2026-296 Clinical Scholar Nurse - Coastal

Title: Clinical Scholar Nurse - Coastal

Division: Clinical Services

Affiliation: ONA (Ontario Nurses Association)

Sites: Fort Albany, ON

Reports to: Manager of Education and Professional Development

Status: Permanent Full-time

Eligible for WAHA Sign-on Bonus (up to $20,000), Employee Referral Bonus (up to $5,500) & Retention Program

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is looking for an experienced professional to fill the key role of Clinical Scholar Nurse.

Life at WAHA

A beacon of healing, wellness, and innovation, WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site, team members bask in the tranquility of the land, juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here, we work with purpose, knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours, family, and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you, helps you grow, and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve, develop new skills, and explore new roles. Here, we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten, overshadowed by the daily grind, and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves, the land, and each other. Here, we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA

What We Do

There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees, physicians, and partners in care. As a health authority, you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey, in all areas of their health experience. From Primary, Acute, and Mental Health, Dental, Specialty Clinics, Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service, the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities, have six paramedic bases, three hospitals, four emergency departments, one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality, we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.

At WAHA, we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture, work with dedicated and passionate colleagues, and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.

Who You Are

• Excellent clinical skills and competencies
• Outstanding communication skills
• Proven leadership and communication skills
• Clinical expert and supportive approach with learners
• Exceptionally self-motivated, directed and detail oriented
• Collaborative in daily workflows

What You’ll Do

• Determine clinical and learning needs of mentee in collaboration with the Manager/Director; complete learning needs assessments of individuals or groups to determine requirements and objectives
• Develop and revise the orientation/mentorship program in collaboration with other team members, based on clinical evidence, policy (e.g. clinical decision support tools), literature and resources, and adult education theory
• Create supportive and interprofessional learning environments; utilizes adult pedagogy principles to build strong professional relationships with learners to facilitate open communication
• Deliver learner-centered mentorship/coaching to individual or groups through methods such as conducting formal presentations, mentoring, coaching, facilitating groups, demonstrating, providing lectures, role modeling, and providing point-of-care orientation and on-the-spot teaching.
• Evaluate program effectiveness by measuring the outcomes, determining whether the clinical objectives have been achieved, and assessing whether learning has occurred that results in the demonstration of best practices
• Participate in quality improvement and risk management activities by methods such as evaluating effects of changes in practice, generating recommendations for alternative approaches to practices, conducting safety audits, and implement teaching/learning when required
• Assess, document and share clinical skills and performance outcomes, provide related input, and coaching of mentees to help them achieve established clinical performance goals

What Your Bring

• Baccalaureate, Nursing Sciences (BSN, BScN)
• Master of Nursing preferred
• Registered in Good Standing with College of Nurses of Ontario
• Current BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP, ECTAS, ENPC, TNCC
• Advanced Health Assessment, NVCI preferred
• 3-5 years of direct nursing experience as an RN at a Coastal Site (MHC, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat)
• Proven experience with preceptorship and adult learning principles
• Experience working with Indigenous communities and remote health care delivery
• Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset

Why Choose Us

• Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
• Group health, welfare, and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
• Relocation paid by the organization
• Housing provided by the organization
• Annual retention bonus, a northern living allowance, and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
• Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
• Ability to work with a purpose, connected to an amazing community and culture, with opportunities to learn and grow

Salary: $77,688.00 - $111,364.50

Competition #: 2026-296

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Deadline: This position will remain open till filled.

As part of our recruiting process, AI tools may assist in the screening of applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team and hiring managers.

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive employer. Accommodations are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.