Unit Summary

This position supports the Strategy & Transformation portfolio in driving high-impact enterprise-wide initiatives that advance our strategic priorities and fulfill our clinical, research, and academic mandates.

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) working in the Transformation Program is an integral clinical and operational leader who advances innovative integrated models of care, optimize patient outcomes, improve care progression, and strengthen the connection between hospital, community, and virtual care services. Working within an interdisciplinary team, the NP delivers comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with complex medical needs while practicing to full legislative scope.

In addition to direct clinical care, the NP provides leadership in care progression by supporting timely clinical decision-making, facilitating discharge planning, reducing avoidable length of stay, and identifying opportunities to optimize patient flow throughout the patient's hospital journey. The NP works collaboratively with physicians, nursing, allied health, and operational leaders to proactively address barriers to progression, ensuring patients receive the right care in the right setting at the right time.

The role extends beyond the inpatient environment to provide clinical and strategic leadership in developing and advancing innovative models of care that reduce unnecessary hospital utilization and strengthen transitions across the continuum. This includes identifying and implementing admission avoidance strategies, supporting alternatives to hospitalization where clinically appropriate, integrating virtual care into patient management, and enhancing partnerships with community providers and services to ensure seamless transitions from hospital to home or other care settings.

The NP serves as a clinical leader in advancing evidence-informed practice, quality improvement, and system transformation initiatives that improve patient outcomes, experience, and health system efficiency. Through collaboration across acute care, ambulatory services, home and community care, primary care, and specialty programs, the NP contributes to the design and implementation of integrated models of care that promote continuity, reduce fragmentation, and enhance access for patients with complex medical conditions.

Schedule Work Hours

Days, Evenings, Weekends, Holiday

Qualifications

1. Current Certificate of Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) as Extended Class (Nurse Practitioner)

2. Completion of a Masters Degree in Nursing

3. Minimum of 5 years recent (within 2 years) clinical experience working with older adults presenting to hospital with multi-morbidity, frailty and social care need

4. Demonstrated knowledge of the chronic disease management framework

5. Demonstrated knowledge of community resources to support integrated discharge planning with community partner

6. Demonstrated ability to critically appraise the literature, evaluate and implement best practice protocol

7. Demonstrated knowledge in quality improvement and the use of quality improvement methods and tool

8. Proven leadership abilities, including the ability to think strategically, influence decision making, affect culture and behavior

9. Proven effective communication and presentation skill

10. Proven success in implementing innovative, effective, value-added initiatives using change management and project management theory and framework

11. Demonstrated ability for independent action, initiative, problem solving, organization and prioritization

12. Demonstrated critical thinking, interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

13. Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situation

14. Demonstrated ability to utilize information technology

Guidelines

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.

To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

If this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:

Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective Agreement

Article 10.7 (d), ONA Collective Agreement

Article 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective Agreement

Article 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective Agreement

Article 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement