Nursing Instructor III Perioperative Nursing Program

About the Opportunity

The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care evidence-informed practice and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector regulators and government the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.

Reporting to the Manager The Learning Institute the Nursing Instructor I/II is responsible through assigned teaching responsibilities for assisting with the implementation of entry-level and specialty level educational programming in accordance with the Learning Institutes educational framework and provincial mandate.

This position promotes the advancement of professional practice within the Nova Scotia health care community. The Nursing Instructor I/II has the primary responsibility for facilitating learning according to the prescribed curriculum and works collaboratively with the Nurse Educator and Nursing Instructor IV to provide educational programming for nursing and interprofessional programs using face-to-face simulated and online delivery methods as well as at point of care education as a clinical instructor in the practice setting. The Nursing Instructor I/II practices according to the Registered Nurses Act Nova Scotia College of Nursing and Standards of Practice of Registered Nurses.

This position will support the Perioperative Nursing Program with a particular focus on blended learning.

Please note this position requires periodic travel to facilities within Nova Scotia. A valid drivers license and access to transportation is required.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Science of Nursing an asset
• Active practicing license in good standing with Nova Scotia Nursing and Midwifery Regulator (NSNMR) required
• Certificate course or CNA certification in Perioperative nursing required
• Certificate course in adult education (or equivalency) preferred
• Minimum two (2) years recent and continuous clinical experience in Perioperative nursing required
• Current experience with classroom on-line and skill/simulation teaching including low to high fidelity simulation preferred
• Current experience with coordinating and implementing skill and simulated based teaching and assessment methods preferred
• Previous preceptor experience required
• BLS for Health Care Providers certification required
• Demonstrated recent professional development relevant to maintaining currency in practice and education
• Demonstrated ability to work with interprofessional groups of learners/employees in a variety of educational settings (e.g. classroom online lab practice setting)
• Proficiency with computer skills and applications including Complete Microsoft Suite; internet browsers; Learning Management Systems; Web-based classroom and discussion boards
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education experience training and certifications.

Hours

• Long Assignment full time position; 75 hours biweekly
• Approximately 18 months

Compensation and Benefits

$44.44 - $55.20 hourly
$57.13 hourly with 25 years nursing experience.

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health dental travel long-term disability and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.