Clinical Nurse Specialist, Paediatric Advanced Care Team

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

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Clinical Nursing Specialist, Paediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT)

Our staff are our greatest strength, and SickKids works hard to provide a supportive working environment where Advanced Practice Nurses can give their best work possible. Working in collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team, Clinical Nurse Specialists at SickKids have the opportunity to provide expertise in the areas of:

• Clinical Practice
• Education, Mentorship, and Research
• Leadership and Organizational & Systems Management

We are currently looking for a'Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Paediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT), the SickKids palliative care service. As a CNS on the team, you will provide leadership and promote excellence in family-centred nursing care through the five main role components of expert practice, education, consultation, research and leader/change agent. You will care for, and support children, adolescents and families faced with complex, life-threatening conditions across a continuum of inpatient, outpatient and community care.

Here's What You'll Get To Do

• Be responsible for the provision of comprehensive care to children with a variety of life-threatening conditions, and their families, in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Integrate clinical skills and knowledge within a broad scope of advanced nursing practice.
• Participate in and/or lead complex discharge and transition planning processes.
• Collaboratively work with community providers and families to deal with challenges as they arise in the community (home and hospice) to help families feel more comfortable remaining at home or facilitate an admission to hospital/hospice.
• Provide support for the Pathways Grief Support Program.
• Assume a leadership role in influencing clinical nursing practice and the provision of care.
• Engage in education and training activities to support nurses across the organization gain knowledge in caring for the specialized needs of these patients.
• Integrate research into practice.
• Create, utilize and/or disseminate new knowledge.

Here's What You'll Need

Essential Requirements

• Master of Nursing or equivalent with a clinical focus.
• Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• 3 - 5 years of clinical paediatric nursing experience.
• Ability to act as a change agent, and foster teamwork and consensus.
• Innovative critical thinking with excellent communication, public speaking and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research application.

Assets

• Prior experience as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
• Experience caring for children with life-threatening conditions and their families.

Employment Type

• 15-month Contract 1.0 FTE
• Includes access to benefits

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