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Job Title: Nurse Practitioner
Status: Regular Full Time
Department: Emergency, LHAP
Program: Emergency
12 Hour Shifts, days/weekends/evenings Schedule (Subject to Change)
Location: Lakeridge Health Ajax-Pickering
Wage Schedule: $73.570 - $77.340 per hour
Posting Reference: 2500001936
This position is open to all qualified ONA staff throughout Lakeridge Health commencing 3 July 2025 and closing at 11:59 pm on 10 July 2025.
Reporting to the Director, Emergency Services & CEPCP, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) - GEM will work as a RN in the Extended Class RN (EC). The NP will provide leadership and promote excellence patient-family centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. Based in the Emergency program, the NP will function with a high level of autonomy and expert skill in the management of ED geriatric patients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• RN (EC) registration with the Ontario College of Nurses, with a Nurse Practitioner certificate in Acute Care or Primary Care;
• Masters of Nursing required; with clinical focus on gerontology preferred
• Member of the RNAO and the Nurse Practitioner’s Association of Ontario;
• Two (2) years recent clinical experience in Emergency Services preferred
• Gerontological nursing practice, an asset
• Successful completion of College of Nurses approved education to prescribe controlled substances required.
• ENC certification preferred or started within one year of start date of position
• Canadian Nurses Association certification in gerontological nursing, an asset
• Demonstrated experience with completing comprehensive geriatric assessments
• Experience in community nursing
• Experience in evaluating quality of care and patient outcomes within the specialty population, in partnership with physicians and other members of the inter-professional team
• Experience with research methodology
• Ability to perform duties in a professional and courteous manner
• Ability to produce high quality work while meeting deadlines
• Demonstrate initiative and good judgment with the ability to multi-task

Compliance with confidentiality requirements

• Effective organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Patient centered service orientation with sensitivity to and appreciation for diversity
• Excellent decision making and problem solving skills
• Program planning and evaluation methodology skills required
• Collaborative approach to clinical work
• Ability to interpret, apply and communicate relevant policies and procedures
• Knowledge and proficiency in current evidence-based methods and practices with an emphasis on health promotion and risk reduction
• Demonstration commitment to continuous quality improvement
• Must have a satisfactory performance record;
• Demonstrated commitment to our core values of Inclusion, Compassion, Innovation, Teamwork and Joy;
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to Lakeridge Health’s comprehensive safety programs and practices including staff safety, patient safety and environmental safety and participation in regular in-service education sessions;
• Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to LH’s comprehensive safety programs and practices including staff, patient and environmental safety and participation in regular in-service in this area

Please refer the Job description for details