Internal applicants must apply by 11:59pm on May 2nd, 2024.

About Joseph Brant Hospital:

Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service community teaching hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. JBH is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara’s Top Employers for eight (8) consecutive years, with a skilled staff of 194 physicians, 1,911 full- and part-time staff, and more than 300 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. Its expanded campus includes the state-of-the-art Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower, featuring a new Emergency Department, 295 acute inpatient beds, 9 new Operating Rooms, and post-anaesthetic care unit to support expanded medical, surgical, and outpatient services. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team (OHT).  

JBH inspires and empowers a culture of caring and this is demonstrated in many ways including our commitment to the health, safety, and wellbeing of our people. For more information, visit www.josephbranthospital.ca.

Responsibilities:

JBH is currently recruiting for a temporary full time Professional Practice Educator to join our Medicine Team. 

Reporting to the Manager, Interprofessional Practice and Director, Medicine, Post-Acute and Access & Flow, the individual in this role will work in partnership and in collaboration with the Medicine Management and the Professional Practice Educator Teams. 

This position provides support for practice and quality initiatives across the nursing and interprofessional practice team in Inpatient Medicine by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating programs to enhance clinical competency, quality improvement and team development. 

The Professional Practice Educator facilitates and supports continuous learning, professional development, and service excellence through the implementation of evidence based practice. The Professional Practice Educator will also contribute to organizational deliverables including new hire onboarding, student coordination and corporate committee membership. 

Working in an interprofessional, patient centered environment, the ideal candidate will have effective interpersonal and communication skills combined with the ability to work collaboratively within and across professions; a strong ability to implement strategies based on best practice standards that effectively facilitate change, and possess a commitment to knowledge transfer strategies to ensure a high degree of safe and competent care delivery.

Qualifications:

• Current CNO Registration (in good standing)
• Bachelor degree in Nursing required
• Master’s Degree in Nursing or Education required (completed or in progress).
• A minimum of 5 years of Medicine RN experience
• Acute care experience within the last 3 years
• Coronary Care 1 required
• Experience in assessing learning needs of individual nurses (both existing and new hires), 
  unit/program nurses
• Experience developing education plans containing goals, objectives, resources and evaluation 
  activities.
• Proven ability to design and deliver programs
• Evidence of strong clinical knowledge and sound decision making
• Ability to work autonomously
• Knowledge and experience with using and interpreting quality metrics and change management 
  methodologies required
• Demonstrated proficiency with knowledge transfer, program development and implementation, 
  project and change management, and evaluation skills relative to clinical practice and the practice 
  of education
• Knowledge of nursing practice standards as outlined by the College of Nurses of Ontario and the 
  applicability to the practice setting
• Committed to excellence in all elements of professional practice, including excellence in patient 
  care processes, measuring outcomes, collaboration, and professional growth through education 
  and research utilization
• Innovative, creative and professional role model
• Ability to prioritize/organize multiple projects with strict deadlines
• Able to promote practice excellence both internally and externally through research, education, 
  and quality initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills, organizational time and change management skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio

To be considered for this exciting opportunity please visit the JBH Careers page to apply. We ask that you please include the posting number in the subject line of any email correspondence. No phone calls, please. We thank all applicants and only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Joseph Brant Hospital prioritizes the health and well-being of our patients, employees, credentialed staff, volunteers and learners. As a condition of employment, all successful candidates are required to provide proof of two COVID-19 vaccines authorized by Health Canada within 24-48 hours of receiving an offer of employment, or proof of a documented exemption pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Any information obtained during the recruitment process will be used for employment recruitment only, and not for any other purpose.

At Joseph Brant Hospital, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as we continue and expand our efforts to become a more inclusive, safe and respectful place for everyone to visit, work and receive care. HR will accommodate any needs under the Ontario Human Right Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).  Recruitment processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. 

Should you require accommodation through the application and/or recruitment process, please contact HR for assistance at careers@josphbranthospital.ca or at Ext. 4129 to allow opportunity for appropriate accommodations to be made.