Clinical Educator, Nursing (Critical Care)

Vancouver Coastal Health•Vancouver, BC

8h•CA$49 - CA$63•Onsite

About The Position

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is implementing minimum Nurse to Patient Ratios (mNPRs) to enhance nursing practice and quality of care. The Clinical Educator, Nursing (Critical Care) practices in accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards and organizational policies. This role provides clinical education services, including assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation of education programs and resources, utilizing specialized knowledge of critical care and adult education principles. The position coordinates education program delivery and related activities for progressive educational programs, training, and staff development. The incumbent consults and collaborates with program teams, the Clinical Education team, and other Educators to promote continuous quality improvement in educational programming and resolve clinical education issues. As a member of the Critical Care interdisciplinary team and Clinical Education team, the role participates in strategic planning and contributes to team goals by identifying trends, setting priorities, and providing recommendations related to education. The Clinical Educator serves as a resource for nurses and other healthcare providers through consultation, inservices, and presentations, leveraging specialized knowledge in critical care clinical practice. Direct client care may be provided as necessary. Additionally, the successful candidate will serve as the Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) RN Specialist Educator, providing leadership for ECLS nursing education, competency development, evaluation, and ongoing practice support. This includes coordinating orientation and continuing education for ECLS nurses, supporting simulation-based learning, maintaining competency assessment processes, collaborating with the interdisciplinary ECLS team, and contributing to quality improvement, program development, and the advancement of evidence-based ECLS practice.

Requirements

Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
Three (3) years' recent, related nursing experience in a tertiary-level critical care environment, including one year's experience in clinical teaching and/or group facilitation or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Valid BC Driver’s License required.
Local area travel may require use of own vehicle.
Broad knowledge of nursing science theory, and practice within a patient centred care model
Comprehensive knowledge of critical care nursing practice
Broad knowledge of hospital policies, procedures, and standards of care
Broad knowledge of the standards of practice and guidelines for clinical practitioners established by the BCCNM
Demonstrated knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in patient care
Demonstrated ability to teach, demonstrate, facilitate and coach
Demonstrated ability to use critical thinking in approach to teaching
Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver educational programs and material
Demonstrated ability to communicate with, and deal effectively with co-workers, physicians, other health care staff and patients and their families, either one-on-one and in groups
Demonstrated ability to function as a team member, leader, and facilitator
Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to customers
Demonstrated ability to establish workload priorities in collaboration with others
Demonstrated ability to provide effective consultation
Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others
Demonstrated ability to deal with and/or guide others in resolution of conflict issues
Demonstrated ability to function effectively and efficiently in emergency situations and guide others in order to deliver quality client care
Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques
Physical ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position
Skill in the use of equipment, and in techniques appropriate to critical care nursing practice
Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized patient information system

Responsibilities

Provides clinical education services, including individual and group learning assessments, planning, implementing and evaluating education programs and resources using specialized theory and knowledge of critical care and adult education principles.
Coordinates education program delivery and related activities required for progressive educational programs, training and staff development.
Consults, confers, and collaborates with program team, Clinical Education team, and other Educators in the promotion of continuous quality improvement related to educational programming, resolution of clinical education issues; takes corrective action with respect to individual and group learning needs.
Participates in strategic planning and assists in achieving team goals and mission by identifying trends and opportunities, setting priorities, consulting and providing input/recommendations, especially as they relate to education.
Acts as a resource for nurses and other health care providers in the Hospital and the community via consultation, inservices and presentations using specialized knowledge of theory and skills in critical care clinical practice.
Provides direct client care as necessary.
Serves as the Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) RN Specialist Educator.
Provides leadership for ECLS nursing education, competency development and evaluation while providing ongoing practice support.
Coordinates Orientation and continuing education for ECLS nurses.
Supports simulation-based learning.
Maintains competency assessment processes.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary ECLS team members.
Contributes to quality improvement, program development, and the advancement of evidence-based ECLS practice across the organization.