Winnipeg Regional Health Authority·Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive care, coordination, and management for clients with neurodegenerative disorders within an interdisciplinary team. Responsibilities include autonomously ordering diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, and performing minor invasive procedures.
Requisition ID: 402181
Position Number: 20067982
Posting End Date: Open Until Filled
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Deer Lodge Centre
Day Hospital - DLC
Job Stream: Clinical
Union: MNU
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
$65.555, $68.251, $70.942, $73.848, $76.063, $78.346
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The Nurse Practitioner will function within an interdisciplinary health care team to provide comprehensive care, coordination and management of clients with neurodegenerative disorders in the Motor Neuron Disorder clinic.
Under the general direction of the Manager of Health Services, as part of the multidisciplinary team, the
Nurse
Practitioner (NP):
Applies advanced nursing and medical theory to the provision of clinical care, autonomously ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing pharmacologic agents and performing minor invasive procedures.
Applies current/relevant nursing and medical theory, which allows for contribution to knowledge, development and involvement in advancing the nursing profession.
Incorporates medical knowledge and advanced nursing knowledge; integrates this knowledge and experiential base into clinical practice.
Demonstrates competence to practice autonomously in the implementation of strategies to promote health and prevent illness, is proficient in planning, implementing and evaluating complex care, and demonstrates competence to teach others.
Provides for problem-solving among staff or between staff and patients/residents/clients and with physicians, and multidisciplinary team.
Applies skills in consultation, collaboration and systems management in providing effective care.
Complements physician services in the delivery of comprehensive health care.
Experience
A minimum of five years’ experience working with patients with acute and chronic conditions experience required, preferably with neurology focus.
Experience working with clients with neurodegenerative disorders.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Nurse practitioners have the authority to provide extended practice nursing care if they are competent to provide that care, the care is endorsed in the practice setting and is within the scope of nursing practice as defined by the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM).
Active participation in professional associations e.g. Association of Regulated Nurses of Manitoba (ARNM) preferred.
Responsible for maintaining and providing proof of active registration on the RN Extended Practice (EP) Register of the CRNM.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden Door Geriatric Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
Market context
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