Expression of Interest – Nurse Practitioner Focus Group

The Nurse Practitioner Focus Group (NP Focus Group) is a standing committee established by the Board of Directors of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) which is responsible for ensuring there is a consistent voice for ONA’s Nurse Practitioners (NPs). This group would be accountable to liaise with all NPs in their respective regions from all sectors, to obtain feedback, recommendations, concerns, and any other matters as well as to report back the recommendations made at the Focus Group level back to the regional NPs.

This group was created to give NPs within the ONA a forum to voice their interests, professional considerations, and recommendations for collective bargaining.

If you are interested in joining the NP Focus Group, please complete the form below. Completed forms must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. on September 13, 2023.

Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

EOI- Nurse Practitioner Focus Group

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Name*

First Last

Region*

Local #*

Bargaining Unit/Employer Name*

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone*

Alternate Phone

Personal/ONA-Sponsored Email*

Enter Email Confirm Email

ONA ID#*

Nursing Experience:*

Other activity at the ONA bargaining unit and/or provincial level:*

Participation in ONA Education Workshops:*

Knowledge and insight of Nurse Practitioner issues:*

Please make a short statement of your aims and objectives for this focus group:*

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Scope of Work/Purpose

SCOPE OF WORK/PURPOSE

Represent all regions and health-care sectors in the Province.
Recommend an engagement strategy for members.
Advisory capacity for submissions to the government, RNAO, CNO, NPAO and any other agencies as identified and to provide input for proposal setting for collective bargaining in all sectors.
Define and educate the utilization up to scope of practise, by sector.
The work of this Committee is recommendatory in nature and subject to approval by the ONA Board of Directors.

Composition

COMPOSITION

Chair of Committee – Angela Preocanin, ONA’s Provincial First Vice-President
One NP from each Region of the province from various sectors who have replied to the Expression of Interest.
DJ Sanderson, Executive Lead, Provincial Services
Jackie Kehoe-Donaldson, Manager, Professional Practice.
Tanya Beattie and Haifaa Khadour – Professional Practice Specialists
Ad hoc; Marilynn Dee, Manager II, Hospital Sector and Pat Carr, Manager II, Long-Term Care and Community Sector

Term and Meetings

TERM

Three-year term.

MEETINGS

Meetings will be quarterly and ad hoc where applicable.

Values and Behaviours

VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

All committee members will conform to the ONA Code of Conduct as well as respecting diversity of opinion amongst committee members. Committee members are expected to come to the meetings prepared having reviewed the materials and prepared with questions, suggestions, and recommendations.

Confidentiality

CONFIDENTIALITY

Representatives of the NP Focus Group shall respect the confidentiality of any information or materials to which they have access. Any disclosure shall be limited to those who have a need to know at the discretion of this committee.

If you have any questions, please email EOIforms@ona.org.