Title: Professional Practice Leader - Nursing

Hours of Work: TemporaryFull-Time Position (Approximately 12 months); Days

Department: Professional Practice

Salary: Class 8: $62.55 - $76.06 per hour

Union: Non-Union

Location: Kingston General Hospital Site

POSITION SUMMARY:

Professional Practice Lead- Nursing provides leadership for nursing staff and is accountable for leading and facilitation of the development, integration and evaluation of practice standards, best practice standards and practice models that promote clinical care and professional practice. This includes all clinical education such as orientation of new staff, monitoring and evaluating nursing staff that is having difficulty with their practice, products/equipment changes and changes in practice. Within this role the PPL is accountable for contributing to the delivery of KHSC’s corporate strategy and tactics under the strategic directions and consistently demonstrates an awareness and promotion of patient, and family centered engagement and care.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES INCLUDE:

Provides operational leadership to the Clinical Learning Specialists and Interprofessional Learning Specialist team.

• Manages work assignments, prioritization, performance, and facilitation of issue management.

• Accountable to budgeting, financial reporting and utilization and deployment of clinical education resources for clinical education for the whole organization.

• Responsible for performance management and disciplinary measures as required for positions within the portfolio.

• Evaluates performance and completes performance agreements.

• Responsible for development of staff and quality improvement initiatives.

• Accountable for all clinical education for both sites (HDH and KGH) including planning, staffing, budgeting, setting goals and objectives through the process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Examples are orientation of new staff, products/equipment changes and changes in practice, monitoring and evaluating nursing staff and creating learning plans for nurses that are struggling with practice to evaluate learning needs and gaps in education.

Plan, develop and implement practice initiatives in alignment with corporate or program priorities including:

• In collaboration with key stakeholders, leads and facilitates innovation in the implementation of best practices and practice models that promote the integration of best practice, education, clinical care and interprofessional practice.

• Is accountable for implementing and sustaining practice and educational priorities identified by the programs within the PPL-Nursing’s portfolio.

• Obtains feedback regularly from corporate and program-level leadership teams and is able to re-prioritize priorities as required to ensure alignment with organizational needs.

Provides oversight of clinical policy/best practices and care pathway development, including:

• Sustainable transition to more relevant structure with impact at all levels (point of care to internal and exportable metrics),

• Bringing process and structure to corporate projects e.g., health information system implementation, quality initiatives (falls, pressure injuries).

• Lead change management for nursing documentation and clinical workflow processes in response to HIS transformation.

• Interprets corporate and program-level data and develops recommendations in collaboration with Patient Safety, Quality and Risk.

• Provides operational data and information to leadership of KHSC and develops recommendations to support quality improvement.

• Reports data and quality improvement initiatives externally as appropriate to meet contract requirements (i.e., RNAO).

Responsible for the professional practice of all nurses at both sites.

• Problem solving when questions about practice arise, provide recommendations regarding what to do and how to do it from a professional practice lens to ensure that nurses are practicing to their college standards.

• Participates in internal and external committees to represent KHSC, professional practice and nursing. Examples – Regional Product Standardization Committee, Regional Professional Practice Leaders Group, Student placement committee with Queens and St Lawrence/Laurentian.

• Coaches and mentors others who aspire to assume leadership roles. Example: mentoring Masters students during placements, RNAO fellowships.

• Provides recommendations to managers on selection of staff, performance management and effective use of resources using the College of Nurses of Ontario standards of practice. Examples would be whether to replace RN positions with RPN’s, scope of practice questions and performance concerns.

• NOTE: The above duties are representative but are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree.

• Professional Designation.

• Registered in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

• Minimum 5 years of clinical experience required.

• 5-7 years of clinical experience preferred.

• Member of RNAO preferred.

• Member of Canadian Nurses Association or other nursing associations preferred.

• Experience with product procurement and selection preferred.

• Education experience preferred.

• Proven ability to attend work regularly.

• Satisfactory criminal reference check and vulnerable sector search required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The applicant must be able to meet the physical demands of this position.

KHSC is located on the ancestral lands and waters of the Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee and serves a wider geographical area that encompasses many Indigenous communities including Tyendinaga, Katarokwi, as well as communities within the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority. As we partner in care, discovery, and learning to achieve better health outcomes for our communities, KHSC is committed to actively advocating for and acting upon the Truth and Reconciliation Committee’s Calls to Action on Health.

KHSC is committed to recruitment practices that support and contribute to building a respectful, diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome all applications from women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, persons in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and members of other equity deserving groups.

We thank all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Kingston Health Sciences Centre is committed to inclusive and accessible employment practices. If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the hiring process, please notify the Recruitment Team.