Temporary Nurse Practitioner

Open: December 2nd, 2025

Deadline: December 15th, 2025

Non-Union

Duration: November 2026

Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit - University Hospital ICU

This position is to support the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) at University Hospital. The CSICU is a 14 bed unit that specializes in the care of patients ranging from routine post-operative recovery following cardiac surgery to the management of critically ill cardiac surgery patients with multisystem organ failure. This program is a national leader in minimally invasive/robotic coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve repair surgery and has expertise cardiac transplantation. The CSICU also cares for patients with ventricular assist devices including intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Centrimag, and Heartmate 3. These patients are cared for by an interprofessional team that consists of critical care intensivists, cardiac surgeons, specially trained nurses, a nurse practitioner, registered respiratory therapists, physiotherapists, a pharmacist, dietitian and personal support workers.

The Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) is seeking a Temporary Part-Time Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic team. The Nurse Practitioner is a self-directed advanced practice nurse prepared at the graduate and post-graduate level, who demonstrates a high level of autonomy working to scope, both independently and within a collaborative practice model. Using advanced assessment skills and a sound knowledge of clinical therapeutics, the NP demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge base in cardiothoracic surgical critical care experience and exhibits a high degree of clinical competence in caring for medical/surgical populations.

The NP in the CSICU Program will report to the Director of Critical Care and will work collaboratively with members of the ICU Program. The NP will interact daily with the interdisciplinary team to manage, direct and provide comprehensive care for a select patient population. The NP works with key stakeholders to provide advanced care that optimizes patient outcomes and enhances safety, effectiveness and accessibility. The NP in this program will engage in scholarly activities and advance knowledge by providing clinical leadership, identify opportunities for improving patient care, advancing best practices, promoting professional education and engaging in research.

With a focus on service excellence and patient safety, principal responsibilities include

• The NP will deliver care as an autonomous healthcare provider and collaboratively as part of the interdisciplinary team on the Cardiac Surgery service.
• The NP will work to full scope providing assessment, diagnosis, monitoring of patients on the service.
• The NP will independently order investigations and medications to provide full scope of care for patients on the service.
• The NP will provide support for the entire patient's journey from admission to discharge, including seeing patients in the CSICU.
• The NP will device settings in keeping with scope of practice. The NP will collaborate with external organizations to support local and regional partners
• The NP will support the educational needs of front-line staff through engagement with the Clinical Educators.
• Academic Leadership: The NP will use the protected time to improve practice standards for the service.
• The NP will share knowledge with the broader team as appropriate.
• The NP will support patient and family meetings and provide education as needed.

All duties and responsibilities of the NP conform to professional standards and hospital guidelines

What we offer:

Temporary Part-Time

Rate of Pay: $ $82.35 per hour

Hours of Work: 22.5 hours per week

Pension Plan: HOOPP

Career Development & Training Opportunities

Employee Wellness Initiatives

Scheduled Protected Time for Clinical Education and Research Initiatives

NP Leadership Development Program

• Successful completion of a Master's Degree in Nursing
• Current registration in the extended class in any of the following specialties: Adult or Primary Health Care and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Minimum of 5 years recent related medical/surgical, Critical Care experience
• Recent cardiology or cardiothoracic surgical critical care experience preferred
• Current member of the Nurse Practitioner's Association of Ontario (NPAO) or Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
• Mandatory Current Professional Liability Protection
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers course: BLS-HCP (C)
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in clinical practice, education, program development and research
• Expertise in functioning in an inter-disciplinary health care environment
• Ability to establish effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues and therapeutic relationships with patients and families
• Expertise in critical thinking, clinical problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution
• Effective organizational, conceptual and leadership skills
• Ability to provide project management skills to promote evidence-based strategies and initiatives for the CSICU and ability to work in partnership with relevant LHSC staff and physicians
• Experience in/or understanding research, program development and evaluation
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal relations and communication skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrated excellence as a role model for clinical leadership
• Demonstrated experience with clinical teaching in an academic environment
• Advanced presentation skills including the application of adult learning principles, change theory and systems theory in a clinical environment
• Demonstrated excellence in clinical practice
• Self-directed and function independently
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to the principles of patient and family centered care
• Demonstrated skill in insight, self-awareness and self-management consistent with high emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated ability to express oneself assertively and effectively in a non-judgmental and respectful manner
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in education and research
• Ability to function as an independent practitioner and a collaborative team member
• Eligible for an Adjunct appointment to an academic institution
• Proven ability to act empathically, while establishing and maintaining productive relationships
• Ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations and multiple demands
• Computer proficiency with Internet, Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Automated Clinical Systems and Virtual meeting platforms
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to patient and staff safety
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC's vision, purpose and values
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

Immunization Requirements:

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC's Health Review requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC.

London Health Sciences Centre is proudly one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching and research hospitals. LHSC has an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning, with education agreements in collaboration with over 55 schools, hospitals, and community agencies from across Ontario, Canada and internationally; among our many education partners, our three regional partners are Western University, Fanshawe College, and Thames Valley District School Board. LHSC provides students with a place that they can learn and discover knowledge and skills to take them forward in their careers as health care professionals. Approximately 2,900 Nursing, Health and other students ranging from secondary school to university graduate level programs receive training at LHSC every year. As an employee of LHSC, you will be expected to engage in role-related teaching, professional development, and research activities in addition to standard position duties and responsibilities.

We are committed to providing a safe, healthy and inclusive work environment that inspires respect. LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from equity-denied groups including Indigenous people, racialized people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. LHSC is also committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive recruitment process. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the hiring process to reasonably accommodate candidates, including those with disabilities, while maintaining a fair, consistent and equitable recruitment approach. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application, interview or selection processes, please contact Recruitment Services at , extension #34321 or .

As part of the selection process applicants may be required to complete an examination or test. Please be advised that a reference check may be conducted as part of the selection process.

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.