Clinical Nurse Specialist Geriatrics

4 days ago

Toronto, ON, Canada Unity Health Toronto Full-time $81,000 - $94,000 Contract

Support specialized geriatric care as a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Unity Health Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, serving long-term care residents.

This full-time temporary CNS role supports the Nurse Led Outreach Team within a defined sub-regional boundary. You will collaborate with physicians, nurse practitioners, navigators, coordinators, and inter-professional teams. The work focuses on acute and chronic care, transitions, education, research, and quality improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert geriatric nursing consultation to residents, families, and professionals
  • Support direct intervention, monitoring, and follow-up for complex needs
  • Reduce avoidable emergency transfers and hospital admissions
  • Build long-term care staff capacity for acute treatment protocols
  • Advance integrated hospital-community-long-term care clinical pathways

Requirements:

  • Current General Class registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
  • Master of Nursing degree and current BLS certification
  • Three years’ acute or long-term care experience preferred
  • Expert assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation skills
  • Excellent communication, leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities

Apply geriatric expertise, clinical leadership, education, and collaboration as a CNS supporting safer long-term care.