Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner for the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Service of McMaster Children's Hospital will provide leadership and promote excellence in pediatric family centered nursing care through expert clinical practice, education, consultation and research. The NP would support the clinical activity of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Service, and the associated patient care and interventions through Cystic Fibrosis service. This would include the areas of the pediatric emergency department, inpatients and the outpatient clinics. Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team members, and using a patient and family centered model of care, the NP is responsible to: Provide direct patient care, coordination of care, discharge planning, and the coordination of related community and other resources for this patient population; tutor and mentor nursing and other health professional students as appropriate, and participate in continuing education activities to integrate the role of the NP in ...