Hours per Week:
31.5 hours per week (0.9 FTE)
Department:
Urology Clinic
Available:
2011-09-05
Description of Position:
The successful candidate provides leadership and promotes excellence in family centred nursing care through the five main role components of expert practice, education, consultation, research and leader/change agent. Integrates nursing and medical skills and knowledge within a broad scope of advanced nursing practice. Assumes a leadership role in influencing clinical nursing practice and the provision of care. Integrates research into practice. Creates, utilizes and/or disseminate new knowledge.
The successful candidate will conduct environmental assessments (home, community, school) and help guide child/family through the treatment program. You will identify and link to services and resources in community, provide assistance with acquiring specialized equipment for children in the program and participate in planning for transition to adult services.
Qualifications:
As the successful candidate you hold a Master’s of Nursing or equivalent with a clinical focus. You have completed an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program or are currently an APN Intern with evidence of working towards an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or equivalent. You are registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario, preferably within the RN (Extended Class).
You also have three to five years of clinical nursing experience in paediatrics, and experience within this specialty is required. You are a visionary and have proven your ability to provide leadership, act as a change agent, and foster teamwork and consensus. You are an innovative critical thinker with excellent communication, public speaking and problem solving skills. Knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research application is also necessary.
Salary:
Commensurate with Experience
Available to:
Internal & External Candidates
Deadline:
2011-07-14
How to Apply:
Internal and external candidates applying to posted vacancies must submit a resume via e-mail to hr.recruiter@sickkids.ca quoting file number CPS11146-JP in the subject line of your e-mail. Only applications submitted through hr.recruiter@sickkids.ca will be considered. External candidates must also submit a completed application for employment. Please note that resumes must be sent in PDF or Word format only. General inquiries sent to this e-mail address will not be answered.
SickKids is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes application from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute diversity within our organization.
We thank you in advance for your interest. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids would be conditional upon you providing the Hospital with satisfactory documentation of tuberculosis testing and your immunization status.
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