Ville : Toronto

Catégorie : Full Time

Industrie : Healthcare

Employeur : The Hospital for Sick Children

About Sickkids

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.  As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.  Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.  SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Posting Description

Nurse Practitioner - Vascular Anomalies

SickKids is recognized as one of the world's foremost paediatric health-care institutions and is Canada's leading centre dedicated to advancing children's health. Choosing to work for The Hospital for Sick Children means that you've chosen more than a job - you've chosen a career where you have a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families every day.

This is a unique & exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join an emerging area of paediatric care - the multidisciplinary (haematology, surgery, dermatology, radiology, genetics) management of individuals with vascular anomalies. This area of medicine is rapidly expanding due to discovery in the last decade of effective medical therapies and of the recognition that vascular anomalies result from genetic mutations in a variety of genes involved in blood vessel development and cell growth.

Until recently some patients with vascular anomalies (SickKids follows over 1000 such patients) would sometimes undergo a variety of radiological or surgical procedures, which sometimes helped, but ultimately did not cure these patients. Now most patients are being placed on medical therapies, and most are responding to these therapies.

If you are unfamiliar with this area of medicine, you are not alone! 

You should know that almost no one has training in this area of medicine. By taking on this position, you will join a growing multidisciplinary team of dedicated hematologists, surgeons, interventional radiologists, dermatologists, geneticists, as well as nurses and physiotherapists, who are all learning about how best to care for patients with vascular anomalies. There is expected to be a learning curve, and you will be well-supported by the multi-disciplinary team.

As a Nurse Practitioner in this blossoming area of medicine, you will have the opportunity to:

• See patients collaboratively in a multitude of environments
• Be responsible for the provision of comprehensive health care for children primarily in the ambulatory setting, including much needed clinical support for families with children with vascular anomalies
• Integrate nursing medical skills and knowledge within a broad scope of advanced nursing practice.
• Assume a leadership role in influencing integrated clinical practice and the provision and coordination of care to children with vascular anomalies
• Foster partnerships with patients/families as well as interprofessional collaboration in the development and coordination of plans of care
• Identify, integrate, and evaluate evidence-based innovations to enhance patient safety and improve patient care
• Create, utilize and/or disseminate new knowledge using formal and informal approaches while building and sharing expertise medical therapies for vascular malformations/vascular tumours
• Provide relevant health education to families that is based on their needs, learning styles and stage of development
• Identify and link patients to support services and resources in the community

Who You Are

• An innovative critical thinker with excellent communication & problem-solving skills
• A collaborative team-player with the ability to build consensus amongst an interprofessional team & execute strategic priorities related to program development
• Knowledgeable of theoretical and conceptual frameworks and their practical application
• Proven ability to establish consultative relationships with inpatient, ambulatory, and community services
• Interested in learning about vascular anomalies, a developing field of medicine,

Here's What You'll Need

Essential Requirements

• Master of Nursing or equivalent, with a clinical focus
• Completion of a Nurse Practitioner program (within MN or post-master certificate)
• Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario within the RN (Extended Class)
• 3 - 5 years of clinical nursing (RN) experience
   

Assets

• Previous NP experience is a strong asset
• Paediatric nursing experience is an asset but not required.

Employment Type

• Full-Time (1.0 FTE), Temporary 14-month contract.
• Includes access to extended health benefits, paid vacation & sick days 
• Clinical responsibilities are typically scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with opportunities for hybrid or remote work.

Our Commitment to Diversity

SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

Accessibility & Accommodation

If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team.  SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired.  If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

How to Apply

Technical difficulties? Email ask.hr@sickkids.ca with a short description of the issues you are experiencing. We will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.

Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.

Every application is reviewed by a human recruiter and all hiring decisions are made by people. In some cases, AI-assisted tools are used to help review applications based on job-related qualifications.

All positions posted on the SickKids Hospital's Careers Site represent current vacancies, unless otherwise posted in the job description.