Nurse Practitioner – Ambulatory Nephrology

Full job description

Nurse Practitioner – Ambulatory Nephrology

Job Number:122253

Job:

Nursing

Primary

Location:

Ontario-Hamilton

This position will be located at:

McMaster Children’s Hospital

Organization:

MCH Paeds Ambulatory

Status:

Temporary Full-time

Hours per week:
37.5

Number of Openings:1

Union Code:

Non Union Employees

Salary:
58.4200 – 74.9000 Hourly

Post Date:

Feb 2, 2026, 12:11:27 PM

Close Date (Period for Applying) – External:
Feb 17, 2026, 10:59:00 PM

Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all  are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College.

Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.

McMaster Children’s Hospital 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 Nephrology Program is a specialized ambulatory clinic of the Specialty Pediatric Services  program provides an interprofessional approach with expertise in nephrology education and management for children and teenagers with kidney disorders. The care is family centered, with an understanding that medical conditions in a child affect the entire family.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) for the nephrology service of McMaster Children’s Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in pediatric family-centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP supports the clinical activity of the Nephrologists and the associated patient care and interventions through the Nephrology service. This includes the areas of the pediatric emergency department, inpatients and the outpatient clinics.

Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient and family centered model of care, the NP is responsible to: provide direct patient care, coordination of care, discharge planning, and the coordination of related community and other resources for this patient population; tutor and mentor nursing and other health professional students as appropriate, and participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in the program and academic settings;

initiate, participate, and/or lead programs, presentations, publications, evaluations, research initiatives and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary care teams. The NP works in partnership with General Pediatrics, consultants, nursing and other members of the health care team to provide comprehensive medical assessment, management and education. The NP reports to the Director, Child and Youth Acute Healthcare, McMaster Children’s Hospital, and the Chief of Interprofessional Practice.

Schedule

Work Hours:

Monday to Friday; days. This position is temporary until October 2027.

• Current Certificate of Registration in the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class RN(EC)
• Completion of a Masters of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner program with a focus in pediatrics
• Minimum five (5) years’ nursing experience in the pediatric acute care setting
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in applying advanced nephrology knowledge, physical assessment skills, diagnostic interventions and self-care or caregiver-lead management skills for pediatric patients in an ambulatory setting
• Proficiency in performing history and examination of the infant, toddler, child and adolescent
• Knowledge and assessment of developmental milestones at all stages of pediatric development including the unique aspects of adolescent development.
• Experience and…