Windsor Regional Hospital Careers

The RN (EC), Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) will join the NICU multidisciplinary team as an expert practitioner in a family-centered program based care environment; the principal responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with neonatologists in providing for the medical care of sick infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Labour and Delivery Unit, and Maternal Newborn Units.
• Maintaining close communication with the Neonatologist-on-Service and other team members responsible for specific infants, as well as appropriate communication with the family physician, obstetrician, paediatrician and medical consultants.
• Coordinating the implementation of medical care with other health care team members, including nursing, perinatal follow-up, respiratory therapy, laboratory services and diagnostic imaging, social work, pharmacy, clinical nutrition, physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
• Maintaining communication with parents of infants in the NICU, so that the families are adequately informed of the infant’s condition and treatment plans.

Participating as a member of the NICU leadership team

• Collaborating with the Program Manager and CPC in identifying and implementing quality improvement initiatives
• Participating in policy and procedure development
• Collaborating with the CPC to identify and implement educational and other professional development initiatives
• Participating in research activities
• Performing activities to further develop and strengthen the profession
• Acting as a resource and serving as a consultant to individuals and groups within the professional community and other hospital/agencies; performing cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or directed. Demonstrated organizational, conceptual, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated advanced practice skills and competence in interpersonal relations, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, assertiveness and innovation.
• Demonstrated ability to perform autonomously.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Successful completion of a graduate degree in nursing in the clinical specialty of neonatal nursing or a recognized equivalent graduate program at master level – required
• Current registration with the Ontario College of Nursing in the Extended Class – required
• Current certification in BCLS and NRP – required
• Minimum 2 years relevant clinical experience – preferred
• Demonstrated clinical competence and experience in neonatal intensive care nursing and advanced practice skills.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Ability to perform duties in a professional and courteous manner and produce high quality work while meeting deadlines in accordance to WRH standards.
• Exercise initiative and good judgment with ability to multi-task.
• Compliance with confidentiality requirements.
• Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of applicable legislative, WRH and/or departmental policies.
• Excellent time management skills – required.
• Excellent decision-making, problem recognition and problem solving skills required.
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills – required
• Demonstrate expertise as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – required
• Program planning and evaluation methodology skills – required
• Commitment to collaborative practice – required.
• Ability to work effectively independently and under stressful conditions- required
• Ability to utilize information technology – required
• Ability to interpret and communicate appropriate policies and procedures to staff.
• Evidence of being a self -directed advance practice nurse
• Promotes professional education and advances knowledge through research and scholarly activities
• Highly developed critical thinking skills and the ability to analyze problems