Clinical Leader Development, NICU

Company : IWK Health

Req ID: 195828 
Department/Program: NICU, Women's & Newborn Health 
Location: Halifax  
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE)  x 1 position(s)
 Start Date: April 1, 2025
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $42.6131 - $54.0593 /hour
Closing Date: February 3, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Clinical Leader Development (CLD), is a Registered Nurse who primarily provides leadership in the professional/practice development of direct care nurses, among other disciplines, on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As a clinical expert, the CLD will be a resource and mentor for nursing within the team. Promoting outcome focused performance; the CLD will enhance communication and teamwork by implementing education strategies. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: implementation of the education process; certification and re-certification of Beyond Entry Level Competencies; facilitates and provides clinical development of all nursing staff with added emphasis on new staff members; provides education sessions based on identified needs of the neonatal care team; develops and supports a clinical skills mentoring process with staff, with a peer approach to learning; develops and supports teaching skills and knowledge among all team members; facilitates and support quality improvement initiatives; engages in centre-wide education initiatives. 

In addition to the roles and responsibilities of a Professional Nurse, the Clinical Leader Development also has the following accountabilities:
 

• Facilitates develops and implements courses and activities that support practice needs and trends in the health care environment
• Participates in on-going self-development and professional learning
• Demonstrates high level of initiative, independent thinking, judgement, and creativity when making complex decisions
• Mentors team members through a supportive learning environment by assessing learner competency, providing flexible learning experiences, modeling professional practice, and providing required feedback
• Works collaboratively with manager, preceptor, and staff to develop learning plan that supports ongoing practice progression
• Develops and implements learning needs assessments for both new and existing staff and for specific additional nursing roles
• Models behaviour that is aligned with the mission and values of the IWK including promoting and practicing quality and safe patient care
• Demonstrates expertise in collaborative patient centered and family integrated practice

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday; 7.5 hours. Flexibility with weekday hours may be discussed. 

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required (candidates with equivalent experience and education will be considered). Master’s Degree Preferred.
• Registered with NSCN, or eligible to be registered, required.
• Recent (within the last 5 years) Neonatal Intensive Care nursing experience required.
• Minimum Five (5) years Neonatal Intensive Care nursing experience required.
• Clinical expertise in Neonatal Intensive Care nursing required.
• Certification in Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing preferred.
• Current NRP Certification required.
• Current CPR BLS Provider Course required.
• Demonstrated skills in promoting learning and clinical development required.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills required, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated excellent leadership, mentoring, interpersonal, problem solving, decision making and organizational skills required.
• Demonstrated facilitation and presentation skills required, as well as team building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team required.
• Sound understanding of and commitment to family integrated maternity and neonatal care required.
• Demonstrated visionary regarding trends in Neonatal Care.
• Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning required.
• Demonstrated expert negotiation and conflict resolution skills required.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development and practice required.
• Competency in other languages considered an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Nursing  bargaining  unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.