Nurse Educator, Indigenous Cultural Safety & Trauma Informed Care

Providence Health Care’s Professional Practice department is seeking a Nurse Educator who will specialize in Indigenous cultural safety and trauma-informed care across the organization. Working in close collaboration with the Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation Team, this role will provide crucial educational support to staff at various clinical sites.

Reporting to the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant and receiving work direction from the Practice Consultant, Education Strategist, the Nurse Educator:

• Incorporates the core concepts of patient and family-centred care (respect, dignity, information sharing, participation, and collaboration) and provides visible, accessible clinical support to the nursing staff by acting as an education resource for staff in the clinical areas.
• Using specialized theory and knowledge, develops, implements, and evaluates a range of formal/ informal educational programs and learning plans for nursing staff, including individual and group learning assessments and opportunities.
• Consults, confers and collaborates with others in the promotion of continuous quality improvement, resolution of clinical education issues, and coordination of activities required for progressive educational and clinical practice programs. Takes corrective action with respect to individual and group learning needs as required. Integrates the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing Informatics Entry-to-Practice Competencies for RNs into professional practice and education.

The IWR team guides Providence Health Care in its commitment to advance Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, informed by seminal reports like In Plain Sight (2021) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. All of us at Providence are responsible for advancing Indigenous human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, through processes underpinned by mutual respect and dignity. We also continually seek to maximize our capacity to deliver exceptional, culturally safe care to the Indigenous patients that we serve. The Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation team is an integral part of guiding and leading this work.

Implementing innovative solutions to challenges is a key part of advancing culturally safe, identify-affirming care. The implementation of innovative solutions often involves multiple teams and services, and requires coordination and respectful collaboration.

You can learn more about Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation at Providence here and see the impact of the IWR team’s work here.

Education:

• Registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant, plus three years recent related nursing experience in the designated clinical area of specialty including one year of experience (or training) in areas such as teaching, leadership, mentoring and preceptoring, facilitating group processes, team building, orientation/education program design, development, implementation and evaluation. Educator Pathway education is preferred.

Please note, that given this role’s clinical focus, lived experience is preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to teach, coach, and provide clinical support.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures appropriate for the area of service.
• Ability to identify learning needs and develop educational programs.
• Ability to provide and/or develop resource materials, including educational materials.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of adult education principles.
• Ability to lead a group.
• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to apply decision making and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to role model conflict resolution strategies.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work independently.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment, including computers.
  
  

• A competitive salary: The salary range for this position is $49.20 - $63.47 per hour, depending on experience.
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State-of-the-art facilities:  The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families, and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.

Your Day to Day: 

• Assesses and validates individual and group learning needs, and requests for education programs, by performing duties such as observing activities, discussing clinical issues with team members and/or patients/ residents/ families and analyzing data such as staff competency assessments and growth plans, practice changes, and quality improvement indicators, to determine specific educational requirements.
• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a range of formal/ informal educational programs and proposals for staff within the clinical area to meet learning needs, in collaboration with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant and other nursing staff. Coordinates and schedules timely educational activities, identifies outcome indicators, and evaluates and revises programs as needed.
• Orientates, supports, and coaches staff, preceptors/preceptees in clinical nursing skills and behaviours implementing role modeling, mentoring, and individual and group education/ teaching and learning principles and processes. Develops and implements individual growth plans to address identified staff learning needs by coordinating the development and implementation process with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant, and designated personnel and ensuring there is a growth plan for each staff member. Provides regular updates to the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant on the learning progress of staff.
• Facilitates learning by acting as a clinical resource, demonstrating expertise and leadership. Monitors staff progress against the growth plan and modifies / updates plans as needed to support staff's ability for achievement. Implements a variety of teaching/learning strategies that are congruent with the determined growth/ learning plans.
• Incorporates established educational standards and ensures education content reflects the most up-to-date, peer-reviewed, evidence-based best practice. Liaises with and provides feedback to other educators to ensure resources are current, relevant, cost effective and coordinated.
• Participates in students' clinical experience as required by collaborating with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant and other team members in the assignment of preceptors to students in conjunction with the unit training program for nurses.
• Supports and guides team members in collaboration with peers and others in resolution of moral/ethical patient/resident or team issues and conflict situations by utilizing advanced communication skills and providing educational support.
• Reviews policies, procedures, and reference materials and makes recommendations for changes. Updates as approved.
• Participates in research activities, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives as required. Reviews literature and developments in practice, technology and equipment to maintain currency, consults with community experts, evaluates clinical practice systems/standards, identifies new theories/ trends/ education programs. Generates recommendations for alternative approaches, follows up on incident reports, conducts safety audits and recommends changes to selected policies, procedures, protocols. Initiates strategies to improve patient/ resident care using principles of continuous quality improvement to promote delivery of high quality educational services.
• Promotes the use of research findings into practice by incorporating information into policies, procedures, reference materials, educational materials, and teaching sessions.
• Supports nursing practices across the hospital by participating in nursing, hospital wide, and community committees and working groups, designing, implementing, and evaluating hospital wide educational programs. Participates as a member of a teaching group. Teaches other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.

Who We Are:

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence has grown into globally renowned research, teaching, and care organization. As individuals within a mission-driven organization, we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organization’s long commitment to social justice and compassionate care, and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.