Nurse Practitioner – Virtual Urgent Care
Description
Position Details
Posting #: 31891
Department: SJHH Urgent Care Centre Virtual Visits
Employee Type: Regular, Part Time
If Temporary, Number Of Weeks
Union: ONA
Openings Remaining: 1
Schedule
Work Days: Monday to Sunday
Time of Day: Days
Shift: 7.5 hour
Shift Start: Hours are subject to change based on operational requirements.
This position may be scheduled at any of the following sites: King Campus (Stoney Creek East Hamilton)
Application Dates
Opening Date: 24/07/2025
Closing Date: Open until filled
Position Description
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton is a teaching affiliate of McMaster University and a tertiary referral centre for Central South Ontario offering services at three main sites, including St. Joseph's Hospital (Charlton Campus), the Centre for Ambulatory Health Services (King Campus), and the Margaret and Charles Juravinski Centre for Integrated Healthcare (West 5th Campus).
Position Summary
The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an autonomous health care provider who will be working collaboratively with the interprofessional Urgent Care Team to support Virtual Urgent Care. The NP will be applying an expanded range of theoretical, practical and evidence-informed therapeutics to patients. The NP will be authorized to perform extended health services which include comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, intervention, referral, management, and evaluation of patient care across the continuum of acute health services. Utilizing advanced nursing knowledge, skill, clinical reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking, all duties and responsibilities will follow the NP Standards of Practice set by the College of Nurses of Ontario, and Standards of Behaviour set by St. Joseph's Healthcare.
St Joseph's Hamilton is a busy academic teaching hospital that supports interprofessional learning for multiple health professional programs, including NP students, PA Students, medical students, nursing, and others.
The Virtual Urgent Care program will serve patients in Ontario West and providing same or next day virtual access to patients who either don’t have a Primary Care Physician (PCP) or can’t access PCP within the required timeframe. The model is NP led. The NP will be located on-site at the King Street Campus of SJHH.
Qualifications
- Regulated health professional registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario registration in the RN (EC) class with no restrictions on registration or professional practice hearings pending.
- Either as an NP-Adult or NP-PHC, with significant relevant clinical expertise
- Masters in Nursing or relevant healthcare field required
- Completion of NP-Adult or NP-PHC program at the graduate level (Master's or Doctoral), from an approved academic facility
- OR Completion of NP-PHC program (Baccalaureate level) prior to 2000 from an accredited university program and a Masters in Nursing (alternatively, Masters in relevant health care field)
Responsibilities
- Practices in accordance with federal and provincial/territorial legislation, CNO standards of practice and guidelines, and SJHH’s policies.
- Understands the changes in scope of practice from that of a RN in the General Class and the ways that these changes affect responsibilities and accountabilities when assuming the protected title and expanded scope of practice of an NP.
- Incorporates knowledge of diversity, cultural safety and determinants of health in the assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic management of patients/families/clients and in the evaluation of outcomes.
St. Joseph’s Nursing Vision is to make a difference in the lives of those we care for, our organization, and the future of our community through achievement of excellence in nursing and commitment to a culture of nursing innovation, empowerment, leadership and accountability. #SJHHjobs
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) is an equal opportunity employer and strives for equity, inclusiveness, and diversity in all our programs, practices, facilities, and people. We foster a culture of patient and staff safety where all positions comply and work in conjunction with the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of SJHH.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. SJHH is committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process - please inform us should accommodation be required at any point in the recruitment process.