Clinical Educator - Toronto, Canada - St. Michael's Hospital

St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital
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Toronto, Canada

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Reporting to the Senior Clinical ProgramDirector, Kidney & Metabolism Program, the Clinical Educator - Nursing, Interprofessional Resource Team (St.

Joseph's site) serves as a role model and leader to support nursing care that optimizes patient outcomes and experiences while enhancing the safety, efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of patient care by:


  • Planning, implementing and evaluating education for nursing and the interprofessional team
  • 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 nurse leaders to support the development of nursing staff including participation in nursing and corporate education and other initiatives
  • Collaborating with interprofessional teams and external partners to influence and advance best practices in education and evidence based nursing practice

Responsibilities:


The primary role of the Clinical Educator - Nursing 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, supporting the ongoing professional development of unit/program staff.


  • The Clinical Nurse Educator has 3 main areas of responsibility._

Education:


  • Education and staff development, particularly in relation to nurses
  • Assess learning needs and styles of nursing staff
  • Design and deliver education that is tailored to specific needs of unit/program
  • Incorporates evidence, best practices, and relevant research findings
  • Incorporates interprofessional core competencies where applicable
  • Incorporates best practices in education
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of education, revises education and learning activities to support changes
  • Demonstrates Professional Standards and guidelines

Consultation/Collaboration:


  • Collaborates and participates with Professional Practice to identify and support Corporate nursing initiatives
  • Engages members of the intra and interdisciplinary team, management team, Professional Practice and across hospital departments in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating Corporate and other educational initiatives
  • Participates in the hospital's network of Clinical Educators
  • Nursing and works with other Clinical Educator
  • Nursing colleagues
  • Collaborates with the hospital's Student Centre, Patient Care Managers/Clinical Leader Managers to facilitate nursing student placements
  • Collaborates with Patient Care Managers/Clinical Leader Managers 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 Educator perspective and serves as a bridge to the unit/program and Clinical Educator
  • Nursing Network by disseminating committee information and decisions

Research and Quality Improvement:


  • Participates in research projects that contribute to nursing and/or interprofessional practice and education pertaining to their unit/program and the Corporation
  • 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

Qualifications:


  • Must be Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario
  • Master's degree in related health care or evidence of working towards preferred
  • Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.)

program, Level II:
Basic Rescuer certification, required

  • Certification in Critical Care an asset
  • Must have a minimum of 35 years of relevant experience, experience working in a Nursing/Interprofessional Resource Team preferred
  • Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with nurses and interprofessional teams to improve patient care and outcomes, required
  • Strong leadership and communication skills (writing, active listening, conflict resolution, ability to inspire others, delegation, mentoring, coaching, goal setting etc.), required
  • Demonstrated leadership in committee work, education, quality improvement, and knowledge translation initiatives
  • Demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Unity Health Toronto
Must have an excellent attendance record
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