RN Clinical Mentor - Internal Medicine

Salary

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

Job Summary

Fraser Health is seeking an experienced and dedicated RN Clinical Mentor – Internal Medicine to support high-quality, patient-centred care through expert clinical mentorship, leadership, and practice support. This role is ideal for an accomplished acute care nurse who is passionate about teaching, guiding others, and strengthening clinical excellence within internal medicine services.

About the Role The Clinical Mentor functions as an experienced clinical mentor, resource, and champion in the delivery of excellent patient care to nurses and interprofessional team members. Working in close collaboration with nurse educators, the Clinical Mentor provides rapid, elbow-to-elbow clinical mentorship and hands-on practice support to nursing staff within Internal Medicine settings.

Utilizing advanced nursing experience and clinical expertise, the Clinical Mentor supports staff training and development, advises on nursing practice, and contributes to the advancement of clinical practice initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Provide direct, real-time clinical mentorship and practice support to nursing staff.

Serve as a clinical resource, formally advising nurses on nursing practice, standards, and clinical guidelines.

Support staff learning and professional development through clinical instruction, observation, coaching, and feedback.

Take a leadership role in mentoring staff to support skills development and enhance clinical practice.

Collaborate with interprofessional team leaders and nurse educators to establish learning priorities for individuals and teams.

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

Determine required resources and learning opportunities to support effective mentorship and education.

Role model best practice nursing skills and related competencies in Internal Medicine care.

Promote critical thinking, clinical decision-making, and problem-solving related to patient care.

Observe clinical practice and intervene as needed to demonstrate appropriate care delivery.

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

Support preceptors, preceptees, mentors, and mentees using adult learning and teaching principles.

Contribute to clinical education initiatives by supporting skill development priorities for nursing staff.

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

Three (3) years of recent Acute Care nursing experience , preferably in Internal Medicine , or an equivalent clinical area.

Demonstrated experience mentoring nursing staff and supporting clinical practice.

Leadership training or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

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

Why Join Fraser Health Fraser Health is committed to delivering exceptional care through collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. As a Clinical Mentor, you will play a meaningful role in developing nursing practice, supporting teams, and improving patient outcomes across Internal Medicine services.

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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 evaluat