Clinical Educator

**COME JOIN OUR TEAM AT UNITY HEALTH AS A CLINICAL EDUCATOR IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT THE ST. JOSEPH'S SITE. THE ST. JOSEPH'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN THE CITY, CARING FOR PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM ACROSS THE LIFESPAN.**

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Reporting to the Senior Clinical Program Director, Emergency Department & Medicine Program, the Clinical Educator - Nursing, 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 inter-professional team
- Being change agents and roles models that advocate for and create learning/education environments that enhance clinical and professional practice and life-long 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 inter-professional 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 inter-professional 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(if posting is intended for St. Joseph’s or Providence sites) /Clinical Leader Managers (if posting is intended for St. Michael’s site) in interviewing, hiring and contributing to the evaluation of nursing 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

**Qualifications**:

- Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the General Class
- Master’s degree in nursing or education, required
- Current ACLS and PALS certification required, TNCC preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years recent clinical Emergency Department practice, including demonstrated knowledge of current best practices.
- CNA certification in Emergency Nursing an asset
- Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II: Basic Rescuer certification, required
- Minimum of 3-5 of relevant experience, 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