Clinical Leader Development, Pediatric - Halifax, Canada - IWK Health Centre

IWK Health Centre

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Halifax, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company :

IWK Health**:

Req ID:148950

Department/Program:
Operating Room Main, Children's Health Program

Location:
Halifax

Type of Employment:
Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) until 07/22/2024 x 1 position(s)

Start Date:

ASAP

Union Status:
NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit

Compensation:
$37.0492**:

- **$ /hour

Closing Date: 30 January, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region.

We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes.

We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs.

We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, Pediatric Perioperative Services, the Clinical Leader Development (CLD) acts primarily as a Clinical Instructor for the IWK integrated Perioperative Nursing Course, facilitated by the Association of perioperative Registered Nurses' (AORN) Perioperative 101 course. The CLD also acts as a resource to interdisciplinary team members by identifying, prioritizing, implementing and evaluating strategies that support competency development and maintenance of team members. Working in a collaboration with the Clinical Leader Operations and Anesthesia Assistant Team Leader, the CLD facilitates a learning environment whereby team members are supported to work to their full scope of practice and/or scope of employment. The CLD has overall responsibility for the coordination of orientation and ongoing continuing education associated with new and returning staff, new preceptors, practice and equipment changes, quality initiatives, and familycentered care. The CLD demonstrates excellence in leadership, rolemodeling, communication and organizational skills, problem solving and decisionmaking.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Provide oversight and clinical instruction for new staff enrolled in the AORN Perioperative Course, including onboarding to AORN, clinical labs, and preceptor coordination and support.
Facilitates ongoing orientation (multidisciplinary) and learning for new and transferring staff, as well as learner placement initiatives.
Demonstrates support and commitment to professional development.
Mentors team members through supporting, teaching, role modeling and coaching.
Mentors preceptors in performance review process for new staff.
Identifies clinical issues requiring staff education and works collaboratively with the Manager, Perioperative Team Members, Clinical Leaders and Anesthesia Assistant Team Leader to address learning needs.
Role models professional practice and promotes safe practice.
Acts as a clinical resource for staff in patient/family care issues.

Hours of Work:

7.5 hours Monday - Friday (flexibility required)

Your Qualifications:

Registered, or eligible to be registered, with Nova Scotia College of Nursing required.
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
Minimum of three (3) years recent clinical experience required in the perioperative setting, specifically operating rooms with more than 2 surgical services, in the past 5 years.
Clinical experience in pediatric perioperative nursing an asset.
Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required.
Current certification in appropriate BELC (Beyond Entry Level Competencies) required.
Recent experience with preceptor role an asset.
Recent leadership experience is an asset.
Demonstrated ability to lead in a busy, fastpaced environment required.
CNA Certification in perioperative nursing is an asset.
Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning required.
Completed continuing education in adult education/learning, leadership or team training an asset.
Demonstrated time management, communication (verbal & written), organizational and interpersonal skills required.
Demonstrated leadership, delegation, critical thinking and problemsolving skills involving innovation/creativity in solution development.
Proven team building, leadership, and goal development and evaluation skills.
Competencies in other languages considered an asset

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

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