ONA MH-- Nurse Practitioner - Geriatric Medicine - Specialized Geriatric Clinic

Overview

Duration Approximately Nine (9) Months.

The Nurse Practitioner with the Specialized Geriatric Clinic is responsible for developing collaborative care and treatment plans within the respective scope of practice in collaboration with patients, care partners and health team members. The NP will facilitate comprehensive assessment, consultation, system navigation and coordinating of complex care needs in the spirit of optimizing individual functional independence and overall well-being of older adults.

Note:

The original description emphasizes the role and scope rather than enumerated day-to-day duties. The following summarizes the intent:

• Develop collaborative care and treatment plans in collaboration with patients, care partners and health team members.
• Facilitate comprehensive assessment, consultation, system navigation and coordination of complex care needs for older adults.

Certification/Experience/Knowledge:

• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class [RN (EC)] with a specialty certificate in either Adult or Primary Health Care required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) Certificate required (within the last 12 months)
• Recent clinical experience (within last 2 years) in a mental health and/or addictions setting preferred
• Successful completion of controlled substance education and ability to prescribe controlled substances required
• Current Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing certification an asset
• Experience with substance use interventions (i.e. Motivational Interviewing (MI), Stages of Change) an asset

• Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement basic and advanced educational programs required
• Demonstrated competencies related to safe, effective and ethical prescribing required
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively with all members of an Interdisciplinary health care team which includes clients, families and community partners required
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing education and quality improvement to facilitate, integrate and spread best practice principles in mental health and addictions required
• Demonstrated ability to exercise professional judgement and critical thinking required
• Demonstrated ability to apply ethical frameworks and choose the optimal assessment and treatment intervention required
• Demonstrated strong therapeutic communication skills with the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in a clear, concise manner, considering the intended audience required
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks/projects, diversified workload, rapidly changing priorities and challenging deadlines required
• Ability to meet the physical demands required for a community based team required
• Must support and contribute to a culture of safety and prevention to ensure the safety of self, fellow workers, patients, volunteers, and visitors
• Excellent attendance and work record required
• Bilingualism (Advanced level English/French) is required. All unilingual candidates are encouraged to apply and may be considered if the identified French requirement has been met or there are no successful bilingual candidates. A formal French test will be conducted to evaluate the proficiency level.

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