Providence Health Care's Mental Health Program is currently hiring a temporary full-time Nurse Educator to join the referral-based psychiatric Consult Liaison (CL) Service, which supports any patient outside the Mental Health Program at St. Paul's Hospital who may require a psychiatrist and mental health nursing care planning. This is a unique leadership opportunity to act as a strong mental health advocate on units across the hospital, supporting both patients and nursing staff while promoting best practice standards of mental health care. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Work closely with team psychiatrists

• Collaborate on care planning: Develop and implement care plans with interdisciplinary teams across non-psychiatric units, integrating psychiatric and medical needs.

• Support and empower point-of-care nurses: Act as a clinical resource for bedside nurses, building confidence and capacity to manage patients with mental health concerns.

• Gather patient collateral: Collect key information from patients, families, and records to inform consult recommendations and education strategies.

• Liaise with community teams: Coordinate with community providers to promote continuity of care and support staff education around available resources.

• Triage and prioritize based on acuity: Monitor consult requests and direct educational and clinical support to the most urgent cases.

• Promote best practice and continuous improvement: Integrate evidence-based psychiatric care standards into staff education, quality improvement, and policy updates.

Education

• Registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives as a practicing RN registrant, plus three years recent related nursing experience in the designated clinical area of specialty including one year of experience (or training) in areas such as teaching, leadership, mentoring and preceptoring, facilitating group processes, team building, orientation/education program design, development, implementation and evaluation. Educator Pathway education is preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to teach, coach, and provide clinical support.
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures appropriate for the area of service.
• Ability to identify learning needs and develop educational programs.
• Ability to provide and/or develop resource materials, including educational materials.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of adult education principles.
• Ability to lead a group.
• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to apply decision making and analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to role model conflict resolution strategies.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work independently.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.
• Ability to operate related equipment, including computers.

• Competitive salary: $49.20 - $63.47 CAD per hour, depending on experience 
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career, offering opportunities for professional development and growth. 
• State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families, and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027. 
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents. 
• Meaningful impact: You will have the opportunity to work for an organization that is deeply committed to safeguarding of our surrounding environment by contributing to high quality care while promoting sustainable practices in your everyday work.
• A comprehensive health benefits package including dental, vision, and life insurance as well as pension. 

Who we are: 

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence, living our Mission, Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate, socially just, exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago, Providence Health Care has grown into a globally recognized leader in research, teaching, and care. As individuals within a mission-driven organization, we choose to be part of PHC because we value its long-standing dedication to social justice and compassionate care, its active efforts to advance environmental sustainability and planetary health, and its meaningful engagement in the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. 

Curious about working at PHC and the culture of our teams? Check out the videos and articles below to learn more and meet some of the members of the team you'd be joining:

2025 PHC Mission Awards - Mental Health Social Worker Lucky Pickering:

New Grads:

A Heart for Healing in Geriatric Psychiatry

Supporting the whole patient Complex Intervention Response Team (CIRT)

Reproductive Health: Supporting New Parents Through Compassion and Education

Eating Disorders: Food, freedom, and healing in eating disorder recovery

Foundry: Helping young people thrive through connection and creativity

Your Day to Day: 

• Assesses and validates individual and group learning needs, and requests for education programs, by performing duties such as observing activities, discussing clinical issues with team members and/or patients/ residents/ families and analyzing data such as staff competency assessments and growth plans, practice changes, and quality improvement indicators, to determine specific educational requirements.
• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a range of formal/ informal educational programs and proposals for staff within the clinical area to meet learning needs, in collaboration with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant and other nursing staff. Coordinates and schedules timely educational activities, identifies outcome indicators, and evaluates and revises programs as needed.
• Orientates, supports, and coaches staff, preceptors/preceptees in clinical nursing skills and behaviours implementing role modeling, mentoring, and individual and group education/ teaching and learning principles and processes. Develops and implements individual growth plans to address identified staff learning needs by coordinating the development and implementation process with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant, and designated personnel and ensuring there is a growth plan for each staff member. Provides regular updates to the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant on the learning progress of staff.
• Facilitates learning by acting as a clinical resource, demonstrating expertise and leadership. Monitors staff progress against the growth plan and modifies / updates plans as needed to support staff's ability for achievement. Implements a variety of teaching/learning strategies that are congruent with the determined growth/ learning plans.
• Incorporates established educational standards and ensures education content reflects the most up-to-date, peer-reviewed, evidence-based best practice. Liaises with and provides feedback to other educators to ensure resources are current, relevant, cost effective and coordinated.
• Participates in students' clinical experience as required by collaborating with the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant and other team members in the assignment of preceptors to students in conjunction with the unit training program for nurses.
• Supports and guides team members in collaboration with peers and others in resolution of moral/ethical patient/resident or team issues and conflict situations by utilizing advanced communication skills and providing educational support.
• Reviews policies, procedures, and reference materials and makes recommendations for changes. Updates as approved.
• Participates in research activities, quality improvement, and risk management initiatives as required. Reviews literature and developments in practice, technology and equipment to maintain currency, consults with community experts, evaluates clinical practice systems/standards, identifies new theories/ trends/ education programs. Generates recommendations for alternative approaches, follows up on incident reports, conducts safety audits and recommends changes to selected policies, procedures, protocols. Initiates strategies to improve patient/ resident care using principles of continuous quality improvement to promote delivery of high quality educational services.
• Promotes the use of research findings into practice by incorporating information into policies, procedures, reference materials, educational materials, and teaching sessions.
• Supports nursing practices across the hospital by participating in nursing, hospital wide, and community committees and working groups, designing, implementing, and evaluating hospital wide educational programs. Participates as a member of a teaching group. Teaches other members of the multidisciplinary team as required.
• Incorporates CASN Nursing Informatics Entry-to-Practice Competencies such as:
• Using relevant information and knowledge to support the delivery of evidence-informed patient care.
• Using Information and Communication Technologies in accordance with professional and regulatory standards and workplace policies.
• Using information and communication technologies in the delivery of educational materials and to support staff information synthesis in accordance with professional and regulatory standards in the delivery of patient/client care.
• Provides input to the Patient Care Manager/Practice Consultant in the Performance Planning and Coaching process as requested by a staff member and/or Leader.
• Documents processes, utilization statistics, maintains records /databases and provides written and verbal reports and feedback as required to demonstrate accountability and to continuously improve the quality of clinical education services.
• Provides input and recommendations to the Patient Care Manager regarding physical space, equipment, supplies, and staffing requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care & the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.