Position: Nurse Clinician
Status: Temporary Full time (Maternity Leave Coverage)
Schedule of Work: Monday - Friday
Closing Date: August 27, 2025 @ 8:30am

JOB SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the Resident Care Manager, the Nurse Clinician provides continuity, planning, oversite and supervision at the unit level. The Nurse Clinician supports the floors with new admissions and assists the floor nurses with clinical procedures such as ear syringing, catheterizations etc… The Nurse Clinician will be relied upon to cover the floors, in the event of a nurse shortage. The Nurse Clinician will coach and empower floor nurses as needed regarding clinical procedures and processes.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides committed leadership within the framework of, the Model, Mission, Vision, Values of the organization

• Point of clinical contact for families, loved ones, multidisciplinary staff and physicians

• Physician rounding and communication with phone follow up as required

• Admission of new community members

• Unit level oversite and communication

• RAI completion and personalized care planning

• Unit level communication and huddles

• Risk assessment follow up and tracking

• At-the-elbow support for clinical teams

• Participation and input at interdisciplinary team meetings

• Identification of trends and issues with appropriate escalation to supervisor

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible to read, understand and comply with Park Place Seniors Living's and provincially mandated Occupational Health and Safety policies and safe work practices.

• Demonstrates leadership in all aspects of the Health and Safety Program including:

• Role modelling safe work procedures

• Promotes health and safety policy and awareness

• Makes safety suggestions

• Responsible to take every reasonable precaution to protect the safety of Residents, self, other employees and the public.

• Reports any near miss, injury, and accident or equipment damage to supervisor immediately and completes required reports.

• Corrects and/or reports unsafe conditions.

• Leads by setting a good example.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Graduate from an approved nursing program and one to two years recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. CAN Gerontology certification GNC(C) and RAI-MDS certification preferred

Current practicing registration with applicable provincial registering body.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Advance competencies in critical thinking and nursing judgement

• Customer service orientation: A desire to help or serve others, to meet their needs; understanding the needs of others and then doing something to help or serve others

• Innovative and creative in day-to-day problem solving

• Flexible: Ability to adapt and work effectively with a variety of situations, individuals and groups.

• Ability to prioritize and direct clinical teams

• Ability to regulate self and understand how leadership behaviors influence teams

• Interpersonal understanding Good listening skills; able to pick up clues to and self-control feelings of others; observant and able to redirect other’s response; respects the opinions of others and tolerant of their points of views; controls own emotions; calms others and helps others with problems

• Teamwork and cooperation: Exemplary communication skills. Keeps people informed; shares all relevant information, solicits inputs, values the input and expertise of others; willingness to learn from subordinates; encourages and empowers others; promotes friendly climate, good morale and a respectful workplace.

• Leadership Taking the lead; directing and delegating responsibilities; inspires others to commit to goals and objectives; promotes team effort; uses authority fairly; takes care of the group -provide necessary support; translates strategy into actions and leads others to generate results.

If you are interested in this unique opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter by email to Silverado.hr@ppsl.com. Please include the job title in the subject line of the email.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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