Nurse Practitioner

• Provide autonomous primary care for children, adults, and seniors without a primary care provider
• Formulate care plans and make clinical decisions for acute and chronic illness
• Promote health and wellness, disease prevention, and chronic disease self-management
• Provide direct supervision, mentorship, orientation, and practical training to Nurse Practitioner students
• Facilitate student learning, provide feedback, monitor progress, and complete evaluations
• Liaise with Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing faculty and staff to support high-quality practicum environments
• Diagnose, treat, and prescribe within the RN-Extended Class scope
• Take medical histories and perform advanced physical and psychosocial assessments
• Apply diagnostic reasoning and develop treatment plans, including education, counselling, screening, referrals, and follow-up
• Order and interpret diagnostic imaging reports within scope
• Refer patients to clinical resources and liaise with hospitals, specialists, and community services as patient advocate
• Arrange physician consultation when care is outside the NP's scope
• Support clinic evaluation and quality improvement activities
• Use EPIC electronic medical records and other Ontario primary-care technology
• Use primary care metrics and client experience/outcome data to develop responsive care interventions
• Maintain compliance with professional legislation, College of Nurses of Ontario standards, evidence-based practice, confidentiality, and health and safety requirements

Nurse Practitioner – NP Led Clinic

• Provide non-urgent primary care assessments in person or by telemedicine
• Provide direct clinical assessments, consultations and primary care within the RN extended class scope of practice
• Determine clients’ needs for urgent or emergent care
• Provide telemedicine assessments to determine the need for emergency room visits or other care
• Establish caring and therapeutic relationships with patients
• Provide individual and group education on health topics, including medications for cravings and withdrawal
• Collaborate with interprofessional teams on care planning and follow-up for high-risk or complex health problems
• Assist with ethical and difficult situations using communication and conflict management skills
• Collect and analyze data and prepare reports on program indicators
• Monitor telemedicine services and identify issues requiring management attention
• Recommend service improvements to enhance client and staff safety and quality of care
• Support strategic plans, objectives, programs and services in collaboration with the Executive Director and Clinical Director
• Support development and updating of clinical and IPAC policies
• Work with community and hospital partners to strengthen programs and advance services
• Maintain relationships with external networks, professional organizations and service providers
• Support team learning and professional development
• Follow harm reduction, trauma-informed, women-centred and anti-oppressive practices
• Adhere to occupational health and safety requirements and organizational policies
• Promote client service, collaboration, accountability, inclusion, equity and continuous learning

Nurse Practitioner, Team Lead

• Provide patient-centred primary healthcare to a diverse student population at the Brantford and Milton campuses
• Perform comprehensive health assessments, including health histories and physical examinations
• Manage acute and chronic medical conditions, therapeutic care, health promotion, and illness prevention
• Assess urgency and determine the appropriate level of care
• Facilitate referrals, determine follow-up, and develop individualized care plans
• Prioritize diagnostic tests and procedures and interpret relevant results
• Document assessments, interventions, evaluations, and third-party correspondence accurately and promptly
• Prescribe pharmaceutical and non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions within NP scope
• Counsel clients on drug therapy, side effects, interactions, symptom management, rehabilitation, and lifestyle changes
• Consult and collaborate with physicians, NPs, RNs, counsellors, and allied health professionals
• Participate in case conferences and support students at risk of harm or deterioration
• Deliver care in person, remotely, by telephone, and virtually where appropriate
• Support medical staff and help ensure safe, effective patient care
• Participate in developing, implementing, and evaluating campus health services and health promotion programs
• Support Student Wellness Centre policies, procedures, compliance, and best-practice development
• Maintain medical records according to professional standards and PHIPA guidelines
• Liaise with student support services and develop relationships with campus and community resources