Clinical Nurse Educator​/Registered Nurse; ONA MH

Department:
Nipissing Specialized Geriatric Services (King St.)

Clinical Nurse Educator/Regional Consultation Service Registered Nurse - Composite

The Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) provides educational opportunities and programs in an outpatient specialized geriatric services setting to ensure the provision of quality patient care. Using the nursing process as a framework, the CNE develops educational programs to meet the learning and training needs of staff across the program and acts as a resource for staff development and enhancement. The CNE maintains a broad skill set to provide coverage for other CNEs when required.

The role also includes responsibility for patient education and the development of tools and programs designed to meet the learning needs of patients receiving care  Nipissing Specialized Geriatric Services CNE reports to the Seniors’ Mental Health, Geriatric Medicine, and Behavioural Supports Ontario programs. In addition, as part of this composite role, the incumbent participates in the Seniors’ Mental Health Regional Consultation Service (SMH-RCS), providing specialized interdisciplinary outreach services for older adults and their care partners, including comprehensive mental health assessments, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and follow-up for conditions such as neurocognitive disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Certification/Experience/Knowledge:

• Current Certificate of Registration – College of Nurses of Ontario required
• Certified Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse, Canada (CPMHNC) required
• Graduate of a recognized BScN program required, Master’s in Nursing/Master of Science in Nursing preferred
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers (HCP) Certificate required (recent within the last twelve months)
• Gerontology certificate/diploma/degree an asset
• Recent (within 3 years) clinical experience working within the full scope of practice as an RN or Clinical Nurse Educator within a specialized seniors’ mental health and/or geriatric medicine setting required
• Experience in monitoring the transfer of knowledge, which includes identifying/analysing trends, documenting the learning process and its outcomes with quality standards, and informing the development of new policies and procedures required
• Experience in Motivational Interviewing (MI) Stages of Change an asset
• Applied knowledge of key geriatric health assessment tools (e Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Barthel Index, Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), MoCA, Mini Mental status Examination (MMSE)) in addtion to awareness of best practice resources in mental health and behavioural health etc. is required
• Certification and applied knowledge in the following fundamental core competencies: GPA, P.I.E.C.E.S., Dementi Ability and Recovery Philosophy required
• Enhanced knowledge of emerging and best practices pertaining to pharmacology in older adults (particularly psychotropic medications), in addition to applied non-pharmacological interventions required
• Experience in leading change processes by involving relevant parties/partners and applying projects management skills to effectively implement and sustain new processes and practice changes required
• Values continuous education and reflective practices by seeking out and initiating applicable professional development opportunities (webinars, catalogue of resources materials, huddles, lunch and learns, etc.) required
• Experience in providing individual and team mentorship to staff required
• Experience in participating in and/or leading relevant committees

• Demonstrated RN clinical competence, leadership and applied inter-collaborative skills to promote, facilitate and…