0000039630 - DIRECTOR, NURSING PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, FT

DIRECTOR, NURSING PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, FT

Posted Date : 2 / 12 / 2025

Closing Date : 2 / 18 / 2025

Functional Discipline : CORPORATE

Job Title : DIRECTOR, NURSING PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, FT

Status : FULL TIME

Department : CORPORATE EDUCATION

Location : MAROTTA FAMILY HOSPITAL, ST. CATHARINES

Hours of Work : 75 HOURS PER PAY PERIOD

Wage Range : $82.846 TO $93.733 per hour

Position Objective : At Niagara Health, we are committed to delivering on our promise of a great patient experience, satisfied staff and physicians, and financial stability. Your strong leadership skills will enable you to make a difference by engaging with patients, rounding with staff and achieving results.

In alignment with Our Purpose : Extraordinary Caring. Every Person. Every Time; we are looking for a dynamic leader who excels in engaging people, promoting quality, building successful teams, planning and decision making.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Practice, Clinical Support & CNE, the Director, Nursing Practice provides strategic and professional leadership to nursing practice, quality patient care, and education initiatives, including student experiences. The Director will have responsibility for a number of specialty teams, including the Nurse Educators, Staffing Resource Team, Wound, Ostomy & Continence Team, and will support the SCOPE program. By setting a vision and promoting a strong nursing practice environment the Director will create a team environment of inclusion, attentive listening, respect, sensitivity, kindness, patience and empathy along with ensuring clinical excellence through promotion of best practice implementation. This position will be located primarily at the St. Catharines Site however regular travel will be required to other sites.

We are seeking a highly motivated, self-directed, results oriented leader who consistently demonstrates an innovative, creative, and collaborative management style.

Accountabilities :

• Sets the vision and leads in the design, implementation and evaluation of structures and processes to advance nursing practice and education.
• Provides oversight and direction to the integration of profession specific regulatory standards into organizational practices.
• Provides oversight and direction to the design and implementation of care delivery models that enable full scope of practice across professions.
• Sets evidence informed clinical practice standards and maintains clinical policies and procedures to enable best patient outcomes.
• In collaboration with Program Directors, Managers and Nurse Educators monitors quality of clinical care and acts on clinical practice improvement opportunities through strategic and responsive policies, processes and educational activities.
• Provides oversight and direction to clinical research initiatives, the integration of best practice guidelines, Registered Nurse Association of Ontario Best Practice Spotlight Organization program accountabilities.
• Fosters professional development, scholarly inquiry and continuous learning opportunities for students, interprofessional and nursing team members.
• Provides oversight and consultation advice to Managers, Directors and HR during review of incidents involving nursing practice.
• Builds networks with academic institutions to achieve the academic plan.

Qualifications :

Possessing over 10 years' experience and progression in senior leadership roles in large, complex health care environments, the successful candidate will lead by example and champion Niagara Health's strategic priorities, vision and mission. The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker who has proven success in introducing innovative, sustainable ideas and initiatives into the clinical environment and who has outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

The successful candidate will possess a Bachelor's and Master's degree and will have current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario and will :

Questions, quoting the job posting number may be directed to [email protected]

At Niagara Health, we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all people. We are especially interested in hearing from you if you are excited about being part of a respectful and hard-working team in the beautiful Niagara Region, have a passion for service and excellence in healthcare, have a background or related expertise in the healthcare environment, supporting patient care and providing extraordinary customer-service.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Niagara Health will provide accommodations through the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

At Niagara Health, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. As a part of this work, we collect information on Ontario Human Rights Code grounds and non-Code grounds in order to : hire and retain diverse talent, prevent and / or address systemic barriers to access and opportunity, improve service delivery and programs and advance diversity and inclusion overall. All identification questions are optional and include a "prefer not to answer" option.

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