Reporting to the Senior Program Director Heart, Lung, Vascular, and Neurology Program, the Clinical Educator - Nursing 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 team
• Being change agents and roles models that advocate for and create 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 initiatives
• Collaborating 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 patients' outcomes and experiences. This includes developing 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.

The Clinical Nurse Educator has 3 main areas of responsibility .

Education:

• Education and staff development, particularly in relation to nurses
• Assess learning needs and styles of nursing staff
• Design and deliver education that is tailored to specific needs of unit/program
• Incorporates evidence, best practices, and relevant research findings
• Incorporates inter-professional core competencies where applicable
• Incorporates best practices in education
• Evaluates the effectiveness of education, revises education and learning activities to support changes
• Provides timely feedback to nursing staff on their learning and application to their practice competence
• Demonstrates Professional Standards and guidelines

Consultation/Collaboration:

• Collaborates and participates with Professional Practice to identify and support Corporate nursing initiatives
• Engages 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 colleagues
• Collaborates with the hospital's Student Centre, Patient Care Managers/Clinical Leader Managers to facilitate nursing student placements
• Collaborates with Patient Care Managers (if posting is intended for St. Joseph's or Providence sites) /Clinical Leader Managers (if posting is intended for St. Michael's site) 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 decisions

Research 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 Corporation
• Supports 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 initiatives

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing required
• Master's degree in nursing or education required. Candidates without this may be considered if they are currently enrolled.
• Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the General Class required
• Critical Care certificate required
• Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II: Basic Rescuer certification, required
• ACLS Certificate required.
• BLS Instructor Certificate an asset.
• ACLS Instructor Certificate an asset.
• Minimum 3 years experience in critical care, cardiovascular/cardiac intensive care preferred
• CNA certification in Cardiac/Cardiovascular specialty an asset
• Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with nurses and interprofessional teams to improve patient care and outcomes, required
• Strong leadership and communication skills (writing, active listening, conflict resolution, ability to inspire others, delegation, mentoring, coaching, goal setting etc.), required
• Experience as a clinical educator preferred
• Demonstrated leadership in committee work, education, quality improvement, and knowledge translation initiatives
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Unity Health Toronto
• Must have an excellent attendance record

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.