Job Description

Your Opportunity:

The Quality and Safety Lead (QSL) is part of the Patient Safety team within the Integrated Quality Management portfolio (Calgary Zone). This position will lead the Quality Assurance and Patient Safety program for Anesthesia and CSFs. They will review the reported safety concerns, analyze, and prioritize hazards for consideration by the Surgical and Anesthesia Integrated QAC (a collaboration between the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) and the Calgary Zone Department of Anesthesiology). The QSL will draw on their healthcare background and expert safety knowledge to lead interdisciplinary investigations of quality and safety events and contribute to recommendations for improvement. The QSL will develop guidance for - and promote - best practice in quality improvement and patient safety within CSFs. Through collaboration and consultation with AHS and contracted stakeholders, the QSL will facilitate the implementation of quality improvement initiatives, based upon Quality Assurance recommendations or evidence-based care pathways developed in perioperative care.

Description:

Reporting to the Senior Clinical Safety Lead - Calgary Zone, the Quality and Safety Lead (QSL) is pivotal in leading and facilitating aspects of the patient safety program within their assigned clinical area(s), and works as part of a multi-disciplinary, Zone-based team. This position reviews reported safety concerns and provides leadership with respect to analysis and prioritization of the issues that arise. The QSL applies and promotes AHS Just Culture Principles in all of their work activities, while supporting a culture of reporting, learning and flexibility regarding patient safety issues. A primary responsibility of the Quality and Safety Lead is to support their assigned Quality Assurance Committees (QACs). This may include providing support to the Committee chair(s)/members, applying systems thinking principles to the review of clinical adverse events, being the process expert in quality assurance review methodologies, and supporting QAC members to conduct their own quality assurance reviews. Site visits, job observation and other research are often required to ensure that contributing factors to patient harm are well understood. The QSL will regularly collaborate both with their manager and colleagues within the Patient Safety Department, as well as operational Senior Leadership and management at the site/Zone level.

• Classification: Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Chartered Surgical Facilities and Department of Anesthesia
• Primary Location: Northwest Centre II
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 26-JUN-2023
• Date Available: 17-JUL-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $34.95
• Maximum Salary: $59.94
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. nursing, allied health discipline, human factors).
Additional Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years progressive experience in a large and complex health care environment. Demonstrated interest in patient safety. Experience implementing and integrating system-wide initiatives. Strong understanding of health care systems, quality improvement and performance measurement methodology. Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills with the ability to facilitate large groups.
Preferred Qualifications:

Completion of continuing education in quality and safety (e.g. QHI Patient Safety Certificate, IHI Open School Quality & Patient Safety Certificate, CPSI Canadian Patient Safety Officer certificate) Experience in conducting safety reviews and developing recommendations an asset. Master\'s degree in a health-related or business administration discipline an asset. Project management training an asset.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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