Family nurse practitioner Jobs in London, ON

ROLE

The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible in collaborating with the Director of Care to help support and align resident care. As a member of the peopleCare Management team, this position provides for all aspects of nursing care and directs the work of nursing and personal care staff in the assigned unit and play a key role in making its residents’ lives better. This position ensures all legislative standards, company policies and procedures, and rules and regulations are adhered to in a professional manner.

Reports to : Director of Care

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate and liaise with the Physician, the Director of Care and leadership team in care delivery.
• Assess, diagnose, and evaluate acute and chronic illness and other changes in resident’s conditions, prescribe treatments, diagnostics and follow up care.
• Prepares, implements, reviews, and evaluates the resident’s plan of care.
• Acts as a liaison with physicians, supervisors, other departments, government inspectors, consultants, social workers, clergy, relative or representatives to ensure appropriate resident care.
• Provide clinical leadership and education to the nursing and personal support care team members centered on the resident care needs as directed by the Director of Care.
• Monitors the performance of nursing and personal care staff as directed by the Director of Care.
• Participate in identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends in resident care and professional nursing practice to determine priorities for educational programming for team members, residents and families.
• Site Wound Care Champion.
• Participate in scheduled and required assessment process.
• Monitor resident’s health and notes any changes in conditions appropriately.
• Maintain resident records in compliance with established standards and legislative requirements.
• Participate in the orientation and training of new personnel and students.
• Participate in committees / teams / task forces as required.
• Participate in the organization’s Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) utilizing research and best practices.
• Organize and directs functions and activities related to the provision of resident care.
• Delegate clinical and administrative responsibilities to the appropriate staff.
• Perform other related functions as directed by supervisor.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE