Clinical Educator

Reporting to the Senior Clinical Program Director Oncology & Endoscopy Program, the Clinical Educator - Nursing for Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Plastics and Acute Care Surgery 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 teamBeing a change agent and role model that advocates for and creates 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 initiativesCollaborating 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 and tracking 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.
Consultation/Collaboration:Collaborates and participates with Professional Practice to identify and support Corporate nursing initiativesEngages 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 colleaguesCollaborates with the hospital's Student Centre, Clinical Leader Managers to facilitate nursing student placementsClinical Leader Managers 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 decisionsResearch and Quality Improvement:Participates in research projects that contribute to nursing and/or inter-professional practice and education pertaining to their unit/program and the CorporationSupports 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 initiativesQUALIFICATIONS:Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the General Class Master's degree in nursing or education, required CAN certification in a specialty area an assetRequired credentials or certifications unique to each unit/program Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II: Basic Rescuer certification, requiredMinimum of 3-5 of relevant experience, preferred Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with nurses and interprofessional teams to improve patient care and outcomes, requiredStrong leadership and communication skills (writing, active listening, conflict resolution, ability to inspire others, delegation, mentoring, coaching, goal setting etc.), requiredDemonstrated leadership in committee work, education, quality improvement, and knowledge translation initiativesDemonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Unity Health TorontoMust have an excellent attendance record

JOB TYPE

Work Day:Full Time

Employment type:Permanent Job

Salary:Negotiable

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Minimal experience:Unspecified