Description
Title: Clinical Scholar Nurse - Coastal
Division: Clinical Services
Affiliation: ONA (Ontario Nurses Association)
Sites: Fort Albany, ON
Reports to: Manager of Education and Professional Development
Status: Permanent Full-time
Eligible for WAHA Sign-on Bonus (up to $20,000), Employee Referral Bonus (up to $5,500) & Retention Program What You Are - Excellent clinical skills and competencies
- Outstanding communication skills
- Proven leadership and communication skills
- Clinical expert and supportive approach with learners
- Exceptionally self-motivated, directed and detail oriented
- Collaborative in daily workflows
What You'll Do - Determine clinical and learning needs of mentee in collaboration with the Manager/Director; complete learning needs assessments of individuals or groups to determine requirements and objectives
- Develop and revise the orientation/mentorship program in collaboration with other team members, based on clinical evidence, policy (e.g. clinical decision support tools), literature and resources, and adult education theory
- Create supportive and interprofessional learning environments; utilizes adult pedagogy principles to build strong professional relationships with learners to facilitate open communication
- Deliver learner-centered mentorship/coaching to individual or groups through methods such as conducting formal presentations, mentoring, coaching, facilitating groups, demonstrating, providing lectures, role modeling, and providing point-of-care orientation and on-the-spot teaching.
- Evaluate program effectiveness by measuring the outcomes, determining whether the clinical objectives have been achieved, and assessing whether learning has occurred that results in the demonstration of best practices
- Participate in quality improvement and risk management activities by methods such as evaluating effects of changes in practice, generating recommendations for alternative approaches to practices, conducting safety audits, and implement teaching/learning when required
- Assess, document and share clinical skills and performance outcomes, provide related input, and coaching of mentees to help them achieve established clinical performance goals
What Your Bring - Baccalaureate, Nursing Sciences (BSN, BScN)
- Master of Nursing preferred
- Registered in Good Standing with College of Nurses of Ontario
- Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, ECTAS, ENPC, TNCC
- Advanced Health Assessment, NVCI preferred
- 3-5 years of direct nursing experience as an RN at a Coastal Site (MHC, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat)
- Proven experience with preceptorship and adult learning principles
- Experience working with Indigenous communities and remote health care delivery
- Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset
Why Choose Us - Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- Relocation paid by the organization
- Housing provided by the organization
- Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow
Salary: $77,688.00 - $111,364.50
Competition #: 2026-296
This job posting is for an existing vacancy.
Deadline: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 @ 12:00 noon.
As part of our recruiting process, AI tools may assist in the screening of applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team and hiring managers.
Compensation
$39.84 - $57.11 per hour
