Community Clinical Educator – Southwestern Ontario

Community Clinical Educator – Southwestern Ontario

Regional Learning Centre (RLC), funded by Nucleus Independent Living

Status: Full-Time Contract (1 Year, with renewal potential) Employee Group: Non-Union, Professional Salary Range: $80,000 – $86,000 (commensurate with experience) Location: Southwestern Ontario (regionally based within a partner organization) Work Model: Hybrid – Reports To: Executive Director, Regional Learning Centre (RLC)

Organizational Overview

The Regional Learning Centre (RLC), funded by Nucleus Independent Living, strengthens the skills, confidence, and clinical judgement of Personal Support Workers (PSWs) and frontline leaders across Ontario. Through evidence-based education, applied learning, and strong community partnerships, the RLC supports high-quality community-based care, workforce sustainability, and health system integration, ultimately to benefit clients and caregivers.

Position Summary

This is an exciting expansion of a proven, high-impact model that is transforming how community-based services are delivered. By elevating education, leadership, and collaboration at the regional level, this work directly benefits clients, caregivers, and partners, setting a new standard for quality and sustainability in community care.

The Community Clinical Educator – Southwestern Ontario is a regionally-embedded clinical education leadership role focused on delivering, adapting, and advancing high-quality PSW education across community-based partner organizations. Situated within a host partner organization in Southwestern Ontario, this role requires frequent regional travel combined with virtual education delivery. Reporting to the Executive Director, RLC, the Community Clinical Educator contributes to frontline workforce development, regional education quality, and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with RLC strategy.

Key Responsibilities – Education Delivery

• Deliver RLC-designed education aligned with PSW scope of practice and Ontario standards
  • Facilitate primarily in-person education with supplemental virtual delivery
  • Adapt education materials to reflect partner needs and learner diversity
  • Deliver education across medication management, dementia care, infection prevention, safe client handling, and

responsive behaviors along with other topics as identified
• Evaluate learner outcomes and incorporate feedback into program improvement

· Demonstrate measurable improvements in learner confidence, competence, and application to practice

Key Responsibilities – Regional Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as the regional education contact for Southwestern Ontario
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with community partners to design local solutions for workforce gaps
  • Participate in regional planning tables, communities of practice, and leadership discussions
  • Identify emerging workforce gaps, design local solutions and communicate insights to RLC leadership for provincial impact
  • Support pilot projects and innovative learning models focused on education

• Act as a trusted clinical education advisor to partner organizations and frontline leaders
  • Influence practice improvement through collaboration rather than direct authority

Key Responsibilities – Quality & Program Improvement

• Contribute to the development and refinement of RLC curriculum
  • Support alignment with evidence-based practice and adult learning principles
  • Participate in education evaluation, outcome measurement, and reporting
  • Support blended learning and e-learning initiatives
  • Contribute to the evolution and scaling of the RLC model through innovation, evaluation, and continuous learning

Qualifications & Experience

Required:
• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Experience educating, mentoring, or coaching frontline staff (minimum 3-5 years)
• Strong understanding of PSW roles in community care
• Ability to work independently in a mobile role
• Valid driver's license and reliable vehicle Assets:
• Experience in community, home care, or long-term care
• Knowledge of adult education and knowledge translation
• Certified facilitator (GPA, ASIST, Mental Health First Aid)

Skills & Attributes

• Strong clinical judgement and facilitation skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication

• Ability to engage diverse learners in-person and virtually
  • Strong organization and time management
  • Collaborative, adaptable, and self-directed
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams and Zoom

· Comfortable operating in ambiguity and influencing change across organizations
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and credibility with diverse stakeholders

Work Environment & Conditions

• Hybrid role with significant regional travel
  • Occasional evening or weekend work
  • Physical demands include standing, walking, moderate lifting
  • Criminal Record Check and credential verification required
  • Nucleus Independent Living is a scent-free environment

Why Join Nucleus & the RLC

This role offers a rare opportunity to work at the intersection of frontline care, education, and system transformation. You will help scale a proven regional model, influence how community-based care is delivered, and leave a lasting impact on the PSW workforce across Southwestern Ontario.

If you are a clinician-educator who thrives in collaborative, purpose-driven work and wants to shape the future of community care, this role offers both meaning and momentum.

· A Criminal Record Check and credential verification will be conducted. · Vaccination will be a condition of employment for new hires, except when impossible due to legitimate, established exceptions. The vaccine must be a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series approved by Health Canada. Nucleus is committed to ensuring that all employment practices are inclusive. As an organization, we are committed to providing and arranging accommodation for candidates upon request.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: $80,000.00-$86,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Oakville, ON