Req ID: 221782
Location: Western Zone, Yarmouth Regional Hospital
Department: IPPL Nursing Education SW
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT short-assignment (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 26-Jun-26
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
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The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.
Reporting to the Site Administrator, the Lecturer is responsible for participating in curricula and program development that reflect health care trends and for planning, implementing, and evaluating student learning experience in the BScN Program. These activities are to be consistent with the curriculum, values, and strategic plan of the Dalhousie University School of Nursing and Nova Scotia Health. Through education, scholarship, practice and community service, faculty promote the advancement of professional nursing practice.
We would like to hear from you if you have the following:
- Registered Nurse with undergraduate nursing degree and a master’s degree required, preferably in nursing
- In the absence of the above qualifications, considerations will be given to those who are currently in progress of completing a Maser's degree
- Current registration (in good standing) with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing required
- A minimum of 2 years of current (within the last 24 months) experience in a clinical setting required; preferably in medical-surgical nursing or community nursing
- BSCN student clinical teaching experience required
- BSCN student classroom and/or clinical lab/simulation teaching experience preferred
- HCP-C certification
- Joint appointment with Dalhousie University School of Nursing
- Leadership skills in teaching and clinical practice
- Expert clinical judgement and decision-making
- Knowledge of ethical practice/standards in teaching, practice, research, and scholarly work
- Knowledge of the principles of adult teaching and learning, active learning strategies, and experience in facilitating learning activities
- Demonstrates effective collaborative interpersonal relationships with students and diverse groups in academic, health care and the community settings
- Proficient in the use of various computer systems and software required for inter-site collaboration, student placement, teaching and clinical practice settings
- Well-developed conceptual, problem-solving, and decision-making skills for effective participation in diverse settings and in teaching and committee work
- Uses independent decision-making skills in evaluating and grading students in relation to course objectives in accordance with university academic standards and administrative regulations
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications
- Short Assignment full-time; 75 hours biweekly
- Approximately 6 months
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. 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.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
