Nurse Practitioner - Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga

Role overview

Trillium Health Partners is seeking a dedicated and experienced Stroke Nurse Practitioner to join the team at the Mississauga Hospital site, which operates as a regional stroke centre. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive care to stroke patients, from acute management to rehabilitation and follow-up care within an inpatient setting and the future Regional Stroke Prevention Clinic.

Reporting to the Director of the Neuro/MSK, this advanced practice nurse role comprises five domains of practice including clinical practice, leadership, collaboration, research, and consultation. The position operates in a collaborative practice model with physicians, nurses, and inter-professional team members to achieve quality clinical outcomes through evidence-based practice.

What you'll do

The Regional Stroke Nurse Practitioner engages in clinical mentoring, supports the stroke and neurology program, and works directly with acute stroke patients in collaboration with stroke neurologists and general internal medicine physicians. Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct Assessments of stroke patients
• Care Coordination
• Patient and Family/Caregiver Education
• Follow-up care
• Quality Improvement
• Collaboration
• Documentation
• Provide case management, navigation and facilitate communication of patient information for effective patient flow and transition throughout the hospital
• Support best practices and evidence-based care for stroke patients in the emergency, diagnostic and interventional radiology, critical care unit, step-down unit, inpatient unit and Comprehensive Stroke Unit and triage to appropriate destination
• Mentor nurses on the Comprehensive Stroke Unit supporting knowledge translation of Stroke Best Practices creating an environment of excellence
• Assist with performing assessment and treatment of general neurology patients as time permits

Skills and experience

Candidates must meet specific professional education, certification, and skill requirements to qualify for this healthcare position:

• Minimum Master’s level nurse practitioner preparation required
• Current registration in the Extended Class with College of Nurses of Ontario with successful completion of the Ontario NP-Adult Extended Class examination required
• Minimum of 3-5 experience in direct acute stroke focus/neurology patient management required
• Advanced assessment and diagnostic reasoning skills
• Strong problem solving and negotiation skills
• Must be able to practice independently and interdependently
• Demonstrated leadership to advance the practice of nursing and inter-professional practice to achieve established goals
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to develop positive relationships with patients, families, physicians and inter-professional team members
• Demonstrated use of theory and research to enable evidence-based practice
• Experience with research methodology, program planning and evaluation
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certification
• Current Advance Cardiac Life Support certification preferred
• Satisfactory performance and reliable attendance required
• Strong clinical skills in stroke management, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team, and proficiency in electronic health records systems

Compensation and perks

This full-time clinical patient services position offers a competitive compensation rate along with opportunities for professional growth within a major Canadian community-based teaching hospital network.

• Hourly rate: $68.67 - $82.12
• Full-time status with days and 7.5-hour shifts
• Participation in NP focused education curriculum provided by the neurology team
• Opportunities for clinical appointments and academic activities with an academic institution