Nurse Practitioner - Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM)

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY: The Nurse Practitioner (NP) – Geriatric Emergency Management (GEM) within this portfolio functions as a member of an interprofessional team and within a shared care clinician model in the provision of specialty care services for the older adult patient population using advanced nursing knowledge, skill, clinical reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking. The Nurse Practitioner works in the following domains within the portfolio: Clinical Practice, Consultation, Education, Research and Leadership/Administration. The NP is authorized to perform extended health services which include comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, intervention, referral, management, and evaluation of patient care. All duties and responsibilities of the Nurse Practitioners follow the guidelines developed by the Registered Nurses of Ontario, the College of Nurses of Ontario, and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Specifically, the NP – GEM will take on a leadership role in providing specialized frailty-focused healthcare services in the Emergency Department to older adults (aged 65+) presented to the Emergency Department, to support both admission avoidance and discharge planning for older...