Nurse Practitioner

For over 30 years, The Safehaven Project for Community Living has been providing exceptional care to children with developmental disabilities and complex care needs. Our mission is to provide high-quality, family-centered, and community-based residential and respite care for individuals with complex care needs.  Safehaven serves individuals with disabilities and their families, through respite and residential programs at our Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge, and Aurora facilities. The New Employees with Registered Nurse certificates will receive a signing bonus of $1000; please ask for details during the interview.

Our Future

At Safehaven, we are constantly striving to better serve our clients and communities that need us most. That’s why we are currently exploring opportunities to expand our service offerings beyond children to include adults, developing programs and services to care for more medically complex individuals, and implementing innovative therapy and recreational programs for our existing and future clients.

In order for Safehaven to achieve our goals, we are looking for exceptional people with huge hearts who are motivated by positively impacting the lives of others and believe in our vision of creating a more inclusive world for people with complex care needs. 

ROLE SUMMARY:

The Transitional Care for Medically Complex Children (TCMCC) Program is a collaborative program between Safehaven and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to provide 4 transitional care beds in the community. 

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides leadership and promotes excellence in pediatric, client and family-centered nursing care through the key domains of practice by integrating in-depth knowledge of advanced nursing practice and theory, health management, health promotion, disease/illness /injury prevention and other relevant biomedical and psychosocial theories to provide comprehensive health services. The NP works in collaboration with their clients and families and other inter-professional health-care providers in the provision and coordination of high-quality client and family-centred care. This is a full-time role to be carried out at our Bloor location. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical Practice:  

• Provides direct care to a defined population of clients and families within TCMCC program who are transitioning to the community with medical complexity from acute-care hospitals, Holland Bloorview, and the community. 
• Provides comprehensive health assessment to diagnose health/illness conditions, and to treat and manage acute and chronic illness within a holistic model of care. 
• Prescribes pharmacologic agents, screening and diagnostic tests, and therapeutic measures in accordance with federal/provincial legislation and policy and approved authorizing mechanisms such as medical directives and practice agreements. 
• Coordinates care to ensure smooth transitions for clients and families between and across services.  
• Leads the complex admission and transition planning processes.  
• Monitors, evaluates, and revises the plan of care and therapeutic interventions based on current evidence and on client goals, preferences, health status and outcomes in the community setting.  

Inter-professional Collaboration/Consultation/Referral:  

• Consults and collaborates with inter-professional team members, clients, and families as well as community healthcare providers and agencies to achieve the best health outcome for clients and families.  
• Consults with and/or refers clients to other health-care providers (e.g., physicians, specialists) when appropriate and when the client`s condition is not within the NP scope of practice.  
• Collaborates and participates in planning, promoting, implementing, and evaluating new ideas, concepts, and interventions to facilitate care to clients and families.   

Leadership:  

• Provides leadership in the management of clinical care and is a resource person and role model for care team.  
• Guides, initiates, and provides leadership in the development/revision of standards, practice guidelines, protocols, policies, and quality improvements, education, and research initiatives. 
• Examines current processes, identifies opportunities for change and provides recommendations for improvements.  
• Build cohesive relationships within and across sectors that support client-centred care. 

Research, Education, Mentorship & Scholarly Activities:  

• Uses evidence in practice, develops and uses clinical practice guidelines, pathways, and protocols in care provision. 
• Critically reviews, analyses, interprets, and applies evidence to clinical practice. 
• Participates in the generation of new knowledge through active engagement in research initiatives and partnership with the Bloorview Research Institute and Centres for Leadership,  
• Functions as a content expert and resource person in their specialized field of practice and takes advantage of informal learning opportunities to educate the interprofessional team.  
• Participates in the academic community by providing education, clinical supervision, and mentorship through university cross-appointment.  
• Enhances personal and professional development through reflective practice and by attending educational opportunities and /or conferences in clinical specialty, research & scholarship, and/or leadership topics.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education  

• Graduate degree from an approved and accredited Nurse Practitioner Program  
• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario – Registered Nurse (Extended Class)  
• Eligible for cross-appointment with the University of Toronto  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers  

Experience  

• Minimum 3 years pediatric and family nursing experience required.  
• NP experience within an Academic Health Science environment preferred.  
• Experience working with children with disabilities preferred.  
• Evidence of active involvement/participation in scholarly activities  
• Program development and evaluation preferred 
• Membership and participation in professional association(s) 

Skills  

• Excellent conceptual and theoretical understanding of evidence-based practice and ability to articulate the concepts as they relate to advanced nursing practice.  
• Fostering team relationships and communication within a cross-functional team. 
• Superior clinical decision-making, ethical practice, assessment, diagnostic, and therapeutic management skills.  
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills.  
• Effective communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written  
• Demonstrated leadership skills and effectiveness in collaborative relationship development.  
• Proven ability to work independently, and as part of an interprofessional team.  
• Demonstrated ability to identify and meet own learning needs in pursuit of ongoing professional development.  
• Able to use computer software such as MS Office applications, email, and web applications.  

We thank all interested candidates for applying. Successful candidates will be contacted to participate in the interview process.  

The selected candidates are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of hire and work in accordance with our organization.   

Safehaven and Holland Bloorview is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity or testing, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.  

Accommodation can be made for individuals identifying with a disability under the Ontario human rights Code.