Clinical Scholar – General – Quality #596-26
- Owen Sound, ON, Canada
WAGE RATE: $45.36 – $63.19 · Full-time
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- WAGE RATE: $45.36 – $63.19
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Original job description
Categories: Nursing
Location(s): Owen Sound
Types: Full Time Temporary
DEPARTMENT: QUALITY
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: ONA
STATUS: FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY (APPROX. END DATE MAY 2027)
REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT
WAGE RATE: $45.36 – $63.19
The Clinical Scholar Role provides experienced nurses with leadership and mentorship opportunities, supporting newly graduated nurses, (within 18 months of graduation), internationally educated nurses (IENs) and nurses seeking to upskill.
Reporting to the Manager of Nursing Practice and Education, the Clinical Scholar provides on-unit, “at the elbow” mentorship and clinical guidance to program participants, while completing required tracking and data collection for reporting to the Ministry of Health. The role is deployed to areas of greatest organizational need and is not assigned to a single unit; therefore, the successful candidate must demonstrate agility, flexibility and the ability to effectively support learners across multiple clinical environments. Strong knowledge and recent experience in acute inpatient care, and other departments are essential. Transportation to all sites is required to support learners.
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications
Required
Location(s): Owen Sound
Types: Full Time Temporary
DEPARTMENT: QUALITY
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: ONA
STATUS: FULL-TIME, TEMPORARY (APPROX. END DATE MAY 2027)
REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT
WAGE RATE: $45.36 – $63.19
The Clinical Scholar Role provides experienced nurses with leadership and mentorship opportunities, supporting newly graduated nurses, (within 18 months of graduation), internationally educated nurses (IENs) and nurses seeking to upskill.
Reporting to the Manager of Nursing Practice and Education, the Clinical Scholar provides on-unit, “at the elbow” mentorship and clinical guidance to program participants, while completing required tracking and data collection for reporting to the Ministry of Health. The role is deployed to areas of greatest organizational need and is not assigned to a single unit; therefore, the successful candidate must demonstrate agility, flexibility and the ability to effectively support learners across multiple clinical environments. Strong knowledge and recent experience in acute inpatient care, and other departments are essential. Transportation to all sites is required to support learners.
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications
Required
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
- Current BCLS certification
- At least five years’ experience in frontline nursing care in an acute hospital inpatient setting with demonstrated clinical expertise across a broad range of clinical specialties
- Minimum one year experience providing formal clinical teaching, training and mentorship, exceeding solely preceptor/mentor activities
- Excellent demonstration of evidence-based clinical skills and competencies
- Demonstrated experience teaching and precepting new staff/students, including providing constructive feedback
- Demonstrated physical assessment skills, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to: respond positively to change, work independently, organize, and set priorities, problem solve, meet timelines
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of various adult learning principles and techniques
- Leadership, problem solving, decision making, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to maintain successful working relationships; ability to meet and interact with people in a pleasant and professional, responsible and reassuring manner
- Interest and experience in patient education and health promotion
- Commitment to continuous professional development and continuing education
- Ability and willingness to work all shifts
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Microsoft Office
- Ability to travel to support Brightshores sites
- Recent satisfactory performance and attendance records
- Demonstrate, promote and encourage Brightshores’ values – We Show Up for Each Other, We Are Trusted to Act, We Create Solutions Together, We Strive for Better, We Share Accountability
- Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
- Commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful and culturally safe workplace that embraces diversity and promotes equity and belonging
- Comply with all applicable health and safety policies, procedures and regulations, and actively contribute to maintaining a safe and healthy work environment
- Master’s Degree
- Prior Experience as a Clinical Scholar an asset
More about this job
Responsibilities
Provide on-unit clinical mentorship and guidance to newly graduated nurses, internationally educated nurses, and nurses seeking to upskill across multiple clinical environments. Track and collect program data for Ministry of Health reporting, while supporting learners in areas of greatest organizational need.
Requirements
Requires current good-standing registration as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, current BCLS certification, and at least five years of acute inpatient nursing experience. Candidates also need at least one year of formal clinical teaching or mentorship experience, strong clinical and communication skills, Microsoft Office proficiency, flexibility to work all shifts, and the ability to travel between sites.
Skills
- Clinical Teaching
- Mentorship
- Acute Inpatient Nursing
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Clinical Assessment
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Adult Learning Principles
- Leadership
- Decision-Making
- Organization and Prioritization
- Written and Verbal Communication
- Patient Education
- Health Promotion
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Education
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Registered Nurse
- College of Nurses of Ontario
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- BCLS Certification
- Acute Inpatient Care
- Clinical Scholar
- Clinical Teaching
- Nursing Practice
- Clinical Mentorship
- Internationally Educated Nurses
- New Graduate Nurses
- Upskilling
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Adult Learning Principles
- Patient Education
- Health Promotion
- Patient Safety
- Ministry of Health Reporting
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
- Culturally Safe Workplace
- Equity and Inclusion