Nurse Practitioner, Homewood Health Center

Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.

As a Nurse Practitioner, you will be an integral part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary team focused on delivering advanced practice nursing to patients and families with complex situations within Homewood Health Centre. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Utilize a comprehensive theoretical knowledge base and an advanced level of clinical competence in caring for patients, which will include health assessments and diagnosis of medical and cognitive problems, developing and implementing a plan of care, providing health counselling and emotional support in the areas of health promotion and the prevention of illness, injury and complication
• Work in collaboration with the consulting physicians to facilitate early assessment and intervention for patients requiring consults
• Support the management of patients in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team including comprehensive nursing/medical history, physical and psychosocial assessment of the patients’ status
• Utilize established care paths and order sets to guide care practices for the patient population from admission through to discharge
• Support the health team through the completion of comprehensive initial patient assessments and established individualized treatment and care plans for the complex patients in collaboration with physicians and psychiatrists
• Assist in/coordinates care with patients, families and communities
• Create and maintains a climate for and a commitment to healing within a therapeutic relationship
• Documents and communicates the patient’s beliefs, values, and wishes, honoring them as much as possible given respect for others and legal, ethical and professional boundaries

What We’re Looking For

• 3 + years nursing experience as a NP, with mental health and addiction expertise preferred
• Current registration in the Extended Class (Nurse Practitioner) with the College of Nurses of Ontario is required
• Active membership in related professional associations required, e.g. NPAO, RNAO
• Mental Health Nursing certificate preferred
• Masters of Nursing required

Why Work For Us

Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

Join us at Homewood Health™ and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives. #homewoodishiring