NUR365 – Introduction to Gerontological Nursing
Posting Date: June 20, 2025
Application Closing Date: July 15, 2025, or until all positions filled (whichever comes second).
Position: Clinical Instructor for the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Location: Residential and non-acute units in hospitals and agencies throughout the GTA
Mandatory Faculty Orientation Date: In-person orientation session on Wednesday Sept 10 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Nursing Faculty (155 College Street – Room HS124AB).
Rotation Dates: September 30 to Nov 28, 2025 (No clinical activities during Oct 13 through 17, 2025 due to Thanksgiving/Fall term Reading week).
Clinical Days: One x 8-hour day shift per week for 8 weeks. Variable clinical days – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays.
Pay rate: Clinical Instructors will be paid a fixed stipend amount based on course requirements. Please note that U of T graduate students will be paid the current CUPE 3902 Unit 1 rate.
Stipend hours: To Be Determined (TBD), depending on placement confirmations from hospital partners including number of shifts and total clinical instruction time. Clinical Instructors do not normally receive pay for sick days or leaves. Replacement costs will be deducted from the stipend amount for time missed.
Description:
The Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Program provides a full-time, two-year, second entry baccalaureate nursing education. Given that nursing is a practice-based profession, we believe that clinical experience is a vital and integral component of the curriculum, providing students with hands-on opportunities to actively apply classroom learning to ‘real life’ nursing practice under the supervision and support of a clinical teacher. Clinical Instructors (CIs) play an important role in facilitating student learning and providing excellent clinical learning experiences to further develop students’ knowledge, skill, and judgement.
CIs should be flexible and prepared to utilize additional learning modalities such as simulation and virtual clinical learning in the event a clinical day is cancelled by the organization. CIs will work closely with the Clinical Education Office and Course Faculty to develop and share resources to support the continuity of clinical teaching and student learning. CIs are required to complete all on-boarding and orientation activities required by the faculty as well as the clinical placement site prior to the start of the placement in preparation for their clinical teaching role. Ongoing support will be provided throughout the term by Course Faculty, the Undergraduate Clinical Resource Faculty, and the Clinical Education Office. Applicants should note that commitment to the role for each scheduled shift for the entire term is needed for consistency in the development, assessment, and evaluation of nursing students.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete the asynchronous CI orientation learning modules as required and attend the in-person Faculty-led CI orientation for NUR365.
- Complete all on-boarding and orientation required by the University as well as the clinical placement site prior to the first clinical shift.
- Familiarize themselves with and uphold all faculty and University policies related to clinical placements (e.g., CI and Student Absences, Professional Behaviour).
- Attend all clinical shifts as scheduled.
- Personal obligations (e.g. attending conferences, vacations, or appointments) are to be scheduled outside of the clinical shifts.
- In the case of extenuating circumstances (e.g. illness and/or bereavement) – CIs are required to notify the Clinical Education Office with the dates as soon as possible. CIs may also be asked to assist the Clinical Education Office to arrange a possible replacement instructor.
- Prepare patient assignments prior to students’ arrival on the nursing unit, reflective of the students’ level of expertise.
- Facilitate students’ application of theory related to foundational therapeutic, relational, and health assessment skills.
- Note: Students are expected to apply learning from the classroom and lab settings each week during their clinical shifts. This is done through practising the learned assessments and skills as part of the nursing care provided, as well as engaging in active discussions about the learning with the CI and clinical group.
- Assist with and assess the students’ preparation for their clinical activities with attention to integration of nursing, pathophysiological, and therapeutic concepts.
- Encourage an inquiring, theory, and evidence-informed approach to nursing practice.
- Facilitate interprofessional and intraprofessional communication among students and all members of the health care team.
- Directly supervise and assist students as they relate to and provide care for older persons, while also monitoring and assessing students’ progress with meeting the clinical practice expectations.
- Collaborate with nursing staff in gaining assistance and access to learning experiences for the students.
- Foster reflection and critical discussion about clinical learning among students during weekly post-clinical conferences.
- Participate in weekly email communication with Course Faculty and provide a brief update and/or identify any concerns about students’ experiences and clinical progress.
- Provide students with ongoing verbal feedback about their progress with meeting the clinical practice expectations for the course.
- Provide written midterm and final online evaluations incorporating feedback from all clinical shifts.
- Arrange and facilitate a short 1:1 virtual meeting to review each students’ final evaluation within a week of the final clinical shift.
Qualification:
- Interest in clinical teaching and working with novice nursing students.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of current and relevant clinical experience (Long Term Care / older person care / adult acute care nursing).
- Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse or Registered Nurse in the Extended Class.
- BScN required; MN will be considered an asset.
- Previous experience in clinical instructing or as a preceptor is an asset.
Note to Graduate Students:
If you are a graduate student and you accept the position, you will agree to the following:
“I confirm that I will be registered as a University of Toronto student or PDF on the date that this appointment begins. I understand that if I should cease to be registered as a University of Toronto student or PDF during the period of this appointment, for any reason other than convocation, I must immediately notify my supervisor, and my appointment may be terminated.”