Clinical Innovation Nurse Lead

PHC Professional Practice and PHC Ventures, the technology and commercialization platform behind Providence Health Care (PHC), are seeking a forward-thinking and experienced Clinical Innovation Nurse Lead to bridge frontline clinical practice with innovation and transformation efforts across PHC. This role plays a pivotal part in translating clinical realities into scalable, evidence-informed innovation solutions. The ideal candidate will bring deep clinical knowledge, systems thinking, and strong communication skills to support collaboration with internal clinical teams and external industry partners.

Reporting to the Director, Nursing and Interprofessional Practice, PHC and the Director, Digital Programs and Advisory Services, PHC Ventures and working closely with internal and external stakeholders, the Clinical Innovation Nurse Lead is a key enabler for the execution of PHC Ventures projects and programs, leading process improvement, and supporting other organizational priorities.

The Clinical Innovation Nurse Lead develops and implements standard methodologies to facilitate strategic, operational, and/or corporate priority improvement projects including project and change management tools such as charters, project plans, risk management plans, and communication plans. Strong collaboration, communication, stakeholder engagement, facilitation and change management skills are critical to success, as well as the ability to think and help others to think, strategically and critically.

The Clinical Innovation Nurse supports the integration of new and emerging technology into clinical practice by providing clinical, practice, and educational support to nursing and allied clinicians, helping to ensure increased patient safety, quality of care, clinician experience, and achievement of regulatory, professional, and organizational standards.

Your duties will include:

• Clinical innovation leadership and strategy:
  Act as the clinical lead for innovation initiatives across PHC Ventures and Professional Practice, ensuring projects reflect frontline realities, patient safety priorities, and professional standards while advancing organizational and revenue-generating innovation goals.
• Frontline engagement and insight translation:
  Work closely with nurses, physicians, allied health professionals, researchers, and operational leaders to identify unmet clinical needs and translate real-world insights into actionable use cases, design requirements, and implementation plans for new technologies and care models.
• Cross-program integration and clinical governance:
  Serve as a co-embedded clinical innovation resource within PHC's clinical governance structures, building strong relationships with Clinical Program Directors and ensuring innovation initiatives are supported by appropriate policies, guidelines, and regulatory, professional, and organizational standards.
• Industry collaboration and innovation execution
  : Act as a key liaison between PHC and external partners, leading clinical discovery and pilot initiatives, supporting ethical and regulatory alignment, and guiding innovations from ideation through pilot, evaluation, and sustainable integration into clinical practice.

What You Bring

Education, Training and Experience

• A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master's Degree in Health or Business Administration, Leadership, Organizational Development or relevant clinical field such as Nursing plus a minimum of seven (7) years recent experience in a complex health care environment in a role that involved project and change management involving complex, multi-disciplinary projects working with a broad range of stakeholder groups.
• Registration with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) as a practicing RN registrant.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of the health care system, including the operations and administration of a tertiary level teaching hospital along with general knowledge of current health care issues and trends.
• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory, professional and organization standards in clinical practice.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with all levels of the organization, understanding the essence and subtleties of the communication and the intended audience.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and cooperative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to support knowledge transfer of complex information to a variety of group with varying clinical backgrounds and technology exposure.
• Advanced skills in critical thinking, planning, project management, change management and group processes.
• Provides strategic planning support and change management services by supporting feasibility studies, requirements gathering and implementation.
• Participates in the analysis, acceptance criteria definition, development, testing, training, implementation and sustainability phases of assigned projects. Carries out post-implementation reviews and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Supports business plan development for projects through the preparation of feasibility studies and/or technical analysis and solution development, functional requirements, scope and design concepts, budgets and implementation planning.
• Ability to analyze complex, multifaceted issues, report on findings and make recommendations.
• Ability to lead and provide oversight to projects and provide guidance and direction to staff involved in the project.
• Knowledge of project management principles, practices, methods, standards, tools and techniques.
• Ability to make formal presentations to various internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to plan, organize, set and accomplish objectives and goals in a complex fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to bring together and lead diverse groups in a collaborative manner.
• Effective facilitation skills and the ability to motivate and influence leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and oversee project communications strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a highly dynamic environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to teach and communicate complex information to a variety
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary:
  $88,990 - $127,923 CAD per year, depending on experience
• Growth opportunities:
  We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State-of-the-art facilities:
  The new St. Paul's Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families, and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul's Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul's Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• Inclusive culture:
  We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
• Meaningful impact:
  You will have the opportunity to work for an organization that is deeply committed to safeguarding of our surrounding environment by contributing to high quality care while promoting sustainable practices in your everyday work.
• A comprehensive
  health benefits package
  including dental, vision, and life insurance as well as pension.

Who we are:

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence Health Care has grown into a globally recognized leader in research, teaching, and care. As individuals within a mission-driven organization, we choose to be part of PHC because we value its long-standing dedication to social justice and compassionate care, its active efforts to advance environmental sustainability and planetary health, and its meaningful engagement in the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

Curious about working at PHC and the culture of our teams? Check out this video to learn more and meet some of the members of the team you'd be joining.

For more details about your your day to day, please see the linked posting.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul's Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.