Nurse Practitioner, PICU

to apply as an internal applicant.

Req : 224512
Department/Program: PICU, Children's Medical Care
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $59.4668 - $71.9561 /hour
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities.

We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization.

There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of transgender and non-binary people of any other province or territory in the country.

We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2

SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Pediatric Critical Care, the PICU Nurse Practitioner (NP) will function in an advanced practice role including the role components of clinician, educator, consultant, and researcher. The Nurse Practitioner’s (NP) practice is based on in-depth knowledge of nursing and other sciences with emphasis on health assessment, diagnosis, and management of illness. The focus of the NP’s practice will primarily be on providing clinical services to manage the health and needs of infants, children, and adolescents requiring critical care intervention and follow-up.

The NP works collaboratively with other health professionals to provide safe, competent, and ethical nursing and inter-professional care.
The PICU Nurse Practitioner will have responsibilities that include:

• Utilizing and demonstrating advanced knowledge and decision-making skills to conduct comprehensive assessments, diagnose, and manage the clinical care of children requiring critical care.

• Function within an approved scope of practice.

• Developing, promoting, and maintaining interdisciplinary collaboration in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

• Working in partnership with nurses and other disciplines to provide holistic patient/family-centered care and advance the practice of pediatric critical care nursing.

• Participating in planning and implementing change related to clinical, educational, and research issues.

• Participating in policy and procedure development related to pediatric critical care.

• Providing leadership and modeling of behavior related to nursing…