Nurse Team Lead

Bayshore HealthCare is one of the Canada’s leading providers of home and community health care services and is a privately owned company. Bayshore HealthCare is proud to showcase its achievement as a Platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies Program every year since 2006. In 2015, Bayshore achieved the designation for Best Practice Spotlight Organization from the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. Bayshore Healthcare is also recognized as Canada’s Best Employers in Forbes 2023 list. With locations across the country, including more than 80 home care offices, 11 pharmacies and over 100 community care clinics, Bayshore has more than 18,000 staff members and provides care to over 350,000 clients annually. We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of all Canadians, by providing customized care plans and solutions that allow clients to remain in the comfort of their own home.

Bayshore Home Care Solutions, Brantford Branch, seeks a motivated Nurse Team Lead.

Are you an experienced Nurse who believes in making a difference in your community by improving access to health care? Do you value illness prevention and wellness promotion? Would you excel working closely with a team of nurses who you will train and mentor in order to deliver top quality care? Are you seeking work life balance without the need to work evenings nights or weekends?

Our Nurse Team Lead Role offers the chance to make a difference in your community and do meaningful work. The Nurse Team Lead provides hands on nursing care through client visits and incorporates clinical leadership by mentoring and supporting a small team, in a self-managed environment.

Full Time, permanent

Monday – Friday, plus on call rotation

Hybrid Work Environment With Split Responsibilities

Community nurse visits – 2 days per week

In-Office clinical support – 3 days per week

Competitive per visit and hourly rate

Serving Brantford and surrounding Brant County

Why Bayshore?

Bayshore strives to take good care of you while you make a difference for others:

Feel rewarded for doing what you love. Do you want to make a difference while being rewarded for the critical work that you do? We will empower you to do work you are passionate about with autonomy and support from experienced colleagues and mentors. We offer competitive pay and comprehensive company-sponsored benefits for you and your family.

Chart your path. Take charge of your day and manage what’s important to you. We offer work flexibility designed to empower you in a rewarding career.

Shape the wellbeing of our clients & communities. Take control and use your expertise to create special moments for your clients and caregivers.

Realize your full potential. We are committed to helping you realize the future you desire and we achieve this through a wide variety of work options, continuous learning, and access to mentors and experts.

Work in a safe and healthy work environment. We take health & safety seriously. We provide personal protective equipment (PPE), relevant training in line with evolving health guidelines, and daily infection prevention screening of clients and workers to help prevent exposures to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases.

The Work You Will Do

As a Nurse Team Lead you will be very hands-on in the community, providing direct client care, supporting a happy, healthy well-balanced team of nurses and building your client base all while making a difference in the communities we serve.

Assessment Delivery

Visit your Clients and Nurses on a regular basis. This role is an active community position that requires regular home visits within the community. This role involves a high level of hands-on care, training and coaching including weekly onsite visits with clients and nurses in the community.

Leadership and Office Clinical Support

Support Clinical Manager with orientation and onboarding, support visits, and the development of skills and ongoing competencies

Support the Clinical Manager with investigations during client satisfaction/concern process

Support Clinical Manager with completion of home support initial visits to ensure care plans are individualized in a timely fashion

Visit clients and staff, providing hands on care as well as training, supervision, mentorship and support

Review and support the APR process of the nursing team to ensure targets are met

Audit and regulatory compliance for provincial and in-house best practices Combine an entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on leadership in the community through organized outreach

Human Resources

Assist human resources concerning recruitment and selection, orientation and training, discipline, and the probationary/annual performance review of reporting neighborhood health team members

Supervise and support nurses to ensure compliance with all federal and provincial legislated standards of practice as well as company policies and procedures.

Responsible for the safety of your team and we ask that you notify your immediate Supervisor of any Health & Safety risks or concerns

Training & Development

Coordinate and provide training and mentorship for nurses

Engage in ongoing education, continuous learning for yourself

Community Care

Provide hands-on Clinical/Nursing care

Build Client relationships

Support/Train and Mentor nurses in the Field while working with Clients

This position may have an occasional an after-hours support component

Experience with community outreach and relationship development, networking

Graduate of an accredited Provincial Nursing Program with current registration in good standing and valid CPR certification

Drivers license and reliable vehicle

Minimum of three years community nursing experience or as determined appropriate for branch needs based on skills/qualifications

Solid knowledge of the principles, practices, and methods of community nursing and service delivery to clients as well as program development, implementation and evaluation

Recent experience with progressive responsibilities, preferably in a community setting an asset

Experience in business development is an asset

Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to handle difficult situations in an objective consistent format; ability to work independently and effectively lead a team; above average report writing and communication skills with both Field and Administrative employees.

As Canada’s largest and best homecare company, join us as we continue our 50+ year tradition of supporting our Nurses to make “being the difference” a Career!

Bayshore is committed to a high quality and safe environment for both our staff and clients/patients. Dependent upon Provincial government regulations, and the position being applied for, new hires may be required to provide proof of vaccination against illnesses such as COVID-19, Hepatitis, Seasonal Flu etc. Please speak with the recruiter for Provincial and/or position specific requirements. Medical exemptions or any other kinds of requested exemptions based upon Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

“At Bayshore Healthcare, our commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion is our strength. This is how we bring our vision of being the difference in the lives of those we care for, work with and in our communities. We have a great sense of pride in creating a culture of belonging, where individual differences are embraced and celebrated, through programs, resources and policies that support each individual’s purpose, potential and wellbeing.”

Bayshore operates in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and applicable Provincial Human Rights Codes.

Primary Location

ON-Brantford