Role
Reporting to the Senior Program Director Heart, Lung & Vascular Program, the Clinical Educator – Cath lab & Cardiac Investigation Unit St. Michael’s Hospital 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 and interdisciplinary staff including participation in 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 – Cath lab & Cardiac Investigation Unit 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 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
- Performs individual and unit based needs assessment to curated curriculums for onboarding, advanced competencies and learning plans
- Support staff development through education
- Assess preferred individual learning needs and styles of staff
- Design and deliver education that is tailored to specific needs of unit/program
- Incorporates inter-professional core competencies where applicable
- Incorporates evidence, best practice standards, and relevant research findings into knowledge dissemination and clinical practice
- Evaluates the effectiveness of education implementation, revises education strategy and learning activities to support changes
- Provides timely constructive feedback to nursing staff on their learning progress 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 Clinical Leader Managers 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
- Develops resources to support intraoperative research procedures and trials by collaborating with company representatives, material coordinators, researchers and physician team.
- Supports 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 (ORNAC and ASPAN standards of practice ) 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 required or currently enrolled with anticipated completion within four years
- Completion of Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), Level II: Basic Rescuer certification, required
- Minimum of 2 years nursing experience Cardiology specialty and Cath Lab strongly preferred
- Certificate in critical care nursing is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated knowledge of cardiac catheterization, structural heart, and electrophysiology procedures
- CNA certification in Cardiovascular specialty an asset
- Demonstrates knowledge or experience with sterile technique and infection control practices for a procedure environment
- 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
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.
