Job Description:

Lead with purpose. Advance clinical learning. Shape the future of care.

At the City of Thunder Bay, Our City Runs on People Like You. We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs, where your leadership enhances lives, strengthens community, and supports the people delivering care every day.

That includes Pioneer Ridge, the City’s municipally operated long-term care home, where your expertise, vision, and values make a lasting impact. Here, leadership is collaborative, staff are empowered, and care is personal. With strong staffing patterns, supportive teams, and meaningful opportunities to grow, Pioneer Ridge is a place where you can lead with purpose and thrive.

Thunder Bay offers more than a fulfilling career. With its natural beauty, affordability, and strong sense of community, it's a city where you can grow personally and professionally.

Where You’ll Make a Difference Every Day

As a Clinical Learning & Practice Lead at Pioneer Ridge, the region’s most respected long-term care home, you will play a pivotal role in shaping high-quality, evidence-informed care by leading clinical education and professional practice initiatives for 150 residents. Pioneer Ridge is proud to be a Best Practice Spotlight Organization with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and is accredited by the Canadian Council of Health Services – a testament to our shared commitment to excellence.

You will assess learning needs, implement impactful education programs, and evaluate outcomes to ensure care delivery. Your leadership will bridge knowledge and practice, empowering nurses to deliver high-quality care in a dynamic and evolving environment and help create a workplace where people want to stay and grow.

How You’ll Support the Team

In this role, you’ll be responsible for the development, coordination, and delivery of clinical nursing professional development and continuing education in accordance with the Long-Term Care Act and regulations. Your key accountabilities will include:

• Act as a clinical expert/resource/consultant and provide expert knowledge and nursing practices to maintain and improve resident care delivery.
• Lead an annual strategic plan for nursing learning and development initiatives.
• Facilitate new nurse orientation, and manage the nurse education program portfolio, and support performance improvement initiatives for nurses.
• Conduct annual nursing learning needs and gap analyses for nurse leadership, including training, new hire orientation, and ongoing programs, in collaboration with the Supervisor – Quality Improvement & Resident Financial Services.
• Design, implement, and facilitate training programs, incorporating adult learning principles and effective instructional strategies.
• Develop curriculum and materials in collaboration with internal and external subject matter experts, including legislative bodies, and Ministry funded incentive and professional development program requirements.
• Collaborate with the nursing management team to identify nurses requiring additional education or support based on professional development plans.
• Manage logistics and scheduling for training sessions in partnership with the nursing management team.
• Monitor staff development, performance management/review, and coaching/mentoring, of nurses and provide updates to nurse leadership.
• Coordinate and lead check in and probationary review sessions with new hires to identify individual clinical practice learning needs and provide educational resources.
• Support policy and procedure revision/development, learning toolkits and standard operating procedure