Nurse Practitioner -HIS Infusion Clinic

Trillium Health Partners•Oakville, ON

2h•CA$69 - CA$82•Hybrid

About The Position

Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving diverse populations. Insight Health Solutions, part of THP, provides private pay and third-party funded services. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will support the development and clinical needs of innovative programs at Insight Health Solutions, providing flexible clinical coverage. This role primarily supports the Infusion Clinic for intravenous iron (IVFe) delivery, offering in-person medical assessment and treatment, and supporting IHS' Occupational Health services (pre-employment assessments, fitness-to-duty exams, POCT, specimen collection, immunizations, physical exams). The NP will also support THP Solutions Clinic, an innovation initiative delivering virtual care, including physician-to-physician support, collaboration with Community Paramedicine, virtual specialist care, and a pilot HealthPod clinic for lower acuity issues. The NP will act as a clinical resource, leading clinical design, implementation, and operational support for upcoming initiatives like a new Pain Clinic, developing protocols, patient flow, and monitoring quality indicators. The NP will utilize advanced clinical competence for complex patient care, ordering diagnostics, pain/symptom management, and patient education, aiming to improve access and outcomes. As a nursing leader, the NP will perform quality improvement, monitoring, evaluation, administrative activities, and policy development. Other duties may include supporting research, education, professional development, acting as a resource/mentor, and consulting.

Requirements

Minimum masters level nurse practitioner preparation
Adult or Primary Health Care NP (Registered Nurse in the Extended Class) in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario Master’s degree in Nursing with specialized clinical focus in Nurse Practitioner Practice.
Completion of education to prescribe controlled substances required by the College of Nurses of Ontario or equivalent.
Advanced assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills
Demonstrated experience and leadership in education and research.
Ability to function as an independent practitioner and a collaborative team member.
Excellent team-building, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop positive relationships with patients, families, physicians and inter-professional team members
Experience with research methodology, program planning and evaluation
Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification required
Satisfactory performance and attendance required

Nice To Haves

Minimum 3 years of infusion therapy or hematology experience preferred
Current experience and demonstrated success as a Nurse Practitioner Practice in infusion therapy, women’s health, or hematology preferred. Demonstrated and comprehensive understanding of symptom management related to this patient population is required.
Membership in the Nurse Practitioners’ Association of Ontario (NPAO) or Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario is strongly preferred.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification preferred
Current experience and demonstrated success as a Nurse Practitioner Practice in primary care in a using a virtual platform an asset

Responsibilities

Demonstrates the NP competencies in providing clinical care to Iron Deficient Anemic (IDA) mothers postpartum.
Conducts medical assessments and follow-up assessments and formulates a differential diagnosis through the integration of patient information and evidence-informed practice.
Administer IV iron infusions following established protocols, ensuring correct dosage, dilution, and infusion rates. Proficiency in starting IVs is key.
Monitor patients during and after infusions for adverse reactions and manage accordingly.
The NP works autonomously to diagnose order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe pharmaceuticals.
Counsels patients, substitute decision makers and families on medication therapy, benefits, potential side effects and possible interactions.
Leads the interprofessional team to provide clinical care for, including making independent decisions for patient treatment and discharge, including completion of discharge summaries and transfer of accountability to community care providers.
Supports the operational readiness of the clinic by monitoring supply levels and identifying when replenishment may be required. Collaborates with clinic staff to ensure appropriate inventory is maintained to support safe and efficient patient care.
Ensure infusion clinic readiness for emergency management of infusion reactions, including anaphylaxis.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of IV iron formulations, safety protocols, and emerging best practices.
Provide support for the clinical design, implementation, and operational support for any upcoming IHS clinical initiatives, including assessing patients, developing individualized care plans, coordinating multidisciplinary input, and supporting the day-to-day operations to ensure clinic readiness and smooth workflow.
Conduct occupational health assessments, including fitness-to-work evaluations, POCT, immunizations, and physical examinations for various employer clients.
Provide clinical care both in virtual and in-person capacity.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives and contribute to protocol development and refinement.
Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team and arrange follow up care as required.
Liaise with family physicians, community nurse practitioners and other medical specialists to connect patients to community resources.
Refer for diagnostic imaging, laboratory tests and other specialist care as required.
Document clinical data, assessment findings, diagnoses, plans of care, interventions, patient responses, and clinical rationale in a timely and accurate manner.
Must be able to provide clinical care both virtually and in-person should this be required based on operational need.
Analyzes, appraises and synthesizes research and best practices to use as a foundation for enhancing the delivery of quality patient care.
Uses knowledge translation techniques in innovative ways to put research-based knowledge into daily practice and to support and educate other members of the health care team.
Contributes to the dissemination of nursing knowledge through presentations and publications.
Evaluates outcomes of practice, practice patterns and systems of care against local and national benchmarks to identify variances in practice outcomes and population trends.
Identifies issues related to clinical practice and patient care and develops innovations to improve care and care delivery for patients, families, and communities.
Designs, directs, participates in and evaluates quality improvement methodologies to promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.
The NP acts as a transformational leader by using ideals, inspiration and intellectual stimulation to influence the behaviours and attitudes of others towards the goal of excellent patient care.
Acts as a consultant and resource to members of health care team and external groups in the process of decision-making strategic planning and problem solving by committee involvement, participation in program development and evaluation.