Job Description

Position: Clinical Nurse Specialist \xe2\x80\x93 Full Time (1)

File#: 2023-32723

Dept/Health System: Seniors\xe2\x80\x99 Services - Palliative Care and Primary Care

Role Level: Non-Union (NN11) $47.50-$56.77

Hours of Work/Shifts: Primarily Monday to Friday with occasional evening and weekend work as required

Posted: April 20, 2023

Internal Deadline: April 27, 2023

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and the Reactivation Center at Humber. Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage

Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability

Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research

When we set out to build our vision and future, we connected with our community - patients, families, visitors, physicians, staff and volunteers. The foundational goals of our new strategic plan - quality, access and sustainability - anchor everything we do. Our mission for a new kind of health care is built on an inter-connected system of care organized around patients - inside and outside the hospital.

At THP, we are relentless in providing high quality, compassionate care to our communities and take great pride in fostering an inclusive and accessible environment and we are all accountable for contributing to a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing and promoting excellence in patient care though advancing patient and staff safety. If you are passionate about what you do, motivated to improve the health of the community, committed to excellence, quality and patient safety we would like you to join our Better Together team!

Position Summary:

The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is an advanced practice nurse with graduate education in nursing, possessing advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge/skill within the clinical specialty. As a member of Seniors\xe2\x80\x99 Services, the CNS will have a combined clinical consultative and clinical capacity building role in the support of care for the older adult during hospitalization and transition into the community. As a nursing leader, the CNS role will advance excellence in care through involvement in education, research, program development and evaluation and research. This position will require travel across all three sites.

Principle Responsibilities:

• As a clinical expert, mentor, and educator, the CNS, works closely with inter-professional teams, provides leadership in program planning, implementation and evaluation of gerontological nursing practice.
• Actively participates in the teaching learning process with patients, families, students and team members regarding best practice in the care of older adults.
• Contributes to the identification and investigation of patient and nursing issues and the utilization of research and evaluation findings into practice.
• Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of Seniors\xe2\x80\x99 Services and corporate quality initiatives that are relevant to the care of older adults.
• Participates as a member on relevant internal and external committees and professional groups.
• Contributes to the overall vision/mandate of Seniors\xe2\x80\x99 Services.

Key Qualifications:

• Current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Membership in the Registered Nurses\xe2\x80\x99 Association of Ontario
• Canadian Nurses Association certification in gerontological nursing, preferred
• Masters degree in nursing with clinical focus in gerontology is required
• 5 years experience with demonstrated excellence in practice in gerontological nursing
• Effective leadership skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to establish positive relationships with all staff, clients, families and community agencies and professionals
• Superior interpersonal and coaching skills to facilitate identification and development of staff learning needs
• Demonstrated program planning, implementation and evaluation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.

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Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications.

Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.

Trillium Health Partners\xe2\x80\x99 (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, M\xc3\xa9tis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity

Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy and positive work environment.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Trillium Health Partners