Nurse Practitioner, Gastrointestinal
Nurse Practitioner, Gastrointestinal
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Job Description
Union: ONA
Number of vacancies: 1
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department: Gastrointestinal
Reports to: Director Professional Practice
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Wage Range: $63.05 - $75.27 per hour (Start rate in accordance with collective agreement)
Status: Permanent Full Time
Closing Date: July 25 2025
Position summary
This is a newly created Nurse Practitioner (NP) position within the Medical Gastrointestinal (GI) site group. The role involves managing patients with various GI cancers including gastroesophageal colorectal pancreatic and hepatobiliary cancers. The patient population encompasses individuals who are newly diagnosed as well as those undergoing cancer therapy. As part of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centrean academic institutionmany patients participate in clinical trials.
The NP will primarily see patients in the outpatient clinic setting. Occasionally the role may include consulting on hospitalized patients and patients in the outpatient systemic therapy unit to provide clinical expertise and support seamless inpatient-to-outpatient transitions.
The NP will work in parallel with a multidisciplinary team initially assisting in clinics with opportunities to independently identify needs or gaps in care that can be managed autonomously over time. The successful candidate will require a level of comfort with ambiguity while establishing role clarity within the site group.
GI outpatient clinics operate daily with full and half-day clinics each week. Initially the NP will assist alongside the team in six half-day clinics weekly with the potential to gradually increase their workload as experience and confidence develop.
Duties
- Conduct comprehensive patient assessments & collaboratively develop individualized care plans for new consults & follow-up appointments
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide patient education psychosocial support & optimize the navigation of patients along the GI cancer journey
- Aid in screening & recruitment of patients to relevant clinical trials
Qualifications :
- Completion of a Masters degree
- Current College of Nurses of Ontario Registration in the Extended Class (EC) as a NP (adult) or NP (Primary Health Care)
- Demonstrated expertise as a Nurse Practitioner preferred
- (5) years of relevant experience preferred
- Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support required
- Demonstrated experience and leadership in new patient and follow up clinics preferred
- Experience in nursing research methodology
- Eligible for cross-appointment to an academic institution
- Certification in CNA Oncology Nursing preferred
- Evidence of professional malpractice insurance
- Membership in the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology (CANO) and other organizations relevant to the role preferred
- Knowledge of data management programs
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Effective interpersonal and customer services skills
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Excellent decision making problem recognition and problem solving skills
- Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Program planning and evaluation methodology skills an asset
- Commitment to collaborative practice
- Ability to work effectively independently and under stressful conditions
- Ability to work in a self directed manner to manage and prioritize multiple demands
- Ability to utilize information technology
Additional Information :
Why join UHN
In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.
- Competitive offer packages
- Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
- A flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
- Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts on-site gyms etc.)
Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.
All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.
Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.
UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
