Clinical Educator (Transitional Care Program)

The University Health Network, where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of ground-breaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

UHN’s Transitional Care Program (TCP) includes UHN’s Buttonwood Reactivation Care Centre (RCC), Hillcrest Reactivation Centre & Queens Estate Transitional Care units. The RCC aims to improve restoration to help patients maintain social, cognitive and physical functioning by leveraging patient-specific, goal-based service planning. Patients serviced by the TCP do not require acute care but need to engage in activities to improve their function and independence, provided less active medical management and more therapy and activity. TCP also serves several health system purposes, including:

Reporting to the Manager of Professional Practice, the Clinical Educator is a member of the TCP’s leadership team and works within the Collaborative Academic Practice portfolio. The Clinical Educator will be expected to possess a set of core competencies fundamental to developing and advancing best practices at the point-of-care across the three TCP sites. Key components of the role involves focusing on: staff education and development; promoting and enhancing interprofessional collaboration; facilitating knowledge translation into practice; as well as leadership and change management. The Clinical Educator must be proficient in assessing staff learning needs, and be able to develop, deliver and evaluate educational programs. The Clinical Educator will also collaborate with unit managers, other educators and stakeholders to support various practice-based or clinical care projects. Finally, the Clinical Educator will contribute to scholarship, a culture of inquiry and research, as appropriate.

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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