Clinical Leader (Full Time Temporary) - Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
About the role
Job Description ONA Job Posting Position: Clinical Leader
Department: Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
Posting ID: 6306
Role Level: CPS04.3 ($43.28 to $61.75) per hour
Status: Full Time (Temporary 12 Months)
Site: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of Work/Shifts: Day shifts | Monday - Friday
Posted: January 29, 2026
Posting Deadline: February 5, 2026
Job Description Reporting to the Patient Care Manager, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Cardiac Surgery Program Leadership Team to assess priorities, establish goals and develop strategies for the Perioperative areas with the focus on Quality and Patient Centered Care; consistent with the strategic plan of the organization and act as a clinical role model, mentor and coach to ensure that the nursing practice standards are met and exceeded by the staff in the Perioperative areas.
Qualifications
- Current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Baccalaureate degree preferred.
- 3-5 years of recent Cardiovascular operating room experience required.
- Perioperative certification CPN(C) required.
- Demonstrated consistency in approachability, clinical excellence, patience, respectful interactions and diplomacy.
- Established leadership skills and proven effectiveness as a mentor, as well as role modeling and reliability
- Experience with project management an asset.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of hospital standards, policies and procedures, reporting structures and emergency measures.
- Current clinical knowledge of professional perioperative standards.
- Demonstrates enhanced interpersonal and communication skills, including conflict management.
- Demonstrates exceptional critical thinking.
- Strong leadership, including assessment, planning and implementation using advanced problem solving skills
- Commitment to life-long learning, and demonstration of teaching in the clinical setting.
- Proven ability to excel during times of change and role-model effective change management.
- Competence with Meditech, EPIC, Microsoft software-Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates communication within the inter-professional team.
- Assumes responsibility for quality practice management in the perioperative units.
- Reviews all risk monitoring reports for trending and identifies opportunities to reduce risk.
- Participates in global and unit specific committees representing the perioperative units as required.
- Supports the process of booking and scheduling, managing provincial wait times and reporting as necessary and guides data collection and audits as directed by the Patient Care Manager.
- Participates in the hiring process under the guidance of the PCM as necessary, contributes to the performance assessment and review of staff.
- Responsible in collaboration with clinical educator to support and maintain the electronic documentation system.
- Reviews documentation and issues around patient care concerns.
- Follow-up on patient care issues as required.
- A proactive leader role-modeling professional standards of care while seeking innovations to advance front line knowledge, skill and patient centered care.
- Participation in unit activity planning-daily, weekly and in emergency or contingency situations.
- Internal candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications. Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant. Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Our organization may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) or algorithm-assisted systems, to support the initial review of applications. These tools are used only to assist our recruiters and hiring managers; all hiring decisions include meaningful human involvement and final review. Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act. We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. About Us Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals. Our team of more than 17,000 people serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, west Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and nine satellite locations. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030 , we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.
Clinical Leader (Full Time Temporary) - Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
About the role
Job Description ONA Job Posting Position: Clinical Leader
Department: Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
Posting ID: 6306
Role Level: CPS04.3 ($43.28 to $61.75) per hour
Status: Full Time (Temporary 12 Months)
Site: Mississauga Hospital
Hours of Work/Shifts: Day shifts | Monday - Friday
Posted: January 29, 2026
Posting Deadline: February 5, 2026
Job Description Reporting to the Patient Care Manager, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Cardiac Surgery Program Leadership Team to assess priorities, establish goals and develop strategies for the Perioperative areas with the focus on Quality and Patient Centered Care; consistent with the strategic plan of the organization and act as a clinical role model, mentor and coach to ensure that the nursing practice standards are met and exceeded by the staff in the Perioperative areas.
Qualifications
- Current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Baccalaureate degree preferred.
- 3-5 years of recent Cardiovascular operating room experience required.
- Perioperative certification CPN(C) required.
- Demonstrated consistency in approachability, clinical excellence, patience, respectful interactions and diplomacy.
- Established leadership skills and proven effectiveness as a mentor, as well as role modeling and reliability
- Experience with project management an asset.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of hospital standards, policies and procedures, reporting structures and emergency measures.
- Current clinical knowledge of professional perioperative standards.
- Demonstrates enhanced interpersonal and communication skills, including conflict management.
- Demonstrates exceptional critical thinking.
- Strong leadership, including assessment, planning and implementation using advanced problem solving skills
- Commitment to life-long learning, and demonstration of teaching in the clinical setting.
- Proven ability to excel during times of change and role-model effective change management.
- Competence with Meditech, EPIC, Microsoft software-Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates communication within the inter-professional team.
- Assumes responsibility for quality practice management in the perioperative units.
- Reviews all risk monitoring reports for trending and identifies opportunities to reduce risk.
- Participates in global and unit specific committees representing the perioperative units as required.
- Supports the process of booking and scheduling, managing provincial wait times and reporting as necessary and guides data collection and audits as directed by the Patient Care Manager.
- Participates in the hiring process under the guidance of the PCM as necessary, contributes to the performance assessment and review of staff.
- Responsible in collaboration with clinical educator to support and maintain the electronic documentation system.
- Reviews documentation and issues around patient care concerns.
- Follow-up on patient care issues as required.
- A proactive leader role-modeling professional standards of care while seeking innovations to advance front line knowledge, skill and patient centered care.
- Participation in unit activity planning-daily, weekly and in emergency or contingency situations.
- Internal candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.
To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications. Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant. Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Our organization may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) or algorithm-assisted systems, to support the initial review of applications. These tools are used only to assist our recruiters and hiring managers; all hiring decisions include meaningful human involvement and final review. Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act. We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. About Us Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals. Our team of more than 17,000 people serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, west Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and nine satellite locations. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030 , we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.
About Trillium Health Partners
Trillium Health Partners is a leading hospital with an outstanding record of performance, fiscal responsibility and quality patient care. The hospital encompasses three main sites – Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre – offering the full range of acute care hospital services, as well as a variety of community-based, specialized programs.
Our intention is to achieve the highest quality of care that is easily accessible for our community, at the lowest cost. We are committed to creating an exceptional experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
As our diverse community continues to grow and age, and as more people are living with chronic diseases, we’re taking into account the inevitable changes on the horizon. We know that to continue to deliver exceptional patient care, we must think and act differently, and take a new and innovative approach to the delivery of health care. We envision a new kind of health care for a healthier community – an inter-connected system of care that is organized around the patient, both inside the hospital and beyond its walls. Through partnership, working in a coordinated way across the system, we can meet the needs of our patients and continue to provide outstanding, sustainable quality patient care.
As partners in creating a new kind of health care, we are Better Together.