Nurse Practitioner - Byron Family Medical Centre

Posting Period

Open: April 2nd, 2025

Deadline: April 15th, 2025

Non-Union 

Department Description

Byron Family Medical Centre 

The Byron Family Medical Centre is recruiting a Full-Time Nurse Practitioner to join this dynamic, interprofessional team. The Nurse Practitioner will work within a collaborative practice environment, supporting chronic disease management, health prevention and health promotion on topics such as diabetes education, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and congestive heart failure. In addition to clinical work, a portion of this role is dedicated to non-clinical academic, teaching, and research practice for the medicine and family medicine program. 

The Nurse Practitioner is a self-directed advanced practice nurse prepared at the graduate and post-graduate level, who demonstrates a high level of autonomy working to scope, both independently and within a collaborative practice model. Using advanced assessment skills and a sound knowledge of clinical therapeutics, the NP demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge base in primary care and exhibits a high degree of clinical competence in caring for patients across the lifespan. holistic care across the life spectrum. The NP focuses on chronic disease management, episodic care, end-of-life comfort and palliative care, screening and health promotion counselling. The NP specializes in the management of diseases including (but not limited to) Diabetes, heart disease, and COPD. 

The NP, Byron Family Medical Centre, will report to the Director, Medicine and Family Medicine, Victoria Hospital, and will work collaboratively with members of the ambulatory medicine team. The NP will interact daily with the interprofessional team?to manage, direct and provide comprehensive care for this patient population. The NP works with key stakeholders to provide advanced care that optimizes patient outcomes and enhances safety, effectiveness and accessibility. The NP in this program will engage in scholarly activities and advance knowledge by providing clinical leadership, identifying opportunities for improving patient care, advancing best practices, promoting professional education and engaging in research. The NP will provide education and collaboration to learners, including nursing students and medical residents in family medicine. 

All duties and responsibilities of the NP conform to professional standards and hospital guidelines.  

Some travel will be required using a personal vehicle, as home visits and site visits for meetings and presentations are a part of this role. 

With a focus on service excellence and patient safety, principal responsibilities include: 

• The NP will collaborate with local and regional partners/stakeholders to develop, implement and evaluate best practices, standards of care and/or protocols that result in the improvement to patient care, practice and/or systems 
• The NP will plan and participate in learning opportunities for learners within the Byron Family Medical Centre and participate in hospital wide in-services/education to share current evidence-based practices. 
• The NP will attend relevant conferences and professional meetings  

All duties and responsibilities of the NP conform to professional standards and hospital guidelines 

What we offer: 

Regular Full-Time

Rate of Pay: $58.15 - $79.95 per hour 

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

Pension Plan: HOOPP 

Health & Dental Benefits

Career Development & Training Opportunities

Employee Wellness Initiatives

Scheduled Protected Time for Clinical Education and Research Initiatives  

NP Leadership Development Program

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Master's Degree in Nursing 
• Current registration in the extended class and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario 
• Minimum of 5 years recent related experience with family medicine, and chronic disease management 
• Current member of the Nurse Practitioner's Association of Ontario (NPAO) or Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) 
• Mandatory Current Professional Liability Protection 
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers course: BLS-HCP (C) 
• Valid Drivers License (G class) with the ability to travel within the South-West LHIN 
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in clinical practice, education, program development and research 
• Expertise in functioning in an inter-disciplinary health care environment 
• Ability to establish effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues and therapeutic relationships with patients and families 
• Expertise in critical thinking, clinical problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution 
• Effective organizational, conceptual and leadership skills 
• Ability to provide project management skills to promote evidence-based strategies and initiatives for Family Medicine/ Primary care and ability to work in partnership with relevant LHSC staff and physicians? 
• Experience in/or understanding research, program development and evaluation 
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal relations and communication skills, both oral and written 
• Demonstrated excellence as a role model for clinical leadership 
• Demonstrated experience with clinical teaching in an academic environment 
• Advanced presentation skills including the application of adult learning principles, change theory and systems theory in a clinical environment 
• Demonstrated excellence in clinical practice 
• Self-directed and function independently 
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to the principles of patient and family centered care 
• Demonstrated skill in insight, self-awareness and self-management consistent with high emotional intelligence 
• Demonstrated ability to express oneself assertively and effectively in a non-judgmental and respectful manner 
• Demonstrated experience and leadership in education and research 
• Ability to function as an independent practitioner and a collaborative team member 
• Eligible for an Adjunct appointment to an academic institution 
• Proven ability to act empathically, while establishing and maintaining productive relationships 
• Ability to be flexible and adapt positively to constantly changing clinical situations and multiple demands 
• Computer proficiency with Internet, Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Automated Clinical Systems and Virtual meeting platforms 
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to patient and staff safety 
• Demonstrated practice and commitment to LHSC's vision, purpose and values 
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis 

Immunization Requirements:  

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC's Health Review requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC. 

London Health Sciences Centre is proudly one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching and research hospitals. LHSC has an unwavering commitment to lifelong learning, with education agreements in collaboration with over 55 schools, hospitals, and community agencies from across Ontario, Canada and internationally; among our many education partners, our three regional partners are Western University, Fanshawe College, and Thames Valley District School Board. LHSC provides students with a place that they can learn and discover knowledge and skills to take them forward in their careers as health care professionals. Approximately 2,900 Nursing, Health and other students ranging from secondary school to university graduate level programs receive training at LHSC every year. As an employee of LHSC, you will be expected to engage in role-related teaching, professional development, and research activities in addition to standard position duties and responsibilities. 

 We are committed to providing a safe, healthy and inclusive work environment that inspires respect. LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from equity-denied groups including Indigenous people, racialized people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons. LHSC is also committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive recruitment process. Upon individual request, we will endeavor to remove any barrier to the hiring process to reasonably accommodate candidates, including those with disabilities, while maintaining a fair, consistent and equitable recruitment approach. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application, interview or selection processes, please contact Recruitment Services at 519-685-8500, extension #34321 or recruitment@lhsc.on.ca . 

 As part of the selection process applicants may be required to complete an examination or test. Please be advised that a reference check may be conducted as part of the selection process. 

 Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.