Job Description

About SickKids

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Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.


When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.


Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description

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Step into Strategic Nursing Leadership

Are you ready to take on a career-defining challenge? This 15-month interim leadership opportunity invites you to step into a complex and rewarding role within the Collaborative for Professional Practice. If you are driven by a passion for advancing nursing practice, eager to stretch into system-level leadership, and ready to navigate complexity with courage, this is your chance to make an impact.



As Senior Clinical Manager within the Collaborative, you will lead a high-performing team of advanced practice and interprofessional leaders. Working in partnership with the Associate Chief, Nursing Practice, you will oversee programs that advance nursing scope and optimize patient care across the hospital. You will also represent the organization in key external partnerships, including TAHSN, the Provincial Enhanced Extern community of practice and the Solutions for Patient Safety network, positioning our hospital as a leader in professional practice and patient safety.



The Collaborative for Professional Practice is the portfolio that advances precision child and family-centred care by promoting nursing and interprofessional practice excellence. The Collaborative provides strategic leadership to maintain and develop networks across collaborator groups with the ability to initiate and evaluate innovative processes, structures, and models of care.



The Collaborative for Professional Practice is the portfolio that advances individualized, precision child and family-centred care by promoting nursing and interprofessional practice excellence.

Here's What You'll Get to Do

Operational leadership accountability and support a team of expert staff (Clinical Nurse Specialists, Professional Practice Coordinators, Nursing Practice Observation Leads) in delivering high-impact professional practice initiatives (Nursing sensitive HACs, Comfort and Safety Bundle, Supply Chain and backorders, RN Clinical Fellowship program). Operational leadership accountability for the Centralized Extern Program including (but not limited to): onboarding, training, management, scheduling, performance appraisal, models of care and transitions to nursing practice. The role also includes stewardship of ministry directed funding. Provide regulatory leadership for medical directives and enable the optimization of nursing scope across the organization. Identify, analyze, and act on trends in professional practice, safety, and equity/diversity/inclusion (EDI), and drive large-scale, sustainable change in pediatric nursing care. Collaborate with internal and external partners to shape practice alignment and advance shared priorities in pediatric care. Maintain oversight of patient safety and nursing practice data sets and develop strategies to mitigate risk and spread best practice. Mentor and develop future nursing leaders while fostering a culture of collaboration, high reliability, and strength-based care.

Here's What You'll Bring

Essential Requirements

Master's degree in nursing or a health-related field. Membership in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario. 10 years' relevant healthcare experience, including leadership experience.

Candidate Assets

3-5 years of experience with people leadership and managing teams. Expertise and training in professional practice, strengths-based leadership, quality improvement, safety science and large-system change. Resilience, curiosity, and the ability to thrive in a complex, fast-paced environment. A collaborative approach to leading people, programs, and change. Demonstrated success with mentorship and coaching teams through challenging change management and system level thinking.

This is a 15-month contract, with opportunities to both learn and lead at the highest level of nursing practice. If you are passionate about pediatric care and eager to challenge yourself with complexity, we invite you to apply.

Our Commitment to Diversity

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SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

Accessibility & Accommodation

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If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team. SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

How To Apply

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