Nurse Practitioner General Surgery, Central Venous Access

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Company : IWK Health

Req ID: 229386
Department/Program: Central Venous Access, Children's Surgical, Emergency and Rehabilitation
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $59.4668 - $71.9561 /hour
Closing Date: 22-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Inpatient Surgical Care, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) will function in an advanced practice nursing role as a Clinician, Leader, Advocate, Educator, and Scholar. They will provide clinical care to children and adolescents requiring pediatric general surgery consultation, intervention, and follow-up, with a focus on enteral device care (EDC). The NP practises autonomously and collaboratively with pediatric general surgeons and the interprofessional team across inpatient, ambulatory and virtual care settings, with professional practice accountability to the NP Professional Practice Leader. The NP combines clinical expertise with leadership, education and research to provide safe, evidence-informed, patient and family-centred care.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing inpatient and outpatient clinical care to infants, children, and adolescents admitted to the Pediatric General Surgery service, with a focus on enteral device care.
• Conducting comprehensive assessments, diagnosing and managing health conditions, ordering and interpreting investigations, and developing and evaluating care plans.
• Coordinating enteral device care in alignment with patient goals, individualized care plans and program standards, and reviews and adjusts plans in partnership with patients and families.
• Providing inpatient consultation for enteral device care at the IWK.
• Coordinating Enteral Feeding Program intake, triaging referrals and patient calls, and providing ongoing inpatient and outpatient assessment and management of enteral device care needs.
• Following up investigations, arranging consultations and referrals, and coordinating care transitions with patients, families and hospital and community partners.
• Providing education and support to patients and families and serving as a clinical resource for healthcare providers involved in enteral device care.
• Contributing to education, mentorship and preceptorship for nurses, NP students and other healthcare learners.
• Leading and participating in quality improvement, research, policy and practice guideline development to improve care and advance nursing practice.
• Advancing the NP role and advanced practice nursing through professional collaboration, advocacy and participation in practice development initiatives.

Hours of Work

Mon-Fri (0800-1600); 37.5 hours per week

Your Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Master of Nursing degree, Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Licensed, or eligible for licensure, as a nurse practitioner in Nova Scotia.
• Minimum of five (5) years of pediatric nursing experience required; two (2) years of general surgery nursing experience preferred.
• Current successful completion of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, is required.
• Demonstrated clinical competence in pediatric nursing and knowledge of enteral devices and related equipment, including gastrostomy tubes and feeding pumps.
• Demonstrated ability to practise autonomously and collaboratively within an interprofessional team.
• Strong clinical judgment, critical thinking, communication, relationship-building and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing care needs.
• Commitment to evidence-informed practice, quality improvement and patient and family-centred care.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Nursing bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

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