nurse practitioner
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October 01, 2024
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NL Health Services
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Job Description Location: Private Josiah Squibb Memorial Pavilion - Carbonear NURSE PRACTITIONER (Adult or Family/All Ages)Long Term Care and Home First InitiativePermanent, Full-Time19595POS Hours 75 bi-weekly (8-hour days) Salary NS-35 ($51.29 - $63.65 per hour)The following financial incentives may be available and may be combined:1. Signing bonus up to $14,0002. Come Home incentive up to $60,0003. Relocation support4. Student bursary up to $10,000For more information on bursaries/incentives please visit www.workinhealthnl.ca/incentives or email employment@easternhealth.ca Competition Number 2023005887 Posted Date 22 November 2023 Closing Date Open until filled About Us Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NL Health Services) brings together five former separate health entities - Eastern Health, Central Health, Western Health, Labrador-Grenfell Health, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information. The creation of a provincial health authority was announced following recommendations from Health Accord NL.NL Health Services is responsible for delivering health and community services to more than 528,000 people living in Newfoundland and Labrador and employs over 21,000 people.NLHealthServices.ca Job Summary This position works within the Nurse Practitioner's (NP) scope of practice in the following category of practice: (Adult or Family/All Ages). This is an advanced practice role providing professional, analytical and an autonomous comprehensive range of health services to clients and patients including but not limited to health assessments and diagnosis diseases, disorders, injuries and conditions; treating and managing acute and chronic illnesses and identifying health risks and needs within a holistic model.Duties of the Nurse Practitioner in Long Term Care (LTC) include performing comprehensive initial / ongoing assessment of residents admitted to LTC; completing history and physical examinations; prescribing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions according to practice; applying knowledge of pharmacology, including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, when selecting and prescribing drugs within the scope of practice; conducting daily rounds and communicating findings to interdisciplinary team and to residents and families, as appropriate; caring for residents with multiple chronic conditions with co-existing dementia; collaborating with families as appropriate; collaborating with and participating in the development, implementation and presentation of structured educational programs; participating in the development of care guidelines to promote best practice; and other related duties, as required.The Nurse Practitioner, as part of the interdisciplinary care team in the community, provides the same assessment and analytical skills utilized in LTC. However, the Nurse Practitioner assigned to the Home First team participates in hospital discharge of patients to the community and supports the community client in their home. The Nurse Practitioner interacts with the acute care team as part of the discharge, and follows up in the client's home. Job Demands By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):Constantly moves, lifts, or operates equipment/machinery up to 10 lbs. and regularly is required to lift/move equipment, books, supplies, and. Occasionally, may have to reposition a patient over 50 lbs.Physical effort also includes regular sitting to conduct patient histories, performing work on the computer and when assessing patients, regularly stands or walks.When performing procedures, regularly uses fine finger/precision work and hand tools (i.e. medical instruments, computer mouse, stethoscope, dopplers, etc.) requiring accurate control and steadiness. Visual concentration is required when performing physical assessment and procedures, completing charts/reports, observing patients, reading equipme
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LocationSt. John's, NL
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Workplace information
On site
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Salary$51.29HOUR hourly
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Terms of employment
Permanent employmentFull time
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Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
CareerBeacon
#1930402
Advertised until
2024-10-31
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