About the Role
The Clinical Educator will support Qikiqtani Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, through Bayshore Northern Staffing Division. This role involves developing and delivering quality education and services compliant with professional standards, outlining and implementing clinical activities, and assisting with clinical education objectives. The incumbent will maintain quality assurance and foster positive relationships with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Acts as a resource and assists the clinical nurse education team at Qikiqtani Hospital and supports the Government of Nunavut nursing resource team.
- Assigns and recruits interim education leads for specific high-priority education (obstetrics, central monitoring program).
- Standardizes and operationalizes general onboarding to program and area-specific needs beyond checklists.
- Provides program-specific onboarding for Emergency department and inpatient unit.
- Establishes external partnerships for obstetrics, critical care, pediatrics, and mental health.
- Improves overall clinical staff knowledge/skills and abilities by building staff competence and confidence levels, promoting client/patient and staff safety, leading to better outcomes in staffing and retention rates.
- Completes work on an in-territory rotation, minimum 4-6 weeks in Nunavut. Continuation of work may be required out of territory, decided upon by QGH leadership and GN CNO.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) or Masters in a health-related field is preferred, such as nurse practitioner in primary care.
- Masters in progress may be considered if it is in conjunction with other required skills, abilities, and experience.
- Minimum five to seven years of professional/Healthcare experience combined with a minimum of three to five years working as a Community Health Nurse is required.
- Current registration with a Canadian Provincial/Territorial nursing regulatory body (i.e., College of Nurses of Ontario, College and Association of Nurses Association of Northwest Territories & Nunavut, College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta).
- Experience in the development of community-based care and client teaching programs.
- Knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research application.
- Exceptional clinical skills, ability to work collaboratively, assume leadership responsibilities, and communicate effectively.
- Demonstrates basic clinical analysis and informatics competencies i.e., device, application, and information communication technology basic skills.
- Ability to travel to remote and northern communities throughout Canada is required.
- Ability to speak French is an asset but not a must.
Skills
- Clinical analysis
- Informatics competencies
- Device, application, and information communication technology basic skills
- Community-based care development
- Client teaching program development
- Theoretical frameworks
- Research application
- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Effective communication
Location
- Nunavut, Canada (Qikiqtani Hospital)
Work Type
- Onsite Clinic
- In-territory rotation
Experience Level
- Minimum five to seven years of professional/Healthcare experience
- Minimum of three to five years working as a Community Health Nurse
Education Level
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
- Masters in a health-related field (preferred)
- Masters in progress (may be considered)
Salary/Compensations
- $60/hr plus $22/hr non-taxed per diem
About the Company
- Bayshore Northern Staffing Division supports Qikiqtani Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
