testing and initiate/adjust/discontinue pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies in accordance with scope of practice as defined by the CNO for NP practice, legislation, and JBH policy and procedures.
• Initiates referrals for consultation (medical and non-medical) in collaboration with physician as indicated.
• Provides consultation to nursing, medicine and other members of the patient care team.
• Demonstrates sound clinical reasoning and current…