Staff Development Coordinator - Rpn Full-Time

Do you have a passion for making a difference?
At The Wellington Nursing Home, we are passionate about ‘Making Every Moment Matter.” We are seeking a candidate that shares our values - a person who has a passion to make a difference, who has a strong moral compass and has a commitment to teamwork.
Making every moment matter is about improving all the things that make life enjoyable. Things like making someone feel better, making connections with them or for them with other residents, showing them a new song or even just giving them something to look forward to.
At The Wellington Nursing Home, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families' loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. Our values follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy, Participation ~ Excellence ~ Openness ~ Performance ~ Longevity ~ Efficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home.
Since The Wellington Nursing Home opened, we have offered a community within a community that people were happy to call ‘home’. We pride ourselves in this community connection, our philosophies and the feeling of comfort that can be felt as soon as the door opens.
Responsibilities of the Staff Development Coordinator at The Wellington Nursing Home
The Staff Development Coordinator coordinates the staff development program in the home. He/she shall also be responsible for conducting mandatory in-services as set out by the Ministry of Health in the Long Term Care Homes Act and regulation 79/10.
The Staff Development Coordinator is responsible for conducting general orientation for all new employees, contracted employees, volunteers, private caregivers, agency staff and students in the Home. He/She is responsible for monitoring students on clinical placement within the Home. The Staff Development Coordinator organizers education and supports managers and committees and assists them in identifying and responding to the learning needs of staff.
Essential Duties are the technical skills and knowledge that an employee requires in order to perform their role. Below is detailed information on required Essential Duties for your position.

• Utilizes external resources for in-service sessions when appropriate.
• Develops and conducts mandatory in-services as set out in Long Term Care Homes Act and regulation.
• Required to participate in the improvement of the indicators and achieve satisfactory results.
• Guides all new nursing personnel through their entire nursing orientation.
• Conducts an annual education needs assessment.
• Maintains individual employee educational records in the e-learning system and provides feedback at performance reviews.
• Follows clinical students and preceptors and acts as a resource and advisor.
• Manages the e-learning platform for the home
• Makes recommendations to Department Heads/Executive Director on allocation of resources related to staff development.
• Conducts annual evaluation of staff development program.
• Links with Colleges and Universities to arrange student placement in-house.
• Other duties as assigned and or indicated in Job Task Inventory
• Prepares all employee preceptors for student clinical placements.
• Responsible for scheduling all general orientation days for all new employees, contract employees, students, volunteers, private caregivers and agency staff.
• Coordinates in-service sessions on all shifts.
• Required to understand the nature and meaning of quality indicators
• Provide education on areas identified through the Quality Improvement Program as requiring further education.
• Conducts educational assessments and evaluations

Qualifications
At The Wellington Nursing Home we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at The Wellington Nursing Home are as follows:

• The Wellington Nursing Home recognizes the importance of immunization to protect our residents, staff and others from COVID-19. As such, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, it will be a condition of employment that all new hires are fully vaccinated having received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine
• Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide two supervisory references.
• Completion of RPN program and current certificate of competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario
• Completion of course work or experience in adult education at the Community College or University level or relevant work experience.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience of Surge Learning platform
• Experience in Long Term Care preferred

How to apply?
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references. We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter™.
We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons. Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director/Manager/Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs and the organization will work with the employee to address them.
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