Clinical Practice Leader

Job title: Clinical Practice Leader

Company: Bayshore HealthCare

Job description: If you are a nurse leader committed to making a difference in advancing professional practice, collaboration and excellence in team-based care and service delivery, then this opportunity is for you. We are looking for a Clinical Practice Leader (CPL), to join our remote national team in leading clinical orientation and preceptorship. In this role you’ll be providing inspirational support, consultation, education, and clinical leadership to thousands of clinical managers, professional, and paraprofessional team members from across Canada.Bayshore HealthCare is proud to be a Best Practice Spotlight Organization and a Platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies Program every year since 2006. Bayshore HealthCare provides specialty nursing home care services including Wound Care Management, Infusion Therapy, Oncology & Palliative Care, Chronic Disease & Seniors Care, Dementia & Alzheimer’s Care, Diabetes Care, and Pediatric Care in the comfort of individuals’ own homes. We also provide care and services in Community Clinics, Schools, Long Term Care Homes, Specialty Homes, & Retirement Homes.As the ideal candidate, you are a Registered Nurse with advanced learning and education at the baccalaureate or master’s prepared level and enjoy working from your own home office. You have a keen ability to provide education utilizing adult learning principles and you are a passionate advocate and leader and exemplify emotional and cultural competencies and inspire others to be the best they can be. Under the leadership of the Chief Nursing Officer, the Clinical Practice Leader reports directly to the Manager of Clinical Education and IPACDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Fosters high quality safe and excellent professional and paraprofessional care and service delivery.
• Lead and support the development, implementation, evaluation, and optimization of selected clinical programs, including education, policy and procedure development, monitoring and communication of key performance indicators.
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and promote clinical policies, procedures and protocols based on evidence-based practices, professional standards and guidelines.
• Actively supports, advocates, and advances all components of the Clinical Practice Strategy.
• Facilitate a learning environment where evidence-based knowledge is translated via education and ‘train the trainer’ to support the Clinical Manager and optimize the client/patient’s outcomes and experiences. This includes identifying learning needs and developing education plans and activities aimed at improving clinical knowledge, skills, and competencies and supporting the ongoing professional development of professional and paraprofessional staff.
• Maintain current knowledge and expertise of evidenced-based practice.
• Participate and leads quality and continuous improvement activities in keeping with Bayshore’s Quadruple Aim, Quality Management System.
• Keep current on emerging trends and issues including up to date documentation of selected Provincial Regulatory body’s Standards of Practice, and liaise with Provincial regulating bodies, as required.
• Act as a resource and provide guidance to the Bayshore Business Divisions as requested, to ensure compliance with all relevant federal and provincial legislated standards of professional practice as well as internal policies.
• Acts a change leader to support and ensure revised and/or new clinical practice initiatives, and policy/procedures/forms are implemented and adopted seamlessly into practice and old practices/forms/policies are replaced.
• Actively participates as a member of the Clinical/Quality Response Team (CQRT) and provides on-call coverage during and after business hours.
• Lead and support clinical projects as approved by the Director of Clinical Practice & Education. Ensures local clinical teams are engaged in activities that directly affects them.
• Supports the clinical manager and HR in related professional and paraprofessional practice and misconduct issues. Escalates for further investigation to the Director of Clinical Practice and the Chief Clinical/Nursing Officer.
• Provide an active leadership role in the design, implementation, adoption, and sustainability of integrated digital health systems (e.g., electronic medical records, portals, etc.), for professionals and paraprofessionals, resulting in greater efficiency in the utilization of digital health systems for the delivery of safe, high-quality evidence-based care.
• Adhere to Bayshore policies and procedures.
• As the clinical subject matter expect, participates in Quality-of-Care reviews and supports and monitors the achievement of clinical quality improvements in the respective Bayshore Business division. Participate in and contribute to external thought leadership and education activities.
• Contribute to methods aimed at promotion and improvement of team engagement.
• All duties and responsibilities of this position will be performed with consideration to client/patient safety and well-being.
• Maintain privacy & confidentiality of client/patient, employee, and corporate information, including appropriate digital/cybersecurity safeguards.
• Complete other tasks and duties as requested.

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Comply with Bayshore’s Health and Safety policies and procedures, safe work practices and requirements, including but not limited to Infection Prevention & Control.
• Take reasonable care to work safely and carry out duties as to not cause accidental injury to self, fellow employees, or the general public.
• Monitor compliance with health and safety policies, procedures, and standards.
• Communicate all health and safety information including, but not limited to, policies, procedures, standards, hazards, hazard control and safe work practices.
• Participates in proactive Health & Safety activities while performing all duties.
• Immediately report all injuries, near misses or potential hazards to direct supervisor or alternate as appropriate.
• Always maintain and promote a safe working environment.
• Maintain awareness of role and participate in emergency response and/or drills a required.
• Review and maintain all workplace harassment and/or violence policies and expectations.

Reporting Relationships

• The Clinical Practice Leader reports directly to the National Manager of Clinical Education and IPAC

Work Location : Bayshore Healthcare, National Office, Mississauga ONRemoteQualificationsEducation:

• A baccalaureate/or master’s degree in nursing or in a other health-related profession.
• Certification and expertise in respective clinical programs.
• Current registration with the regulatory college within the province of residence is required.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 to 10 years of clinical practice or leadership.
• Advanced knowledge and related experience of the principles, practices, and methods of nursing; experience in the development of community and homecare and client/patient teaching programs; knowledge of theoretical frameworks and research application.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to work autonomously and as part of a team, ability to meet deadlines, demonstrated track record of high productivity, confidence, and sound judgment in working with a variety of professional and paraprofessional staff.
• Exceptional clinical skills, ability to work collaboratively, assume leadership responsibilities, and communicate effectively.
• Demonstrates basic clinical analysis and informatics competencies (e.g., device application and information communication technology basic skills).
• The CPL will maintain a home office, however some travel to branch locations throughout Canada is required for the position. The ability to speak French is an asset.

STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE

• The Clinical Practice Leader must demonstrate ongoing competency in completing all duties and responsibilities as detailed in this job description, as well as agreed upon specific goals and objectives. All duties and responsibilities of this position will be performed with consideration to client/patient safety and well-being.

“At Bayshore Healthcare, our commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is our strength. This is how we bring our vision of being the difference in the lives of those we care for, work with and in our communities. We have a great sense of pride in creating a culture of belonging, where individual differences are embraced and celebrated, through programs, resources and policies that support each individuals purpose, potential and wellbeing.”Bayshore operates in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and applicable Provincial Human Rights Codes.

Expected salary:

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 04:59:18 GMT

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