Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $49.20 - $67.08 / hour

Job Summary

Fraser Health Best Beginnings program has an immediate Casual opportunity available. We are seeking an agile, forward-thinking Clinical Nurse Educator to bridge the gap between cutting-edge clinical theory and frontline reality. In this dynamic, multi-site Public Health role, you will step away from rigid routines to drive educational excellence, direct quality improvement, and elevate care outcomes across our regional network.

If you are a clinical leader that thrives on variety, mentorship, and building high-performance healthcare teams, this is your platform to excel.

Detailed Overview

In accordance with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) standards of practice and the Mission and Values of Fraser Health, the Clinical Nurse Educator utilizes evidence-informed practice and education theory to develop educational programs that will achieve the most effective outcomes, and deliver formal group or individual educational activities to staff and patients/clients/residents/families. Measures education plan success and amends plans accordingly. Participates in research, policy, quality improvement, and risk management activities. The Clinical Nurse Educator performs their duties with a unit, hospital, program and/or regional focus and may be required to work at multiple sites across Fraser Health.

Responsibilities

- Determines education priorities that meet clinical and learner needs, in collaboration with the Manager/Director; completes learning needs assessments of individuals or groups to assist in the determination of the educational requirements and their objectives.




- Develops and revises educational programs based on clinical evidence, policy (e.g. clinical decision support tools), literature and resources, and education theory.
- Creates supportive and interprofessional learning environments; utilizes education theory and builds solid professional relationships with learners in order to facilitiate open communication.
- Delivers learner-centered education to individual or groups of staff and patients/clients/residents/families through methods such as conducting formal presentations, mentoring, coaching, facilitating groups, demonstrating, providing lectures, role modeling, and providing point-of-care education and on-the-spot teaching.
- Plans and schedules educational activities and maintains a system for tracking attendance; maintains statistics for reporting purposes.
- Evaluates education program effectiveness by measuring the outcomes, determining whether the clinical objectives have been achieved, and assessing whether learning has occurred that results in the demonstration of best practices.
- Delivers other educational programs such as staff orientation, equipment/supply in-services, and other related Fraser Health initiatives.
- Arranges clinical placements for students and mentorship for new staff in consultation with the Manager and in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders.



Supports meaningful partnerships with the educational sector to foster learning.
- Collaborates with other practice leaders to provide leadership, consultation, and performance support to clinical staff, employed student nurses and students to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care.
- Supports staff to plan and carry out patient/client/resident/family education about discharge planning, illness prevention and health maintenance.
- Participates in quality improvement and risk management activities by methods such as evaluating effect of changes in practice, generating recommendations for alternative approaches to practices, conducting safety audits, and implementing teaching/learning when required.
- Participates in research and special projects; promotes staff awareness and involvement in research activities.
- Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, participates on a variety of designated professional or operational committees at the unit, hospital, program and/or regional level.
- Assists the Manager/Director by attending panel interviews, providing recommendations on the selection of new staff, and providing feedback on optimal use of budgetary resources as requested.
- Assists the Manager/Director by assessing clinical skill and performance, providing related input, and coaching staff to help them achieve established clinical performance goals.
- Participates in the review, development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed clinical decisions support tools/policies.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of

📌 Clinical Nurse Educator, Public Health (Pitt Meadows)
🏢 Fraser Health Authority
📍 Pitt Meadows