CLINICAL SERVICES EXECUTIVE (CSE) – NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP)

Competition # MLL 2025-03-CNE Status: Full time (2 Vacancies)
Facility: Mountain Lea Lodge
Position Scope:
Reports directly to the CEO and will be a member of the Senior Leadership and Management Team. The Clinical Services Executive (CSE) – Nurse Practitioner (NP) will be employed by Mountain Lea Lodge and provide services to several ‘partner homes’ in the Western Zone region.
In partner facilities, the CSE – NP will act as a Medical Health Advisor/collaborate with the Medical Health Advisor (as applicable). The CSE – NP will be the most responsible provider and manage, lead, and oversee client care management in collaboration with unit physicians and leadership teams at partner sites including Mountain Lea Lodge. The CSE – NP will provide clinical leadership for the home(s) and integrate current scientific knowledge in geriatrics and best practice guidelines in decision-making based on critical appraisal and application of literature and research findings. The NP will also act as a resource, preceptor, and mentor for the Interdisciplinary Care Team in accordance with the vision, mission, and values of the host organization. The Nurse will lead education and research initiatives.
As a self-regulated professional, the Nurse Practitioner will work to their full scope of practice as outlined by the Nova Scotia College of Nursing, accountable to both the Standards of Practice for Registered Nurses and the Nurse Practitioner Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses. This is a Non-Unionized Position.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

• Support preceptorship (e.g., RNAP, student NPs).
• Provide formal and informal teaching and coaching in the management of clinical care and professional development to employees, including maintaining minimum competency based on evidenced informed research and best practice to contribute to quality resident care outcomes.
• Implement and apply relevant evidence informed leading practice research in providing services and collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team to conduct, and/or support research and quality improvement to support resident outcomes.
• Conduct ongoing scan of relevant literature and trends related to professional practice, health care issues, legislative policy changes, and evaluate the impact on person-centered care and practice at the system, policy, and service level.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Master of Nursing: Advanced Nursing Practice stream or equivalent NP program.
• Current (or pending) registration as a Nurse Practitioner with CNNS.
• Experience with long-term care in which leadership, administrative and interpersonal skills have been demonstrated.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal, written, and social.
• Excellent conflict management skills.
• May require flexibility with work hours at times