UNIT SUMMARY

Step into a job that opens countless doors. As one of Canada’s largest and most diverse hospitals, we’re providing advanced care to people of all ages from across the province. You can explore advancement opportunities, take professional development courses, and stretch yourself as a leader, all at HHS. We are the largest employer in the greater Hamilton region, and play a vital role in training the next generation of health professionals in collaboration with our academic partners, including McMaster University and Mohawk College. Hamilton Health Sciences is a hospital system of 18,000 staff, physicians, researchers and volunteers that proudly serves south central Ontario residents. We also provide specialized, advanced care to people from across the province.
McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH), located on the McMaster University campus in Hamilton’s beautiful Westdale neighbourhood, has been providing care to children from across the region since 1988. Here, patients ranging in age from infancy to 17 benefit from a family-centred approach that prioritizes the child’s emotional, mental and physical well-being. The hospital is home to the fastest-growing kids-only emergency department in Ontario, one of Canada’s most advanced neonatal intensive care units, and a range of programs and clinics with unique expertise in a number of areas including children’s cancer, digestive diseases, and mental health.
The NICU at McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) is the largest of its kind in Canada, providing tertiary-level specialized care to over 1,500 critically ill newborns per year and serving a broad geographic region in southern Ontario. The NICU supports a diverse and complex range of medical and surgical care needs for both inborn and out-born infants, working very closely with an active in-house obstetrical program that sees over 3,800 births per year and includes the provision of high-risk pregnancy care through the Maternal Fetal Medicine service. MCH NICU also operates a Neonatal Transport Team, supporting hospitals across southern Ontario and in collaboration with provincial partners. The large interdisciplinary NICU team provides family-centered care with a strong focus on evidence-based best practices and continuous quality improvement. The NICU team is actively involved as leaders in a number of productive and impactful research activities and collaborative quality improvement initiatives provincially, nationally and internationally.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a key clinical leader and critical member of a dynamic provider team in the NICU that includes Neonatologists, Neonatal Fellows and Physician Assistants. Providers work very closely and collaboratively with a large extended interdisciplinary care team to diagnose and treat all conditions affecting critically ill and convalescing newborns. In addition to direct clinical care, the NICU NP fulfills other domains of practice embedded in the role including education, research, quality improvement, and leadership – with a range of opportunities to become directly involved in each of these areas. The NICU NP is eligible for clinical cross-appointment with the Faculty of Nursing at McMaster University. The NICU NP orientation and training program is tailored to meet individual learning and development needs, taking into account prior experience and preparation. For Nurse Practitioners who are new to a tertiary level NICU, an internal NP residency training program is available to support individual learning, development, knowledge and skill acquisition; utilizing structured didactic and clinical education experiences to support development over a period of up to 12 months before transitioning to independent practice.
This role is eligible for additional financial incentives of up to $25,000. For further information please contact careers@hhsc.ca

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse in the Extended Class
• Advanced preparation at the Masters level with specialized training in neonatology or pediatrics
• Current NRP certification
• Current BCLS certification
• Minimum 2 years of nursing experience in a Level III NICU preferred
• Advanced knowledge of preterm and full-term infant pathophysiology
• Knowledge of the Regulated Health Professions Act
• Knowledge of trauma-informed care and supporting families prenatally, during the birth process, and in crisis/stressful situations in a critical care setting
• Strong critical analysis, problem-solving and assessment skills to formulate medical and nursing diagnoses
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with members of a diverse inter-professional healthcare team to provide and promote patient-centered care in a fast-paced, dynamic and clinically complex environment
  Proficiency in both Official Languages would be an asset.
  Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer.
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