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Senior Specialist, Practicum, Nursing page is loaded Senior Specialist, Practicum, Nursing Apply locations Lees Campus Ottawa, ON time type Full time posted on Posted 5 Days Ago job requisition id JR13785 Follow us on LinkedIn Job Type:EmployeeDuration in Months(for fixed-term jobs):N/AJob Family:Career and Employment# of Open Positions:1Faculty/Service - Department:School of NursingCampus:Ottawa, ONUnion Affiliation:SSUODate Posted:June 06, 2024Closing Date:June 17, 2024Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above Hours per week:35Salary Grade:SSUO Grade 11Salary Range:$87,272.00 - $110,239.00About the Faculty of Health Sciences About SciencesMake your mark with the Faculty of Health Sciences! Health matters to everyone and we are committed to becoming a nationally and internationally recognized leader in innovative approaches to active living, health promotion, and quality health services.Our success lies in our students and our people. Join us and every day you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact as we grow together and make a great faculty even better.Position purpose: Reporting to the Director of the School of Nursing, ensures the integrated management (leadership, planning and coordination) of all activities leading to the clinical training of undergraduate and graduate students. Is responsible and accountable for the short- and long-term planning, implementation, and execution of placements at each academic cycle. Negotiates with selected placements (hospital, long-term care, and community), recruits new partners, and retains current partners to provide quality clinical experiences for students. Ensures maximum use of the computerized network used for the coordination of health sciences placements in the Ottawa region, as well as management of the Schools clinical evaluation platform. Provides strategic leadership in the planning, development, and complex implementation of processes to ensure an efficient delivery of all placements. Develops a collaborative culture with all stakeholders that recognizes the importance and impact of everyone in the student experience when coordinating placements. Represents the School and student interests on various committees at faculty, regional and provincial levels with respect to clinical training. In this role, your responsibilities will include: Clinical placement planning and management: Determines priorities and analyzes overall clinical training needs. Develops and plans short- and long-term processes to ensure access to clinical settings for students enrolled in courses with a clinical component. Delegates the development and organization of laboratory schedules to the Intermediate Specialist, Practicum. Coordinates the creation and submission of internship applications for each program and for each academic cycle. Management of placement operations and activities: Oversees the management of various placement operations and activities. Acts as a consultant: Acts as a consultant for all matters relating to student placements and related processes.Advises students, practicum coordinators and professors on the choice of clinical settings, and on the measures to be taken to meet the prerequisites for clinical clerkships; informs students of the consequences of non-compliance. Recommends modifications or additions to laboratory activities based on changes in practices or observations reported by clinical settings. Communication and liaison: Communicates the placement guidelines issued by the various partners in the region. Initiates, cultivates, and maintains professional, positive, and productive relationships with the Schools and Universitys various partners with respect to students clinical training. Liaises with the Office of Risk Management regarding preclinicalrequirements. Negotiation with placement sites: Judiciously negotiates all requests between the Schools programs, with other universities in the region and with clinical agencies. Confirms accepted and rejected requests with internship coordinators. Liaises and follows up with agencies that have declined an internship application. Management of affiliation requests and agreements: Reviews the status of affiliation agreements for each placement. Coordinates the development of new agreements and renew existing ones. Computerized systems management: Manages the Schools clinical evaluation platform. Coordinates user access to the network. Placement Assignment: Assigns students to placements that will benefit their academic success following an analysis of their learning needs, language abilities, course objectives and placement agency limitations. Meetings and committees: Provides leadership as the School of Nursings representative on various faculty, regional and provincial committees related to practical training. Sits on the Regional Clinical Resources Committee and assumes the Chair or Vice-chair of the committee for a 2-year term. Supervision: Determines the tasks and responsibilities to be delegated to the Intermediate Specialist, supervises, and evaluates the performance. What you will bring: Bachelor’s degree in nursing. Minimum of 5 years of experience as a registered nurse. Minimum of 3 years of experience in a clinical nursing coordination role 9or a related professional program). Member of the College of Nurses of Ontario. Knowledge of university, hospital, long-term care, and community settings. Knowledge of current computer programs (Excel, Word, Outlook/Calendar). Knowledge of the placement management network and clinical evaluation platform. Knowledge of immunization principles and policies. Experience with interdisciplinary teams. Negotiation skills, tact, and diplomacy. Leadership, initiative, autonomy, and creativity. Bilingualism: French and English (spoken and written); to be considered for this position, candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute. Key Competencies at uOttawa:Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.About usThe University of Ottawa is a dynamic community of students, professionals and academics pursuing great things. Our vision for the university of tomorrow is one that reflects the diversity of our people, their ideas and their lived experiences. We believe in the power of representation and in increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff to support this objective.We’re committed to an inclusive workplace that acknowledges and celebrates all voices, fosters personal and professional development and challenges you to reach new heights.Health and WellnessJoin a vibrant community that puts your health and wellness first. With mental health workshops, counselling resources, meetings on the move, and countless fitness resources, youll have everything you need to find balance in your life. 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