RN Clinical Mentor - Medicine

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $49.20 - $67.08 / hour

Job Summary

The RN Clinical Mentor functions as an experienced clinical mentor, resource, and champion in the delivery of high‑quality client care. Working closely with Nurse Educators and interprofessional team leaders, the Clinical Mentor provides rapid, elbow‑to‑elbow clinical mentorship and practice support to nurses and other team members within the Medicine program.

This role plays a key leadership function in supporting staff learning, professional development, and clinical practice excellence through mentorship, role modelling, and direct clinical support at the point of care.

Key Responsibilities Act as a clinical mentor, resource, and advisor to nursing staff, providing expert guidance in nursing practice and clinical decision-making.

Deliver real-time, elbow-to-elbow clinical mentorship and practice support in collaboration with Nurse Educators.

Provide formal and informal clinical instruction, supporting staff training, onboarding, and ongoing development.

Mentor nursing staff to enhance clinical skills, confidence, and competence while supporting program and practice initiatives.

Collaborate with interprofessional team leaders to establish and prioritize individual and team learning needs.

Assess learning needs through direct observation, discussion with staff, competency assessments, practice changes, and quality improvement initiatives.

Identify learning opportunities, determine required resources, and deliver effective mentorship and education support.

Facilitate staff learning by role modelling best practice nursing skills and professional competencies.

Observe staff during client care, intervening as needed to demonstrate appropriate care delivery and promote evidence‑based practice.

Provide timely feedback to ensure care aligns with program standards, standards of practice, and clinical practice guidelines.

Support nurses in applying nursing processes and professional practice standards through hands‑on guidance and on‑the‑job learning experiences.

Observe and evaluate clinical practice to identify training, education, and development opportunities.

Education, Training and Experience Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) .

Minimum of three (3) years of recent Acute Care, Community Health, or Long-Term Care experience , relevant to the Medicine clinical area.

Demonstrated experience mentoring nursing staff.

Completion of leadership training or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Valid BC Driver’s License and access to a personal vehicle may be required.

Why Fraser Health Fraser Health is committed to delivering exceptional care and investing in the growth and development of our nursing professionals. As a Clinical Mentor, you will play a meaningful role in shaping clinical practice, supporting nurse development, and improving client care outcomes across our Medicine teams.

A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

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Detailed Overview

The Clinical Mentor role functions as an experienced clinical mentor, resource, and champion in the delivery of excellent client care to nurses and other team members. Working in conjunction with nurse educators, provides rapid elbow-to-elbow clinical mentorship and practice support for nursing staff. Utilizes experience and clinical skills to function as a clinical resource to formally advise other nursing staff in nursing practice, provides clinical instruction and supports staff training and development.

Takes on a leadership role in performing functions such as mentoring staff to support skills development, and supporting clinical practice initiatives.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with interprofessional team leaders to establish priorities for nurse and team learning. Priorities are based on assessments of individual and team learning needs through discussion with team members and in consultation with clinical educators by observing activities; determining required resources and learning opportunities; and analyzing information such as competency assessment, practice changes and quality improvement initiatives to determine and deliver effective learning and mentoring support.

Facilitates staff learning and development by role modeling best practice nursing skills and related competencies. Promotes skill development and clinical decision making, answering questions related to client care and assisting with problem-solving. Observes staff as they are performing client care, intervening as necessary to demonstrate appropriate provision of care. Provides feedback to ensure care is provided according to program standards, standards of practice and clinical practice guidelines.

Provides clinical guidance, support and on the job learning experiences for nurses in the application of nursing processes and practice standards; observes and evaluates clinical practice to identify training and development opportunities.

Collaborates with and supports clinical education by contributing to the determination of skill development priorities for staff. Supports preceptors/preceptees and mentors/mentees using teaching and learning principles as required.

Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and experience, and provides continuous mentoring and coaching to facilitate performance improvement. Provides feedback and assists nursing staff with critical thinking when clients/patients experience variances to clinical guidelines/pathways. Discusses clients/patients problems and needs; plans and prioritizes nursing interventions, implements and evaluates interventions.

Provides leadership in continuous qualit