Nurse Practitioner, Geriatric Medicine

Position Profile

Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.

At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital.

Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care!

Are you a compassionate Nurse Practitioner who is focused on delivering high-quality, safe, care and passionate about leading innovation across the hospital in the area of geriatric medical care? If yes, we invite you to read the details below then apply.

Job status: Permanent Full Time

Hourly Rate Range: $63.66 - $79.12

Schedule Requirements:Days; some early morning or early evening work may be required depending on needs of program

Location:Wilson Employee Group:ONA
Reporting Relationship
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Program Director, Acute Medicine & Corporate Seniors Care Strategy

Job Summary: The Nurse Practitioner, Geriatric Medicine, will take on a leadership role within program related to priority areas of our Seniors Care strategy, including Dementia, Delirium, Depression, senior friendly care. The nurse practitioner will provide clinical care in our Geriatric Consultation Service along with our Geriatricians. This Nurse Practitioner role works in collaboration and consultation with physicians and other medical staff, nursing and members of the inter-professional health care team to respond to the specialized needs of older adults.

The Nurse Practitioner works in partnership with all relevant stakeholders, excelling in all four domains of their practice: clinical care, leadership, education and research.

Responsibilities:

• Integration of best practice guidelines and current evidence-based research into clinical practice for a select patient population with the focus on geriatrics
• Identification of areas of improvement to promote ongoing quality assurance, plans, implements, evaluates and reports on outcomes
• Evaluation of outcomes for the program and services and make recommendations for change in consultation with Program Director, Manager and Physician Leader
• Development of linkages with external partners as appropriate to ensure continuity of care
• Clinical lead for the ongoing Seniors Care Strategy planning and implementations, including leadership in key areas of Delirium, Depression and Dementia and Responsive behaviors.
• Provide clinical leadership Provision of consultative care for inpatients as part of the Geriatric Consult Service in consultation with Physicians and the interdisciplinary team
• Evaluation of outcomes of patient care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• In keeping with professional standards of practice, obtains and/or disseminates only that information which is relevant to meeting the client’s identified needs and with appropriate legal authorization, either in the form of signed consents or direct authorization from the client or designated substitute decision-maker.
• Utilization of expert communication skills by being a link between the client, consultants, resources and the referral source which may be required to coordinate the provision of service to the client.
• Works in a manner to ensure safety to oneself, clients and their families, colleagues and the work…