Nurse Practitioner - Full-Time

Location

Barrie, ON | Canada

Job description

Do you have a passion for making a difference? 

At Mill Creek Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families' loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. 

Our Vision is to build and provide a community where Residents can achieve all they can be and experience holistic care in a Christian manner and environment.

Our Mission is to provide services in a friendly, quality focused, caring community.

Our Values follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy, P articipation ~ E xcellence ~ O penness ~ P erformance ~ L ongevity ~ E fficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home. 

Since Mill Creek Care Centre opened, we have offered a community within a community that people were happy to call ‘home’. We pride ourselves in this community connection, our philosophies and the feeling of comfort that can be felt as soon as the door opens. 

Responsibilities of the Nurse Practitioner at Mill Creek Care Centre

In this role as a Nurse Practitioner, you will work collaboratively with the team including physicians, RN's, RPN’s, PSW’s, and other direct care staff to provide care for residents. 

Essential Duties are the technical skills and knowledge that an employee requires in order to perform their role. Below is detailed information on required Essential Duties for your position.

• Diagnose residents, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and prescribe medication and other treatment,
• Provide direction and leadership to RN's, RPN’s, PSW’s, and other direct care staff in all aspects of resident care, within established legislative standards,
• Create care plans for residents, complete nursing documentation, and assist residents with move-in,
• Work collaboratively with attending physicians, 
• Ensure medication reconciliation occurs as needed,
• Oversee the use of resources (people, supplies, and fiscal),
• Implement resident-focused programs, policies, and procedures with the Director of Nursing and the Quality Team,
• Liaise with Residents, families and outside agencies as required Respects the Residents' Bill of Rights,
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

At Mill Creek Care Centre we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Mill Creek Care Centre are as follows:

• Registered Nurse Practitioner in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario,
• Experience working as a Nurse Practitioner,
• Experience in long-term care, with providing empathetic care for the elderly, 
• Experience providing leadership and supervision in any healthcare environment.
• Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.
• Mill Creek Care Centre recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, staff and others from COVID-19. As such, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, it will be a condition of employment that all new hires are fully vaccinated having received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada, 14 days before start date.

How to apply?

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references. We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter™.

We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons. Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director/Manager/Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs and the organization will work with the employee to address them.

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