Clinical Nurse Practitioner, Inpatient Medicine – Temporary Full-Time

Compensation Pay Range $65.09-$76.14

Position Summary The Nurse Practitioner (NP) at CHEO is a Registered Nurse with advanced education (Masters or Doctoral prepared), skills and experience to provide personalized and quality care to the communities that CHEO serves. NPs are regulated by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and hold a license as RN (Extended Class), with an independent scope of practice. As regulated health care professionals, the NP scope includes, but is not limited to, diagnosis, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, and performing medical procedures.

Nurse Practitioners function as both autonomous and collaborating health care providers who integrates the knowledge and skill from both nursing and medicine disciplines. In addition to the clinical role, the NP embodies leadership, education, research and ongoing professional development to create a holistic perspective on the domains of advanced nursing practice.

Working in close collaboration with the Inpatient Medicine interdisciplinary team, the NP will play a key role within a specialized NP team delivering comprehensive and coordinated care to pediatric patients. This position focuses on children with feeding challenges and/or complex subspecialty care needs, often as a primary concern. The NP will support patients and families requiring care planning, foster strong multidisciplinary collaboration, and ensure continuity of care throughout the hospital stay, while also facilitating smooth transitions to community-based care.

Main Responsibilities

Performs and documents comprehensive patient assessments based on thorough history taking from the patient and/or caregiver and physical examination

Develops a plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary team as appropriate

Orders and prioritizes diagnostic tests and initiates procedures as needed

Interprets laboratory, radiology and other test results in relation to patient assessment and differential diagnoses

Prescribes pharmacological and other therapeutic interventions

Monitors treatment and modifies treatment plans accordingly while evaluating outcomes

Communicates diagnoses, treatment plans, and disease specific education to patients and caregivers

Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to create holistic plans of care for patients

Provides follow-up care for patients requiring regular visits

Performs skills and procedures as per competency within clinical specialty

Identifies patient and caregiver socioeconomic needs while making informed decisions about clinical care

Consults and refers to specialist providers or health disciplines as needed for care delivery

Documents all elements of patient work-up and care in the EMR during or following each patient encounter

Provides transfer of care through consultation for patients who require alternative care that is beyond the knowledge and clinical skill of the NP

Authorizes, facilitates, and coordinates admission, transfers, leaves of absence, and discharge of patients admitted to hospital

Participates in care coordination through clinical case management via direct patient communication (telephone calls, virtual visits), patient conferences/multi-disciplinary meetings, rounds, clinic visits

Participates in health promotion and disease prevention through verbal and written communication mechanisms (pamphlet development, program development, educational lectures) related to specialty

Identifies, leads and implements specialty specific program initiatives and improvements for care delivery

Participates in quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team

Acts as a change agent to seek continuous improvement of care delivery within specialty and beyond

Participates in organizational committees as a key stakeholder who understands service delivery and is a clinical expert

Fulfills the advanced nursing practice scope by demonstrating strong clinical and academic leadership

Seeks opportunities for leadership both within clinical specialty and academically through internal and external organization affiliation

Provides formal and informal teaching/education opportunities to clinical staff and learners

Mentors NP students from various programs and academic institutions

Seeks joint appointment to encourage ongoing educational opportunities with Universities and Colleges

Encourages and provides opportunities for education in the clinical setting (outpatient and inpatient) with various health care providers

Participates in self-directed professional development to maintain competency in the clinical specialty (mentorship, formal education, consultation with h