Nurse Practitioner- Amb Respirology

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) for the Asthma Allergy/Respiratory service of McMaster Children’s Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in pediatric family centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient and family centered model of care, the NP is responsible to: provide direct patient care, coordination of care, allergy and food testing, patient education,  discharge planning, and the coordination of related community and other resources for this patient population; tutor and mentor nursing and other health professional students as appropriate, and participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in the program and academic settings; initiate, participate, and/or lead programs, presentations, publications, evaluations, research initiatives and other system changes to continue the enhancement of interdisciplinary care teams. The NP reports to the Director, Critical Care and Ambulatory Services, McMaster Children's Hospital, and the Chief of Nursing Practice. 

• Current Certificate of Registration in the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse Extended Class RN(EC)
• Completion of a Master’s Degree in Nursing, with an Advances Practice Nurse Certificate in Pediatrics, (NP-Pediatrics)
• Minimum of (4) years recent pediatric nursing experience
• Minimum of (3) years recent acute/primary clinical experience in pediatrics
• Proficiency in performing history and examination of the infant, toddler, child and adolescent
• Knowledge and assessment of developmental milestones at all stages of pediatric development and ability to access appropriate community or hospital-based resources in setting of developmental delays
• Ability to triage and independently manage patients appropriately in the short-term in a busy clinic setting in the event the physicians are called away from clinic emergently
• Experience and knowledge to recognize emergent clinical condition calls and distinguish urgent from semi-urgent and non-urgent clinical matters and conditions
• Ability to counsel and educate parents and children in with respect to common pediatric ambulatory conditions
• Knowledge of community resources for pediatric ambulatory patients and their families
• Able to handle significant daily psychological and emotional stress in dealing with parents of critically or chronically ill children
• Experience in the development and maintenance of medical directives
• Demonstrated ability for independent action, initiative, problem solving, organization and prioritization
• Demonstrated leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work in a consultative role with the members of the multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations
• Knowledge and experience in change theory and pediatric learning principles
• Demonstrated ability to utilize information technology
• Membership in the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) and other professional organizations relevant to the role
• Certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and relevant certificates recommended
• Committed to acquire new knowledge and ensure competency
• Eligible for cross appointment with McMaster University School of Nursing at the undergraduate and graduate level