Your Opportunity:
The CPTFP is an interprovincial (Alberta and Manitoba) program established in 1996 to complete developmental assessments for young children after life-saving procedures done at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. The purposes of these assessments are: 1) Service: to give developmental care as needed to the children. 2) Quality Improvement (QI): to seek potentially modifiable factors from the acute care variables (housed in prospectively developed databases) that show relationship to outcome and where we can advocate for change, 3) Knowledge Translation: to coordinate the QI projects with multiple collaborators, present results of this outcomes research, and educate stakeholders both locally and internationally of findings. The CNS promotes excellence in nursing though integration of the advanced nursing practice domains (clinician, leader, researcher and educator) in childhood development specifically related to children less than age 6 years undergoing complex therapies such extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), ventricular assist device therapy, septic shock therapies, post-cardiac-arrest therapies, and heart and kidney transplantation. As an advanced nursing practice role, the CPTFP CNS brings value to children, families and to the healthcare and rehabilitation team, with the potential to improve patient long-term developmental outcomes, promote positive health outcomes, reduce secondary developmental illnesses and raise the profile of the CPTFP.
Description:

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), you will provide an advanced level of nursing practice that maximizes the application of in-depth nursing theory, knowledge and skills in meeting the complex health care needs of individuals, families and communities. You will function as a nursing practice leader, consultant, expert practitioner, educator and researcher within a clinical specialty area. You will balance various roles depending upon the needs of the patient population and the healthcare team, collaborating on the provision of holistic and comprehensive care. You will play a key role in providing safe, quality patient and family centered care while reflecting the shared vision and values of AHS.

• Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Complex Pediatric Therapies Program
• Primary Location: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only)

• Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Union: United Nurses of Alberta
• Unit and Program: Complex Pediatric Therapies Program
• Primary Location: Glenrose Rehabilitation Hsp
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: At or Out of (UNA only