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CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR

Job Profile: AAPS Salaried – Nursing, Level B

Job/Position Summary: Practice supervision of nursing students in Seminar, Clinical and Laboratory/SIM setting.

Working Relationships:

• Works within a team of others who are teaching at the same level in the program.
• Participates in review labs.
• Initiates and maintains contact where assigned and orients self to the setting as per Interior Health Policy and the School of Nursing expectation.
• Collaborate as necessary with the agency personnel to ensure that the student experience addresses the goals.
• Collaborates as necessary to ensure that the student experience addresses the goals.
• Consults with Team Leader and Associate Director when student performance is of concern.

Work Performed:

• Attend orientation workshops.
• Attend planning meetings prior to the start of the contract/term.
• Attend team meetings as scheduled and participate in minute taking on a rotational basis.
• Attend Term End Review Meeting.
• Become familiar with the School of Nursing Policies.
• Schedule specific practice learning experiences for assigned students.
• Prepare patient assignments and inform students of their assignments according to the course expectations.
• Be present during the entire student practice time and supervise students throughout their time at the agency.
• Maintain a daily anecdotal record of each student’s performance and provide feedback as outlined in Practice Policies.
• Engage in student journal dialogue.
• Grade and provide feedback on practice-related written assignments.
• Complete the student evaluation process at the end of term.
• Participate in Review Labs/SIM during and at the end of the practice term.
• Provide written feedback to the team regarding the practice environment at the end of the term.
• Provide mentoring to new practice teachers at the beginning of the term.
• Attend grade appeals even if these appeals take place following contract completion.
• Enter a voicemail message on the assigned UBC telephone and regularly retrieve messages.
• Regularly check UBC Okanagan School of Nursing e-mails (at least three times weekly).
• Submit mileage and parking reimbursement claims monthly.
• Invited to attend School of Nursing monthly meeting, but not required.

Exercising Judgment/Impacts of Decisions/Consequence of Error:

Offer formative as well as summative evaluative feedback verbally, through the written journal, and in the form of written evaluation. Seek guidance regarding student performance concerns only from the Team Leader or the Associate Director and collaborate with them to provide the student with constructive feedback and options for progress in the program.

Be willing to give negative feedback to the student if indicated. Inappropriate judgment or unwillingness to provide constructive feedback may harm the student’s progress in the program and/or result in unsafe practice in subsequent practice placements.

Supervision Received and Given:

Initially, mentorship will be provided by an experienced faculty member. The Team Leader is available for consultation at any time. The Associate Director is also available for consultation regarding policy and its application, student performance and feedback.

Experienced clinical assistants will mentor new practice teachers as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications:

Clinical Assistants must be Registered Nurses in British Columbia and must have at least two years of practice experience in nursing. Clinical assistants must have a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or have made significant progress toward that degree.

To Apply: Email School of Nursing Associate Director, Melanie Willson: melanie.willson@ubc.ca

NURSING PRACTICUM PLACEMENT COORDINATOR

Job Summary
The Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator plans, organizes, implements, and collects evaluative feedback on all student practice placements within the undergraduate nursing program. Oversees and provides clinical technical expertise within the undergraduate BSN program. He or she also teaches within the undergraduate BSN program in areas related to their expertise.

Job Profile: AAPS Salaried – Nursing, Level B

This is a 0.78FTE (27 hours per week) role and the salary will be reflected based on the FTE.

The expected start date for this position:   May 1 2026.

Organizational Status
The Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator reports to Associate Director of the School of Nursing. In consultation with the Associate Director and BSN Program Team leaders, the Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator plans and organizes all student practice placements and is the primary student contact. The primary contact for all students and communicates with students to provide practice placement guidelines and to obtain student preferences. The Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator communicates student practice placement requests via HSPnet.

Work Performed
The Nursing Practice Placement Coordinator works closely with the Associate Director to carry out the following responsibilities:

• Liaises with the BSN Program Team Leaders to plan, organize, and develop practice placements for BSN student placements across all practice placements and across all sites (i.e. hospital, community, provincial, national and international).
• Planning, organizes and develops appropriate BSN student practice placements across all sites (i.e. hospital, community, provincial, national, and international).
• Collaborates with BSN Program Team Leaders to match students to appropriate practice assignments and in specialty focus practicums.
• Uses judgment to match students to appropriate practice assignments.
• Works closely with BSN Program Team Leaders and Associate Director regarding the location and number of practice groups each semester and the integration of returning and transferring students.
• Responsible for the integration of returning and transferring student into the practice placement schedules.
• Acts as the co-primary contact for all students obtain student preferences.
• Collaborates with the BSN Program Team Leaders to produce draft practice placement schedules.
• Maintains the Practice Placement Communication Bulletin Board on Connect where regular and timely practice placement information is communicated to students.
• Acts as the co-primary person to whom students communicate re practice placement concerns.
• Responds to emails related to practice placements in a timely manner, usually within 24 hours.
• Responsible for the co-ordination of UBC Okanagan BSN student placements with Okanagan College BSN and LPN Programs, and with other health care programs.
• Responsible for special projects such as preceptorship workshops for practice sites.
• Responsible for the processes of preceptor support and recognition.
• Supports the visits of practice sites as necessary when securing placements becomes challenging and urgent.
• In consultation with the BSN Program Team Leaders, reports to the Associate Director on the quality and content of practice experiences for students.
• Participates in identifying new opportunities for practice education.
• Teaches within the undergraduate BSN program as assigned by the Associate Director.

Consequence of Error/Judgement
This person works closely with the School of Nursing Leadership Team to make initial decisions about student placement and to ensure timelines for practice placements are met. All practice experiences are integral to nursing students completing course work, meeting the required competencies of a graduate nurse, and becoming safe practicing nurses.

This person has access to all internal student files as well as Workday and uses this information to inform his or her decisions about student placement. The work is not directly checked but is reported on to the Associate Director.

Judgment, reliability, accuracy, and skilled communications are required for the timely arrangement of clinical groups, particularly in placing students who have experienced challenges in the practice setting. Judgment, accuracy, and skilled communications are required in responding to the multiple student requests for particular placements or when students are requesting alternate placements. Judgment is also required in balancing the needs of the students against the requests of the teachers. Judgment is required in prioritizing the multiple and varied placements required.

Consequences of inappropriate judgments, unreliable performance, inaccuracy, or miscommunications may include inappropriate practice placements, tensions and frustrations for both students and teachers, and may jeopardize relationships with practice partners and tension within the School of Nursing.

Supervision Received
The Practice Placement Coordinator works in close collaboration with the Associate Director on practice placement responsibilities and reports with BSN Program Team Leaders on practice placement matters to the Associate Director.

In relation to teaching responsibilities, this position reports to the Associate Director

Supervision Given
The Practice Placement Coordinator works independently with indirect supervision, working closely with the Associate Director.

Minimum Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Nursing and Registered Nurse with BCCNP
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN/BScN preparation required and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience. Demonstrated effective oral and written communication and interpersonal skills are necessary to facilitate the interaction of several diverse groups, i.e. students, faculty, preceptors, agency managers and directors, and support staff.
• Demonstrated organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Credibility with the practice community.
• Related experience with health-related academic programs, working with health professions and practice educators, and inter-professional education and curriculum are an asset.
• Initiative is required to exercise timely appropriate judgment while working with competing priorities and demands.
• Ability to take initiative, exercise good judgment, and work in a team environment.
• Ability to obtain and disseminate accurate information (i.e. practice policies, preceptorship handbooks, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize work under pressure to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to exercise confidentiality, sensitivity, tact and discretion.
• Computer experience required including word processing, database, web-based, spreadsheet software.
• Demonstrated familiarity with and/or develop familiarity with HSPNet.

Sessional Lecturer for 2026 Summer Term 2 (July 6 – August 13, 2026)

The School of Nursing, Okanagan campus, is looking for a Sessional Lecturer to teach the following course during Summer Term 2 2026: NRSG_O 504

Course Description: NRSG_O 504: Finding and Integrating Knowledge for Evidence-Based Practice: Focuses on the development of students’ abilities to find, critique, and synthesize evidence to inform the scholarly development of advanced practice in their teaching, management, research, and provision of nursing care.

NRSG_O 504 is taught online to a cohort of MSN students, with a focus on the development of a rapid review. This course is scheduled for Tuesdays & Thursdays, 0900-1200.

The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse and hold a doctoral degree in nursing or other health care discipline with expertise in rapid reviews and evidence reviews (NRSG_O 504) and relevant university teaching experience. More information about the School of Nursing can be found at the UBCO School of Nursing website.

The compensation rate per credit per period for the School of Nursing is $3,186.37, equaling $9559.11 for the course (3 Credits)

The deadline for receipt of applications is March 11, 2026. Please email application documents in electronic format using word or PDF files to Melanie Willson, Associate Director School of Nursing: melanie.willson@ubc.ca. Use the subject line Sessional Lecturer Application.

Sessional Lecturer for 2026 Summer Term 2 (July 6 – August 13, 2026)

The School of Nursing, Okanagan campus, is looking for a Sessional Lecturer to teach the following course during Summer Term 2 2026: NRSG_O 428/528

Course Description: NRSG_O 428/528: Advanced Community Health (3 credits): Theory, research, and best practices for ethical community health nursing builds knowledge, skills, and abilities for practice with diverse populations in a variety of community settings. Develops advanced understanding of health promotion, disease and injury prevention, population health, and epidemiology.

The NRSG_O 428/528 course is taught online to a cohort of upper year BSN (NRSG 428) and MSN (NRSG 528) students on Tuesdays & Thursdays 0930-1230.

The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse and hold a doctoral degree in nursing or other health care discipline with expertise in community health nursing (NRSG_O 428/528) and relevant university teaching experience. More information about the School of Nursing can be found at the UBCO School of Nursing website.

The compensation rate per credit per period for the School of Nursing is $3,186.37, equaling $9559.11 for the course (3 Credits)

The deadline for receipt of applications is March 11, 2026. Please email application documents in electronic format using word or PDF files to Melanie Willson, Associate Director School of Nursing: melanie.willson@ubc.ca. Use the subject line Sessional Lecturer Application.