Nurse Practitioner – Addiction Medicine Consult Team – Mental Health and Addictions – Full Time

Purpose:

The Sault Area Hospital (SAH) is currently seeking a self-directed, results-oriented nursing leader with demonstrated experience developing the Nurse Practitioner (NP) role into a healthcare program. The NP will provide innovative and creative advanced clinical leadership for the inter-professional team to create new pathways that improve the delivery of Addictions treatment & care. Proven experience as an NP with positive collaborative partnerships with physicians, staff and system partners is essential to this clinical role.

Duties:

• Participates and collaborate with other health care providers in the provision of patient care.
• Assesses patients by obtaining relevant history and completing physical exam, in order to make a diagnosis
• Initiates orders for treatment(s), medications, and diagnostic tests according to findings and collaborates with SAH physicians, primary care providers and family health teams as needed.
• Develops medical treatment plans for the patients under her/his care, which may be carried out by other care providers.
• Develops pathways to care to other addiction and mental health services as part of the discharge process, including Primary Care.
• Evaluates outcomes based on clinical skills/judgement and patient improvements.
• Dictates discharge summaries, which set out the diagnosis, treatment and discharge instructions.
• Participates in the development of order sets, clinical pathways or medical directives for the care of the patients in the program.
• Refers to other care providers as appropriate
• Where appropriate is a consultant and resource to the Health Care Team and the community as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Current Certificate of Registration as RN (EC) in good standing with the College of Nurse of Ontario.
• Enrolled in the Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (OUDT) course through the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). For more information, visit: https://www.camh.ca//en/education/continuing-education-programs-and-courses/continuing-education-directory/opioid-use-disorder-treatment-course
• Enrolled in Certification with Addiction Care & Treatment Certificate (UBC). For more information, visit: https://ubccpd.ca/course/addiction-care-and-treatment#overview
• Enrolled in Sublocade Certification. For more information, visit: https://www.sublocadecertification.ca/Login.aspx?dest=~/default.aspx
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate
• Current certification in Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) within 2 years

Experience:

• Experience providing leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a nurse practitioner lead role in a new program
• Minimum of 1 year experience as a Nurse Practitioner

Skills & Ability:

• Practice autonomously, offering the full scope of Nurse Practitioner (NP) practice as outlined in the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Practice Standard: Nurse Practitioner, and provincial and federal legislation.
• Practice may be guided by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) publication “Canadian Nurse Practitioner Core Competency Framework”.
• Perform the responsibilities of the position within the legislative and regulatory standards set out in the applicable Provincial and Federal Acts and consistent with the operational policies of SAH.
• Provide comprehensive health assessments to diagnose health/illness conditions, working within the legislated scope of an NP with a specific focus on mental health and addictions medical support.
• Communicate with clients about health assessment findings and diagnosis where appropriate.
• Provide evidence based treatment for adults presenting with mental health and/or addictions disorders.
• Knowledge of social determinants of health and how these can impact marginalized populations.
• Applied knowledge and implementation of trauma informed care.
• Provide comprehensive biopsychosocial support for individuals who are acutely intoxicated and/or withdrawing from a variety of substances.
• Consult, refer and collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team and community services as required.
• Provide direct comprehensive care to clients to manage acute and chronic illness within a holistic model of care.
• Counsel clients on harm reduction, withdrawal, craving symptom management, health maintenance, pharmacotherapy, alternative therapies, psychosocial rehabilitation strategies and other health programs.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team and community agencies.
• Collaborate with inter-professional teams and other healthcare providers and sectors and community members to determine and address healthcare priorities and related issues.
• Oversee the work of other clinical staff, providing education, direction, and supervision where appropriate.
• Assess population health trends and patterns and participate in designing services that promote harm reduction/recovery philosophies and healthy living.
• Assist in the development and implementation of standards, guidelines, policies and procedures as well as medical directives for mental health and addiction services.
• Attend Program related meeting, sit on and attend various committees as required.
• Participates and leads the development and implementation of medical directives, order sets, teaching protocols, outcome standards and patient education material to ensure consistent, quality care.
• Acts as a preceptor, mentor and coach to nursing colleagues, other members of the health-care team.
• Functions as a professional by demonstrating behaviour consistent with Hospital Mission, Values and Standards of Performance.