Nurse Clinician

Purpose:

The Nurse Clinician will be responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing comprehensive teching programs for the nursing staff.  The Nurse Clinician will maintain standardization and quality performance of patient care related to ICU/SCU.  The Nurse Clinician will participate in hospital committees and be a liaison for a multi-disciplinary team, keeping open lines of communication with all staff.

Standard Qualifications:

• A graduate from an approved Bachelor of Science Nursing Program bsc(N) or equivalent degree with a current certificate of competence with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Required Qualifications

• All certification relevant to the Clinical Area, i.e.
• Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support BCLS
• Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS
• Current certification in Peripheral Intravenous Initiation and Maintenance
• Current certification in Life Saving Drugs

• Current certification in ECG Level I and II
• Current certification in Non Violent Crisis Intervention
• Current certification in care and removal of Chest Tubes
• Current certification Parenteral Infusions – Central Venous Lines
• Current certification Parenteral Infusions – Arterial Lines
• Current certification Parenteral Infusions – Specimen Handling/Blood Collection

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years full-time equivalent clinical experience (within the last 8 years) in Intensive Care
• Minimum 2 years recent teaching of clinical adult education programs or equivalent

General Skills:

• Demonstrated skills as an adult educator
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring skills
• Proven flexibility and effectiveness in dealing with colleagues, supervisors, and employees; awareness and consideration of the needs and motives of others
• Ability to communicate both verbally and written in a clear, concise manner considering intended audience
• Demonstrated ability to effectively motivate and lead staff to work as an effective team to accomplish optimum results
• Demonstrated ability to analyze problems systematically, organize information, identify key details and factors, identify underlying causes and generate options and solutions
• Working knowledge of computer skills including microsoft outlook, meditech client server oe, and grasp software

Preference Given to:

• Candidates with successful completion of a Masters of Science in Nursing or agreement to pursue 

Selection Process:  Candidates will be selected for this position on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications as identified in the resume and completed Application Form submitted. The Hospital reserves the right to conduct a formal interview where required.
 

Health Sciences North is committed to providing accommodations to applicants with disabilities to enable their participation in the recruitment, assessment, selection and hiring stages of employment.

HSN THANKS ALL APPLICANTS.
ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONTACTED.
WE WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE AND TIME.