Nurse Practitioner CARE AND BE CARED FOR - THIS IS YOUR HOME Are you an experienced Nurse Practitioner seeking a rewarding career that cares for others, in a professional practice that cares for you?

Ontario

Health atHome - Mississauga Halton Region is seeking to fill one (1) Full time Nurse Practitioner position (Monday to Friday) with the Palliative Care Team. Reporting to the Manager, Patient Services, as an integrated member of the Palliative Care Team, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) supports the Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton Palliative Program and the Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Palliative Care Regional Programming to ensure high quality, patient-centered hospice palliative care across all care settings in the Mississauga Halton region. The NP provides support to the Palliative Care Team and specialist providers to address palliative care needs and increase capacity within the region to provide palliative and end of life care in the community.

Critical to the NP role is the provision of direct nursing services to support patients with palliative needs and their families. The NP broad scope practice will support seamless integration of hospice palliative care at the primary, secondary and tertiary care level; serving as clinician, educator, collaborator and advocate. At the primary level, the incumbent works as an integral member of the Palliative Care Team, assisting in building team capacity to provide care and clinical management; Working collaboratively across the health care system, the NP provides expert direct clinical palliative care and leadership to support seamless, integrated care delivery.

In this leadership role, the NP will work in all domains consistent with advanced practice nursing (leadership, clinical care, consultation/collaboration, facilitation and research). Within this scope, the NP will provide home/office/hospital visits and telephone and face-to-face consultation, and crisis response, The NP is also responsible for education, knowledge transfer and best practice implementation, mentorship and professional development, through coaching inter-professional teams involved in the circle of support. The role includes stakeholder engagement, participation in local, regional and provincial committees and a leadership role to implement improvements in Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton and within the Mississauga Halton Palliative Care Network.

Provides palliative and end-of-life direct care to patients within the scope of practice,



supporting patient/caregiver and their circle of care to receive community-based care as long as possible and support patient death in place of choice As part of a team of NPs, provides expert clinical care to complex palliative patients and expert clinical advice to the inter-professional team, including for example, primary care physicians, specialists, care coordinators, and community nurses on the management of pain and symptoms, psychosocial support and therapeutic interventions Participates in shared care roles with the primary care team as well as specialists Provides advanced care planning; Responsible for home/office/hospital visits to complex palliative patients and their families for the purpose of completing comprehensive clinical assessments and building capacity within the primary team Contributes to the development of comprehensive shared care plans in consultation with Care Coordinators, service providers, primary care physicians and others Participates in patient rounds and case conferences with palliative care teams in hospital(s) to identify complex palliative needs and support safe and successful transitioning back to the community/home; prioritizes responsibility to ensure crisis management/urgent needs are supported Adopts regional and provincial targets as performance goals and measures Supports Most Responsible Practitioner (Family Physician/Palliative Physician/Other) to ensure continuity of medical/clinical care for individuals with complex palliative needs across primary, acute, community and specialized palliative care sectors in relation to coordinated management approaches, information exchange and relationships with the patient and family Provides evening support to the inter-skilled and primary care team for the purposes of assistance with problem solving and decision-making and telephone or face to face visits as required Collaborates with Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton administration to work towards provincial goals of "death in place of choice" and building organizational and regional capacity to care for patients within the system of home and community care Assists in the development of palliative care program policies and procedures including development of content for education and orientation materials Advocates for individuals, families for health system policies Identifies Ontario Health atHome Mississauga Halton and regional learning needs and finds/develops programs/resources to meet those needs in collaboration with Learning & Organizational Development teams where applicable Mentors and coaches nursing colleagues, other team members in the circle of care and students Advocates for and promotes the importance of access to hospice palliative care Advises patients, colleagues, the community, health care institutions and policy makers on issues related to hospice palliative care nursing and health care Participates in local, provincial, national palliative care organizations and initiatives; and skilled nursing organizations Nurse Practitioner Program with a BScN (Masters level degree in Nursing preferred) Canadian Nursing Association Certification in Hospice Palliative Care or relevant speciality certification an asset Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in Palliative Care Nursing, preferably in a community setting Demonstrated experience with proven team building abilities and experience in advancing the clinical practice of multiple health disciplines Working knowledge of community resources and roles of health care professionals Knowledge of the health care delivery system Knowledge of direct care / care coordination models used in community health care organizations Proficiency in a Windows environment We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. As a condition of employment, all employees are required to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination status prior to start date Awareness of Medical Assistance in Dying Legislation Ability to speak French or another second language Membership in a world class defined benefit pension plan Salary Range - $57.89 to $67.36 per hour We are Ontario Health atHome, ready to serve every person in Ontario . We partner with patients and caregivers, primary care providers, hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes, service providers and Ontario Health Teams, to deliver responsive, accessible, integrated, patient-centered care.

Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism Commitment Ontario Health atHome is committed to a culture of equity, inclusion, diversity and anti-racism. We are committed to attracting, engaging and developing a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. Accommodations for persons with disabilities required during the recruitment process are available upon request. #

📌 Clinic Nurse Practitioner - Full-time (Mississauga)
🏢 healthcareathomejobs-en
📍 Mississauga