Nurse Practitioner - Nurse Lead Outreach Program

Job Description

The Nurse Practitioner within the Nurse-Led Outreach Team (NLOT) program utilizes advanced practice nursing expertise to provide comprehensive clinical care. This includes advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as education, consultation, and research in the field of Geriatrics. The position plays a vital role in improving access to timely, evidence-based medical care for residents in long-term care homes (LTCHs) within the Mackenzie Health Hospital catchment, decreasing avoidable ED transfers and hospital admissions, and advancing a more integrated, resident-centered model of care delivery. This role will positively impact organizations, improving system partnerships, increasing capacity and efficiency through decreasing wait times and length-of-stay, and facilitating enhanced information exchange.

Contribute to safe, quality care by

• Understanding scope of practice of the nurse practitioner along with responsibilities and accountabilities.
• Consulting with and / or referring clients to other health-care providers at any point in the care continuum when the client’s condition is not within the nurse practitioner’s scope of practice or the individual nurse practitioner’s competence.
• Advocating for clients in relation to therapeutic interventions, health care access, the health care system and policy decisions that affect health and quality of life.
• Collaborating with members of the health care team to provide and promote interprofessional client-centered care at the individual, organizational and system levels.
• Contributing to a safe, inclusive environment for all through compliance with patient and staff safety policies and procedures.

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Mackenzie Health is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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