Join a hospital where everyone makes a difference! Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH) is a thriving community hospital that proudly provides acute care services including: Emergency, Surgery, Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Health, Intensive Care, Mental Health, and Inpatient Rehabilitation.

Our vision is to creating healthier communities together. Our dedicated and skilled staff are passionate about providing outstanding patient-centred care, and an exceptional patient experience to residents of the Waterloo Region and beyond.

Come be part of our vision as CMH leads in innovation and compassion!  To learn more about CMH, please visit our website at www.cmh.org.

Why Should You Apply to CMH?

• Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Group benefits, including health and dental, for full-time employees
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Leadership and Quality Improvement Curriculum
• Career Development & Education Grant
• Wellness, & Wellbeing Program
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Reporting to the Manager of Professional Practice, the Clinical Educator/Facilitator (CEF) – Women and Children’s Programs serves as a role model and leader to support care that optimizes patient outcomes and experiences while enhancing the safety, efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of patient care by:

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating education for nursing and the inter-professional team
• Enhancing current knowledge and skills of theory and practice in their area of specialty through continuous learning
• Serving as a clinical practice/education resource using sound clinical judgement
• Being change agents and roles models that advocate for and create learning/education environments that enhance clinical and professional practice and life-long learning
• Working with other clinical leaders to support the development of staff, including participation in corporate education and other initiatives
• Collaborating with inter-professional teams and external partners to influence and advance best practices in education and evidence based practice

Responsibilities:

The primary role of the Clinical Educator/Facilitator – Women and Children’s Programs is to facilitate a learning environment where evidence-based knowledge is translated via education to optimize the patient’s outcomes and experiences. This includes developing educational plans and activities aimed at improving nursing/clinical knowledge, skills and competencies and in collaboration with others, and supporting the ongoing professional development of unit/program staff.

The Clinical Educator/Facilitator has three main areas of responsibility.

Education:

• Education and staff development, particularly in relation to nurses
• Assess learning needs and styles of inter-professional team
• Design and deliver education that is tailored to specific needs of individual/unit/program
• Develop curricula using contemporary educational theories, principles, and models
• Develop outlines and content for orientation within Pedeatrics, Special Care Nursery and Labour and Devivery. 
• Incorporates best evidence and relevant research findings into content and delivery methods
• Incorporates best practices in education (e.g. principles of adult learning, domains of learning)
• Incorporates inter-professional core competencies where applicable
• Monitors and evaluates education and mastery of student learning; revises education and learning activities to meet emerging needs
• Provides timely feedback to staff on their learning and application to their practice competence
• Demonstrates professionalism including legal, ethical and professional values as a basis for developing nursing standards, guidelines, policies, procedures and decision making

Consultation/Collaboration:

• Engages and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to identify and support educational, clinical practice, and Corporate initiatives
• Engages members of the intra- and inter-professional team, management team and across hospital departments in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational, clinical practice, and Corporate initiatives
• Actively participates in the Clinical Educator/Facilitator team and works collaboratively with other CEF colleagues
• Collaborates with the hospital’s Inter-professional Education Coordinator to facilitate nursing student placements and adherence to learning management system requirements
• Collaborates with Clinical Manager(s) in interviewing, hiring and contributing to the evaluation of nursing, health disciplines, and clerical staff
• Participates in hospital and corporate committees and other groups to represent the CEF perspective and serves as a bridge to the unit/program and Clinical Educator/Facilitator team by disseminating committee information and decisions

Research and Quality Improvement:

• Supports and participates in the implementation of evidence based practice (best practice guidelines and other forms of evidence) and quality improvement initiatives on unit/in programs including Corporate initiatives
• Leads, supports, and participates in programmatic and unit/clinic based quality improvement initiatives
• Utilizes critical inquiry and the ability to participate in research, translate knowledge, and utilize findings to identify and address educational and practice-based challenges
• Demonstrates the key skills, behaviours, abilities, and knowledge required to make meaningful health system change, integrate actions dedicated to patient, family, and community care, and build healthy workplaces
• Embodies the LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities to develop and maintain initiatives and programmes to shape the future of health profession education and clinical practice

Qualifications:

• Must be Registered with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is required (or Diploma in Nursing with Baccalaureate degree in related health care field)
• Masters degree in Nursing or related health care field, or willing to work towards
• Certificate in Nursing Education for the Practice Setting preferred
• Completion of a Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II: Basic Rescuer certification is required
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience work in Obstetrics 
• Knowledge of the standards of care for a level 2a maternal and child health program is required
• Understanding of provincial BORN database; engagement with regionals maternal and children’s health networks
• Current certifications in NRP, FHS is required
• Formal teaching preparation as an educator or evidence of working towards is required
• Canadian Nurses Association certification in relevant specialty is preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of Cambridge Memorial Hospital
• Must have an excellent attendance record

Posted hours do not constitute a guarantee that shifts will not be subject to change.

As per the O.N.A. Collective Agreement all O.N.A. members (full-time, part-time and casual) are eligible to apply for this position. 

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID-19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Cambridge Memorial Hospital requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.

The successful external applicant is required to provide the applicable criminal record check, as requested by Human Resources, in accordance with federal and provincial legislation. Valid criminal record checks are in original format and dated with two months from date of conditional offer from CMH.

CMH Inclusion Statement

At Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH), community matters to us. We acknowledge and are grateful for the opportunity to meet, work and offer healthcare on what is the traditional territories for the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee and the Chinnonton.

We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful, caring, and inclusive workplace; one that generates belonging.  We want a work culture where people are free to express their authentic selves and are able to bring their best daily. That includes a workplace that is free from violence, harassment and discrimination of any kind.

We welcome all applicants and encourage members of equity-deserving groups including Indigenous and LGBTQ2SIA+ communities regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, neurodiversity or physical ability.  We promise to ask if needed, and to provide reasonable accommodation to you during the recruitment and selection process to ensure an equitable experience.

To support all of us in this journey, Cambridge Memorial Hospital is an employee partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion (CCDI) and provides access to all CMH members to CCDI resources and education. We encourage you to reflect upon our inclusive commitment to you as we welcome and encourage you to explore a promising future career at CMH.

Mari Iromoto Executive Champion Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Susan Toth, Director of Human Resources

We thank all those who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted