Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology Clinic, Heart Centre - Temporary

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) at CHEO is a Registered Nurse with advanced education (Masters or Doctoral prepared), skills and experience to provide personalized and quality care to the communities that CHEO serves. NPs are regulated by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and hold a license as RN (Extended Class), with an independent scope of practice. As regulated health care professionals, the NP scope includes, but is not limited to, diagnosis, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, and performing medical procedures.

Nurse Practitioners function as both autonomous and collaborating health care providers who integrates the knowledge and skill from both nursing and medicine disciplines. In addition to the clinical role, the NP embodies leadership, education, research and ongoing professional development to create a holistic perspective on the domains of advanced nursing practice.

• Performs and documents comprehensive patient assessments based on thorough history taking from the patient and/or caregiver and physical examination
• Develops a plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary team as appropriate
• Orders and prioritizes diagnostic tests and initiates procedures as needed
• Interprets laboratory, radiology and other test results in relation to patient assessment and differential diagnoses
• Prescribes pharmacological and other therapeutic interventions
• Monitors treatment and modifies treatment plans accordingly while evaluating outcomes
• Communicates diagnoses, treatment plans, and disease specific education to patients and caregivers
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to create holistic plans of care for patients
• Provides follow-up care for patients requiring regular visits
• Performs skills and procedures as per competency within clinical specialty
• Identifies patient and caregiver socioeconomic needs while making informed decisions about clinical care
• Consults and refers to specialist providers or health disciplines as needed for care delivery
• Documents all elements of patient work-up and care in the EMR during or following each patient encounter
• Provides transfer of care through consultation for patients who require alternative care that is beyond the knowledge and clinical skill of the NP
• Authorizes, facilitates, and coordinates admission, transfers, leaves of absence, and discharge of patients admitted to hospital
• Participates in care coordination through clinical case management via direct patient communication (telephone calls, virtual visits), patient conferences/multi-disciplinary meetings, rounds, clinic visits
• Participates in health promotion and disease prevention through verbal and written communication mechanisms (pamphlet development, program development, educational lectures) related to specialty
• Identifies, leads and implements specialty specific program initiatives and improvements for care delivery
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
• Acts as a change agent to seek continuous improvement of care delivery within specialty and beyond
• Participates in organizational committees as a key stakeholder who understands service delivery and is a clinical expert
• Fulfills the advanced nursing practice scope by demonstrating strong clinical and academic leadership
• Seeks opportunities for leadership both within clinical specialty and academically through internal and external organization affiliation
• Provides formal and informal teaching/education opportunities to clinical staff and learners
• Mentors NP students from various programs and academic institutions
• Seeks joint appointment to encourage ongoing educational opportunities with Universities and Colleges
• Encourages and provides opportunities for education in the clinical setting (outpatient and inpatient) with various health care providers
• Participates in self-directed professional development to maintain competency in the clinical specialty (mentorship, formal education, consultation with health care colleagues)
• Disseminates education to health care community partners and professionals as needed
• Identifies…