Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Company : IWK Health

Department/Program: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Women's & Newborn Health

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
:
October 16, 2026 (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 proportions of transgender and non-binary people than 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, 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 IWK Health Centre is seeking a leader in the advancement of neonatal nursing practice for the Regular Full-Time position of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Reporting to the Manager, Neonatal Care team, the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will join other NNP’s as an expert practitioner and patient advocate in a program based care environment.

Responsibilities include:

• providing leadership in nursing developing, promoting and maintaining an interdisciplinary collaboration in a team environment
• integrating the skills and knowledge of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in a collaborative practice setting
• working in partnership with professional nurses and other disciplines to provide holistic patient/family centred care and advance the practice of neonatal nursing.
• participate in planning and implementing change related to clinical, educational and research issues in nursing.
• in collaboration with the attending Neonatologist, the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner participates in delegated medical care.
• provides clinical leadership related to advanced nursing practice issues, and scope includes the roles of a clinician, educator, consultant, and researcher.
• promotes liaisons among nursing and other health…