Clinical Educator/facilitator - Cambridge, Canada - Cambridge Memorial Hospital

Cambridge Memorial Hospital

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Cambridge, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Overview:

Join a hospital where everyone makes a difference Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) is a thriving community hospital that proudly provides acute care services including: Emergency, Surgery, Medicine, Women's and Children's Health, Intensive Care, Mental Health, and Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Our vision is to
_creating healthier communities together__._ Our dedicated and skilled staff are passionate about providing outstanding patient-centred care, and an exceptional patient experience to residents of the Waterloo Region and beyond.

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
Group benefits, including health and dental, for fulltime employees
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Leadership and Quality Improvement Curriculum
Career Development & Education Grant
Wellness, & Wellbeing Program
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Job Description:

Reporting to the Manager of Professional Practice, the Clinical Educator/Facilitator (CEF) - Women and Children's Programs serves as a role model and leader to support care that optimizes patient outcomes and experiences while enhancing the safety, efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of patient care by:

Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating education for nursing and the inter-professional team
Enhancing current knowledge and skills of theory and practice in their area of specialty through continuous learning
Serving as a clinical practice/education resource using sound clinical judgement
Being change agents and roles models that advocate for and create learning/education environments that enhance clinical and professional practice and lifelong learning
Working with other clinical leaders to support the development of staff, including participation in corporate education and other initiatives
Collaborating with interprofessional teams and external partners to influence and advance best practices in education and evidence based practice

Responsibilities:

The primary role of the Clinical Educator/Facilitator - Women and Children's Programs is to facilitate a learning environment where evidence-based knowledge is translated via education to optimize the patient's outcomes and experiences.

This includes developing educational plans and activities aimed at improving nursing/clinical knowledge, skills and competencies and in collaboration with others, and supporting the ongoing professional development of unit/program staff.

The Clinical Educator/Facilitator has three main areas of responsibility._

Education:

Education and staff development, particularly in relation to nurses
Assess learning needs and styles of interprofessional team
Design and deliver education that is tailored to specific needs of individual/unit/program
Develop curricula using contemporary educational theories, principles, and models
Incorporates best evidence and relevant research findings into content and delivery methods
Incorporates best practices in education (e.g. principles of adult learning, domains of learning)
Incorporates interprofessional core competencies where applicable
Monitors and evaluates education and mastery of student learning; revises education and learning activities to meet emerging needs
Demonstrates professionalism including legal, ethical and professional values as a basis for developing nursing standards, guidelines, policies, procedures and decision making

Consultation/Collaboration:

Engages and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify and support educational, clinical practice, and Corporate initiatives
Engages members of the intra

- and inter-professional team, management team and across hospital departments in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational, clinical practice, and Corporate initiatives

Actively participates in the Clinical Educator/Facilitator team and works collaboratively with other CEF colleagues
Collaborates with the hospital's Interprofessional Education Coordinator to facilitate nursing student placements and adherence to learning management system requirements
Collaborates with Clinical Manager(s) in interviewing, hiring and contributing to the evaluation of nursing, health disciplines, and clerical staff
Participates in hospital and corporate committees and other groups to represent the CEF perspective and serves as a bridge to the unit/program and Clinical Educator/Facilitator team by disseminating committee information and decisions

Research and Quality Improvement:

Supports and participates in the implementation of evidence based practice (best practice guidelines and other forms of evidence) and quality improvement initiatives on unit/in programs including Corporate initiatives
Leads, supports, and participates in programmatic and unit/clinic based quality improvement initiatives
Utilizes critical inquiry and the ability to participate in research, translat