Career Opportunities: Nurse Practitioner - Addiction Care )

Hours of Work: Full-Time Position; Day Shifts

Pay Band: $67.07 - $76.29 per hour

Union: ONA
Location: Kingston General Hospital Site (Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation Team)

INTRODUCTION: Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, work within a professional practice model (PPM)* encompassing five domains that embody the characteristics of Benner’s nursing framework, MAGNET* attributes and those of a life-long learning organization****. The five domains of the professional practice model are: 1) care delivery system, 2) leadership approach, 3) professional relationships, 4) professional values, and 5) organizational and professional development. In addition, APN/NPs practice within the national framework for Advanced Practice Nursing, delineated by the Canadian Nurses’ Association in 2000.1

PPM : a value driven system, allowing the nurse an opportunity to provide excellent client care through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach

Benner Nursing Fr :amework: based on a “novice” to “expert” practice with movement along the continuum from a reliance on abstract principles to the use of past experience, expertise, and intuitive grasp

MAGNET Organization : recognizes and supports effective nursing leadership, a professional practice setting, and collaborative relationships with physicians and other healthcare professionals

Life-long Learning Organization : supports ongoing education, excitement about learning, and an encouragement to explore alternate ways of competent and effective practice.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Nurse Practitioner (NP) are recognized for their expertise in a specialized area of practice. Nurse Practitioners ensure the deliberate,



purposeful and integrated use of in-depth nursing knowledge, research and clinical expertise. It also involves integration of knowledge from other disciplines into the practice of nursing. Nurse Practitioner (NP) have the depth and breadth of knowledge required to provide a range of strategies to meet the complex needs of clients. They influence the practice of nurses by facilitating the integration of research-based knowledge into practice. They are involved in planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating programs to meet client needs through partnerships and intersectional collaboration. Their practice reflects substantial autonomy and independence with a high level of accountability. In addition, the APNs/NP may include activities in their practice that have been traditionally considered outside the scope of nursing practice. They fulfill the requirements for reflective practice mandated by the College of Nurses of Ontario regulatory body.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) working in Mental Health & Addiction Care will support the Substance Treatment and Rehabilitation Team (START), the Detoxification Centre, and represent Addiction Care across all sites as the program looks to push addiction related concerns across the organization.



They will utilize their advanced nursing knowledge and skill in addictions to direct and provide optimal care to patients for specialized mental health and addiction related assessment and treatment. The NP will conduct rapid physical/medical assessments; mental health and addictions risk assessments, and stabilization of clients, in addition to providing the full scope of nursing care to patients through all stages of withdrawal and treatment. This position will practice at a high level of autonomy within a collaborative practice, and will formulate clinical decisions and development of a patient care plan. The ideal candidate is passionate about mental health and addictions care and working in a fast-paced and developing clinical environment where roles and responsibilities are continually evolving to better meet the needs of our patients.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

Care Delivery System Responsibilities

- Develops and uses multiple assessment strategies within a client-centered nursing framework for individual clients and the client population.
- Discriminates and makes qualitative/quantitative distinctions from multiple sources of data, often in ambiguous and complex situations, when making clinical decisions.
- Demonstrates an in-depth understanding and analysis of the complex interaction of presenting sociological and biophysiological processes, determinants of health and clients’ lived experience.
- Draws on experiential knowledge and a body of current knowledge about the client population to predict, anticipate and explain the wide range of client responses to actual or potential health problems.
- Uses critical thinking and synthesis skills to guide decision-making in complicated, unpredictable and dynamic situations.
- Uses

📌 Nurse Practitioner (Kingston)
🏢 Kingston Health Sciences Centre
📍 Kingston