Clinical Nurse Educator

Company Description

Your happiness and well-being are top priorities at Spectrum! We offer competitive wages, paid sick days, RRSP matching and more!

Spectrum Health is seeking a dynamic Clinical Nurse Educator to champion clinical excellence and safe, patient-centered care. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Learning and Development, you will lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of comprehensive education programs for nurses, PSWs, and allied health staff. In this collaborative role, you will drive quality improvement, update clinical policies, and champion evidence-based practices—with a particular focus on palliative, wound, and dementia care. If you are an agile, self-motivated educator passionate about mentorship and curriculum development, we invite you to help shape the future of our clinical team.

By joining Spectrum Health Care you will be part of one of Canada’s Best Managed companies and a committed member of a team of highly skilled healthcare professionals.

Job Description

• Plans, delivers, and evaluates competency-based orientation and continuing education programs
• Conducts needs assessments, provides recommendations, and plans and implements education programs with a collaborative approach that supports strategic objectives, innovation and evidence-based practice and subsequent coordination and facilitation of staff education
• Provide education support and mentorship to create a one-team approach for safe, high-quality care. Identify opportunities, challenges, and proactive solutions to support the educational needs and requirements with respect to new workflows and policies
• Support with accreditation activities and initiatives from an education perspective
• Supports staff and acts as a resource in identifying and meeting their own learning needs
• Coordinates student clinical placements in conjunction with Department Managers and educational institutions
• Create learning environments that support professional growth and accountability in a variety of settings (clinical, classroom, simulation, etc.)
• Monitor and evaluate integration of learning into clinical practice for example: through documentation audits, review of use of learning management system by nursing teams.
• Partner with members of the management team to establish recommendations and plan for improvement and/or achievement of clinical excellence
• Promote staff well-being through mental health education, debriefing and other supports.
• Design content that optimizes adult learning principles and variety of formats to address needs of diverse learners

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred (or in progress)
• Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Completion of Fundamentals of Palliative Care, LEAP, and/or CAPCE
• 2+ years’ experience in a nursing educator role required, preferred
• Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) training preferred
• Consultative, team-based management style with strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent Nursing Skills and ability to learn and teach new clinical procedures (wound care, palliative care, dementia care)
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of adult education
• Demonstrated ability to design curriculum and create engaging content for learning management systems
• Demonstrated leadership skills and proven effectiveness as coach and mentor
• Knowledge and comfort with mobile technology and documentation
• Demonstrated ability to lead during times of change and role-model effective change management
• Experience utilizing Microsoft products (Sharepoint, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint) and ability to learn proprietary software
• Ability to work flexible hours, if needed.
• Must have a vehicle and be willing to travel
• Compensation is based on experience (Annual salary range: $85,000 - $95,000)

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Additional Information

This position is a current vacancy

Spectrum Health Care is thrilled to be named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. This award recognizes top companies across Canada for overall performance, sustained growth, strategy, capabilities and innovation, culture and commitment, and leadership. Click here to learn more about this esteemed honour.

We thank all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005, upon request, support will be provided for accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

If you require accommodation because of disability through the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at ([email protected]) for assistance.

Spectrum Health Care is committed to fostering, cultivating and building a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization. We strive to attract, engage and develop a workforce that reflects the diverse communities that we serve and we know a diverse workforce is key to the growth and success of our organization.