Clinical Educator - Nursing PACU/ACC

Reporting to the Senior Clinical Program Director 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 patient's 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.
1. Education:

Critical care Experience as it pertains to supporting staff in PACU and cross coverage for areas of high patient acuity.
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

2. 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

3. Research and Quality Improvement:

Participates in research projects that contribute to nursing and/or interprofessional 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:

Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario in the General Class
Master's degree in nursing or education, preferred
Critical Care experience
CAN certification in a specialty area an asset
Required credentials or certifications unique to each unit/program
Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II: Basic Rescuer certification, required
Minimum of 3-5 of relevant experience, preferred
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
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