Clinical Nurse Specialist – Wound Care, Nursing Education

• Analyzing and synthesizing knowledge;
• Understanding, interpreting and applying nursing theory and research
• Developing and advancing nursing knowledge and the profession as a whole providing leadership and promoting excellence in patient focused clinical care in collaboration with the patient, family and interprofessional team (CNA, 2008)

• Analyze patterns of patient responses and needs within a complex population and develops strategies to create unit, organization and system based changes to optimize wound and ostomy healthcare outcomes
• Coordinate and leads innovative training programs for family and/or caregivers of patients with ostomies and complex wounds
• Provide advanced practice clinical consultation and support to the organization regarding wound and ostomy issues

• Facilitate knowledge translation in the clinical setting to support care in highly complex and unpredictable situations
• Support nursing practice in meeting the standards of care for patients living with ostomies and complex wounds through mentoring, role modelling, consultation and education
• Facilitate the strategic and innovative program planning and evaluation of wound and ostomy care
• Incorporate and disseminates knowledge from continuous learning to advance and evaluate nursing practice
• Promote the role of wound and ostomy nursing through involvement in academic pursuits, professional associations and special interest groups
• Liaise with academic partners to develop and provide wound and ostomy care educational programs
• Perform other duties consistent with the job classification as required

• Critique, interpret, synthesize, utilize and disseminate evidence as it relates to wound, ostomy and continence nursing, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
• Use research and outcome data to formulate, evaluate and/or revise policies, procedures and guidelines, standards of care and programs
• Develop and evaluate wound and ostomy programs and services at all levels of the organization.
• Act as a principal investigator or collaborator with other health care team members to identify, conduct or support research that enhances wound and ostomy nursing care
• Identify the need for practice improvement to promote safe, effective and reliable care that has a positive impact on patient and system outcomes
• Use a wide range of strategies to encourage clinicians to engage in clinical inquiry
• Apply theories and principles of safety, project management and change management
• Develop and maintain standards of nursing practice and management of patient care through creation of an environment conducive to growth and development of staff
• Participate in recruitment and retention activities

• Current certificate of registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in good standing
• Successful completion of a Master’s degree in nursing or related field from a CNO accredited academic institution
• Relevant specialty certificate or completion of Wound Care Education programs e.g. Wound, Ostomy and Continence CNA Certification; International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC-CAN​); Wound, Ostomy and Continence Education Program (WOC-EP™); Wound Healing Master's Program
• 3-5 years of clinical experience in wound care
• Experience in developing, monitoring, and evaluating care plans created in collaboration with the interprofessional team; Program planning and evaluation methodology skills

• Member of Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
• CNS or Advance Practice Nurse experience
• Eligible for cross-appointment to an academic institution

• Expert knowledge in a clinical nursing specialty
• Knowledge of adult learning principles, curriculum development, and teaching learning strategies
• Demonstrated experience with knowledge transfer
• Experience in developing clinical tools such as policies/procedures, clinical protocols, order sets
• Demonstrated ability to lead and sustain change
• Knowledge of statistics and ability to analyse and synthesize fiscal and patient care data
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, leadership and organizational skills
• Excellent decision making, problem recognition, problem solving skills, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Commitment to collaborative and interprofessional practice
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Knowledge of Meditech or computerized documentation skills
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance history

Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital