Nurse Practitioner ICU On Call

At North Bay Health This Nurse Practitioner (NP) position is required to be acute care nurse practitioner (ACNP) and functions as a member of the multidisciplinary medical management team. The ACNP diagnoses medical conditions, plans and implements interventions, including invasive procedures and evaluates patient responses under the direction of and in collaboration with a physician supervisor or designated attending physician. This NP works with physicians in order to establish a collegial and interdisciplinary patient care environment.

The NP is an independent consultant on clinical care issues for patients, families, staff, physicians and other departments. The NP will also assist in the collection of data and statistics for reporting outcomes of the critical care program.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a Registered Nurse who is accountable for functions which enhance the delivery of patient care in accordance with the standards of nursing practice through education, role modeling, standards development, quality improvement, program development and coordination and other duties assigned by the director. This NP is a member of the Advance Practice Nurses Group. This role focuses on the critical care/pulmonary patient population.

The NP works in collaboration with directors, clinical managers and other CPM/NP positions. Duties include but are not limited to the following: bringing innovative ideas from and to the bedside, establishing clinical performance criteria and contributing to the analysis and appraisal of staff performance results through assessment of clinical abilities; pertinent advanced practice policy development; participating in quality improvement activities;

and ensuring compliance with regulatory/accreditation standards. This position’s role is to promote the provision of effective quality patient and family focused care to all patients.