Department: Alternate Health Facility - Cartier SiteThe Alternate Health Facility (AHF) is a 40-bed off-site unit designed for patients who no longer require acute care but need transitional support before moving to rehabilitation, long-term care, retirement living, or other post-acute settings. An interprofessional team-including physicians, nurses, personal support workers, and staff from dietary, environmental services, and Infection Prevention and Control-provides comprehensive care. Fully equipped for acute medicine patients, the AHF delivers the same high standard of care as the NBRHC main site.
Reporting to the Manager of the Cartier Site, the Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) plays a vital role in providing leadership, clinical coaching, and mentorship to the staff. This position requires a self-directed professional who can function with minimal supervision, demonstrating expertise in leading change processes and involving key stakeholders to achieve optimal patient outcomes for geriatric patients.
The CNE is responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of new standards, policies, and procedures. These efforts aim to ensure the highest standard of patient care while enhancing the patient and family experience.
QUALIFICATIONSCertification/Experience/Knowledge:- Current Certificate of Registration ~ College of Nurses of Ontario in good standing required
- Masters of Nursing or Masters of Science in Nursing
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) certificate is required (within the last twelve months)
- Dementia care, pharmacotherapy, falls/mobility, osteoporosis, delirium training required
- De-escalation techniques required
- 5 years of current Medical/Surgical clinical experience in an active care setting (within the last 2-3 years) required
- Gentle Persuasive Approach (GPA) Certificate required
- Experience with dementia care, delirium
- Recent palliative care experience required
- Experience with adult learning and teaching principles combined with recent teaching experience (patient and staff education) required
- Experience in education curriculum development, implementation and evaluation required
- Experience in policy and procedure development using quality evidence to inform practice required
- Experience in leading change processes that include appropriate stake holder involvement to achieve desired patient outcomes such as Quality based procedure implementation, new standards, etc required
- Excellent demonstrated physical and psycho social assessment and intervention skills required
- Current certificate in IV Therapy and Central Line Management required
- Required experience working with:
- Central Venous Lines Management (CVC)
- Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) certification
- Computerized Ambulatory Drug Delivery (CADD) pumps
- Enteral feeding care and management
- Tracheostomy and suctioning care
- Wound care
Skills/Abilities:
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- Must demonstrate excellent level of interpersonal skills
- Must demonstrate excellent level of written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, clients, families, regional support services and community partners required
- Ability to provide health teaching to individuals and groups required
- Must be committed to continuing education on an annual basis and demonstrate commitment to quality improvement required
- Ability to effectively assume a leadership role as a collaborative member of the health team required
- Ability to assume responsibility for patient care in a total patient care climate required
- Able to meet the physical demands required to provide nursing care to all patients required
- Ability to problem-solve and function in fast-paced environment required
- Excellent demonstrated assessment, critical thinking and intervention skills required
- Must demonstrate basic computer knowledge
- Must demonstrate commitment to ensure personal safety, safety of fellow workers, patients, volunteers, and visitors
- Demonstrated ability to engage in meaningful patient activity is required
- Demonstrated ability in flexible care and patient centered approaches is required
- Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Capabilities, Environment, Social (PIECES)
- Critical thinking, problem solving, ability to delegate, multitask is required
- Ability to support and contribute to a culture of safety and prevention of adverse health events required
- Must demonstrate good attendance and work record
- Bilingualism (Advanced level English/French) is an asset.
Pay rate, benefits and other terms and conditions are as per the ONA Local 020 Collective Agreement 
