Company: University Health Network
Location: Toronto, ON
Expected salary:
Job date: Sun, 25 May 2025 04:52:52 GMT
Job description: Company DescriptionUHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada’s top research hospital, the scope of biomedical research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care. UHN has the largest hospital-based research program in Canada, with major research in neurosciences, cardiology, transplantation, oncology, surgical innovation, infectious diseases, genomic medicine and rehabilitation medicine. UHN is a research hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.UHN’s vision is to build A Healthier World and it’s only because of the talented and dedicated people who work here that we are continually bringing that vision closer to reality.Job DescriptionUnion: Non-Union
Site: Toronto Western Hospital
Department: JS Sonshine Centre – Department of Neurology / KBI
Reports to: Dr. Aleksandra Pikula
Work Model: In person and remote
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Days
Status: TFT *with an opportunity to transition to a PFT within a year time
Closing Date: June 8, 2025The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in Stroke Prevention and Brain Health at the Jay and Sari Sonshine Centre (JSSC) functions in an advanced practice role to provide expert, autonomous care for individuals at risk of stroke and those with post-stroke needs. The role is grounded around stroke prevention and brain health through lifestyle medicine, including interventions and education focused on nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, quality sleep, substance use reduction, and social engagement.As a leader and catalyst for change, the CNS in Stroke Prevention and Brain Health at the JS Sonshine Centre plays a vital role in advancing nursing practice and promoting interprofessional best practices to improve brain health, with a focus on stroke prevention and recovery, practicing with a holistic model of care. The CNS will ensure and promote continuity of care from clinic to community.Established in October 2023, the JSSC brings together patients, communities, clinicians, and scientists to prevent stroke and preserve brain health through integrated, patient-centered care. Grounded in the principles of lifestyle medicine, the Centre enhances outpatient services to support stroke prevention, improve post-stroke quality of life, and promote long-term brain health.The Centre’s mission is driven by three core pillars:Innovation in Care- to integrate and transform clinical care;Education – to promote brain health across families, communities and populations;Research – to foster national and international collaborations that advance brain health science.DutiesThe key responsibilities of the CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST include:
- Comprehensive Stroke Care: Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans incorporating lifestyle interventions such as evidence-based nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, sleep hygiene, and substance use reduction plan of care for patients and their families
- Clinical Leadership: Apply advanced nursing knowledge to manage referrals, coordinate care across settings, and ensure continuity from clinic to community.
- Education & Empowerment: Educate patients and families on stroke management and prevention. Deliver and support professional development alongside nurse educators and leaders.
- Knowledge Translation: Generate, apply, and share new knowledge. Monitor health trends and lead quality improvement and research to advance stroke care and prevention.
- System Innovation: Collaborate with stakeholders to lead innovations in practice, policy, education, and research that benefit both JSSC/hospital and community settings.
- Program & Quality Development: Contribute to policy, protocol, and data development. Support program growth and evaluate outcomes, including nurse-sensitive indicators.
- Advocacy & Engagement: Promote stroke awareness and prevention through public initiatives. Mentor staff and foster a culture of learning, safety, and excellence, while working in parallel and in collaboration with patient education, and engagement in research portfolio of the JSSC.
- Cross-Functional Support in Research: Perform additional duties aligned with the CNS scope to meet evolving program needs – community-based research (support with data collection and dissemination)
Other responsibilities include:
- Play an active role in formulating, translating, and disseminating new knowledge
- Supports quality health care through teaching, mentoring, quality monitoring and JSSC program development
- Initiates and participates in quality improvement and research that will expand nursing knowledge, and disseminate advances in stroke prevention to the staff and community
- Delivers, coordinates and participates in education in conjunction with the Nurse Practitioners, the Advanced Practice Nurse Educators and other nursing leaders including professional development activities
- Initiate and lead systems-level innovations in practice, policy, research, scholarship, and education that produce positive impacts in hospital and in the community
- Support nursing in meeting the best available evidence and benchmarks
- Participates in outcome evaluation including nurse-sensitive indicators
Qualifications
- Current certificate of registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) program, Level II Rescuer certification
- Master’s degree in nursing or recognized equivalent required
- Subspecialty certification in Stroke Care, Neuroscience, High Acuity Nursing Care Preferred
- 3-5 years nursing experience in stroke, neurology or neurosciences programs within an outpatients care setting
- Three (3) years of relevant experience including experience in an advanced clinical practice role, preferably in an outpatient care and/or neurosciences setting preferred
- Sound understanding and demonstrated ability to enact the Core Competencies of the CNS framework as outlined by the Canadian Nurse Association Related to clinical care, system
- leadership, advancement of nursing practice competencies and evaluation and research
- Eligible for cross-appointment to an academic institution
- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Excellent problem recognition and complex problem-solving skills
- Experience with Quality Improvement, program planning an evaluation an asset
- Commitment to collaborative practice, effectively functioning within an inter-professional team
- Ability to work effectively and autonomously within a fast paced, high demand environment
- Experience with Electronic Health Information Systems (HIS) and Microsoft office Suite including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Adobe Pro; Epic HIS experience an asset
Additional InformationWhy join UHN?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.
- Competitive offer packages
- Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP
) only available for permanent staff * Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
- A flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
- Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel, restaurants, parking, phone plans, auto insurance discounts, on-site gyms, etc.)
Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period, have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHN’s attendance management program, to be eligible for consideration.All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
