RN Clinical Mentor - Medicine

Salary

CAD $49.20 - $67.08 / hour

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Part Time RN Clinical Mentor to join our team in Abbotsford, B.C. .

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Detailed Overview

The Clinical Mentor role functions as an experienced clinical mentor, resource, and champion in the delivery of excellent client care to nurses and other team members. Working in conjunction with nurse educators, the Mentor provides rapid elbow‑to‑elbow clinical mentorship and practice support for nursing staff. Utilizing experience and clinical skills, the Mentor serves as a clinical resource to formally advise other nursing staff in nursing practice, provides clinical instruction, and supports staff training and development. The Mentor takes on a leadership role in performing functions such as mentoring staff to support skills development and supporting clinical practice initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with interprofessional team leaders to establish priorities for nurse and team learning. Priorities are based on assessments of individual and team learning needs through discussion with team members and in consultation with clinical educators by observing activities; determining required resources and learning opportunities; and analyzing information such as competency assessment, practice changes and quality improvement initiatives to determine and deliver effective learning and mentoring support.
• Facilitates staff learning and development by role‑modeling best practice nursing skills and related competencies. Promotes skill development and clinical decision making, answering questions related to client care and assisting with problem‑solving. Observes staff as they are performing client care, intervening as necessary to demonstrate appropriate provision of care. Provides feedback to ensure care is provided according to program standards, standards of practice and clinical practice guidelines.
• Provides clinical guidance, support and on‑the‑job learning experiences for nurses in the application of nursing processes and practice standards; observes and evaluates clinical practice to identify training and development opportunities.
• Collaborates with and supports clinical education by contributing to the determination of skill development priorities for staff. Supports preceptors / preceptees and mentors / mentees using teaching and learning principles as required.
• Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and experience, and provides continuous mentoring and coaching to facilitate performance improvement. Provides feedback and assists nursing staff with critical thinking when clients / patients experience variances to clinical guidelines / pathways. Discusses clients / patients problems and needs; plans and prioritizes nursing interventions, implements and evaluates interventions.
• Provides leadership in continuous quality improvement activities by utilizing evidence‑informed research to promote client / patient care based on the best practice.
• Ensures a safe and healthy workplace for clients / patients and staff through methods such as effective promotion of safe work practices and enforcement of health and safety requirements. Reports unsafe situations; investigates and takes corrective action and / or notifies appropriate personnel.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience

Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). Three (3) years of Acute, Community Health, or Long Term Care nursing practice relevant to the designated clinical area, including experience mentoring nursing staff as well as leadership training or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Valid BC Driver's License and access to personal vehicle may be required.

Skills and Abilities

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner. Together, we are the heart of health care.

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