Nurse Practitioner, Health and Wellness Services

at  Laurentian University

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Nursing;
• Three to Five years of relevant experience preferred;
• Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certificate in Primary Health Care;
• Current and valid Nurse Practitioner (NP) license in Ontario;
• 3- 5 years of prior experience in mental health care delivery, both in-person and virtually, preferably within a university or college setting;
• Certification in crisis intervention and counselling techniques;
• Proven ability to work effectively on an interprofessional team and collaborate with various stakeholders including faculty, staff, and community partners;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with diverse student populations;
• Understanding of the unique mental health needs and challenges faced by university students; and
• Ability to work fluently (verbal and written) in both official languages, French and English, is required.
  The official University hours of operation shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, during, and including, the months from September to April, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m Monday through Friday during and including May to August., amounting to thirty-three and three-quarter (33.75) hours per week.

• Performs focused health assessment and/or an advanced comprehensive health assessment using assessment tools/techniques based on client needs and stage of life;
• Performs a complete/focused health history appropriate to the client’s situation, including physical, psychosocial, emotional, ethnic, cultural and spiritual dimensions of health;
• Performs a complete/focused physical assessment, and interprets normal/abnormal results;
• Synthesizes health assessment data to diagnose health risks and states of health/illness;
• Formulates diagnoses through integration of client data and evidence-informed practice;
• Anticipates and diagnoses emergent, urgent, and life-threatening situations and initiates interventions to stabilize clients;
• Orders and/or performs screening and diagnostic investigations, interprets results and assumes responsibility for follow-up;
• Diagnoses diseases/disorders, injuries and conditions, and identifies client’s health needs;
• Communicates with clients about assessment findings, diagnosis, outcomes and prognosis;
• Determines care options and therapeutic interventions in collaboration with clients;
• Supports, educates, counsels clients regarding diagnoses, prognoses and self-management.
• Prescribes pharmacotherapy based on the client’s health history, disease, disorder, condition and stage of life. Counsels clients on medication therapy, benefits, potential side effects, interactions, compliance and recommended follow-up;
• Prescribes and/or dispenses drugs in accordance with provincial, territorial and/or federal standards and legislative requirements;
• Evaluates and revises the plan of care and therapeutic intervention based on current evidence- informed practice and on client goals, preferences, health status and outcomes;
• Conduct in-depth mental health assessments, diagnosis (use of DSM-5), and treatment planning for university students;
• Implement a broad range of treatment options from crisis intervention and counselling to pharmaceutical management;
• Provide individual and group therapy sessions to address a range of mental health concerns (anxiety, depression, stress, and adjustment issues);
• Offer crisis intervention services, including assessing suicidal risk, providing immediate support, and coordinating appropriate care;
• Collaborate with psychotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to ensure integrated and holistic care for students;
• Participate in outreach programs, workshops, and training sessions to promote mental health awareness and wellness on campus;
• NP focuses on improving and restoring health. The NP leads or collaborates with other health-care team members, other sectors and/or the community in initiatives that promote health and reduce the risk of complications, illness and injury for their individual clients, client groups and/or the population as a whole;
• Assesses, identifies and analyzes information to determine client and/or population trends and patterns that have health implications;
• Initiates or participates in the development of strategies to address identified client and/or population health implications. Collaborates in the development of policy to influence health services and healthy public policy;
• Initiates or participates in the design of services/interventions for health promotion, health protection, and the prevention of injury, illness, disease and complications;
• Initiates or participates in the development and implementation of evaluation processes, including identification of indicators for ongoing monitoring of strategies, services and interventions;
• The NP consults with and/or refers clients to other health-care providers at any point in the care continuum when the client’s condition;
• Acts as a consultant to and/or refers and accepts referrals from health-care providers, community agencies and allied non-health care professionals;
• Advocates for clients in relation to therapeutic intervention, health-care access, the health-care system and policy decisions that affect health and quality of life;
• Collaborates with members of the heath-care team to provide and promote interprofessional client-centered care and guide continuous quality improvement initiatives at the individual, organizational and system levels;
• Applies advanced knowledge and skills in communication, negotiation, coalition building, change management and conflict resolution, including the ability to analyze, manage and negotiate conflict;
• Maintain accurate and confidential electronic health records, documenting assessments, interventions, and treatment plans;
• Document clinical data, assessment findings, diagnoses, plans of care, therapeutic interventions, client responses and clinical rationale in a timely and accurate manner;
• Adheres to federal and provincial/territorial legislation, policies and standards related to privacy, documentation and information management (this applies to verbal, written or electronic records); and
• Perform other duties as assigned.