Job Description

About Bethany
Bethany Care Society (Bethany) is one of Western Canada's largest not-for-profit providers of care, housing, and community services for seniors and adults with disabilities. Since 1945, Bethany has provided high-quality, person-centred care focused on the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of our residents and tenants. We create caring communities to support Albertans to age well.
Why Bethany?
We offer generous vacation and leave time, competitive salaries, benefits, retirement savings programs and top-ups for maternal leaves. We are committed to employee well-being and giving back to our community. We invest in our people because they are the reason for our success.
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Position Summary
This position will research best practice processes, ensuring continuous alignment of Bethany policy and compliance with national, provincial standards, policy and guidelines. The Quality Practice Leader monitors and evaluates opportunities to improve care quality and enhance safety across sites and establishes relationships and communities of practice that support Bethany's Mission and Values. The incumbent will maximize benefits achieved from Bethany's Integrated Quality Management System to ensure and support best practice processes are implemented and quality and safety risks are monitored and addressed through continuous quality improvement as evidenced by resident, family and staff experiences.
Key Responsibilities
1. Service Excellence: Accountable for data quality assurance, quality improvement and evaluation

• Lead the development, monitoring, and continuous quality improvement of Bethany's IP&C program.
• Ensure Bethany's policies and processes align with current evidence-informed best practices, including national/provincial standards and regional policy.
• Support care sites and organizational leaders with regular monitoring and reporting of IP&C risks and program performance.
• Provide consultative expertise in infection prevention and control to all members of the care team, including residents, families, employees, and volunteers.
• Guide best practice processes in identifying and prioritizing IP&C equipment and supplies.
• Support the identification, development, and delivery of IP&C educational resources.
• Establish effective collaborative relationships with regional, provincial, and national IP&C stakeholders.
• Participate as a member of Bethany's Infection Control Committee and other relevant committees.
• Collaborate with site quality teams and organizational leaders to integrate IP&C priorities into Bethany's continuous quality improvement culture.

2. Leadership: The Quality Practice Leader is responsible for supporting the site leadership team and organizational quality teams and related committees

• The Quality Practice Leader will support site teams through membership on a collaborative inter-disciplinary site quality team with information sharing and knowledge transfer relevant to quality and safety priorities.
• Represents Bethany at appropriate quality and safety related clinical practice, education and research committees both regionally and provincially.
• Collaborates in project development and implementation with other Quality Practice Leaders.

3. Team Work: Cares for and works cooperatively with others as an effective team member.

• Works with the sites and organizational leaders to ensure coordination of quality and safety priorities with organizational direction and key project implementation
• Works with the Quality, Safety and Clinical Education Team and the Site Team Leads to support practice change i so staff understand the why (benefit) and how (process) concerning process change
• Works collaboratively with inter-disciplinary team members (via forums such as Care Service Manager Committee) to support building quality improvement capacity.

4. Pro-active Learner: Demonstrates the vision and values of Bethany and lives out the mission of Creating Caring Communities.

• Understands, follows and applies all Bethany Standards of Conduct.
• Attends and actively participates in education opportunities, health and safety training and safe equipment operation training as required.
• Collaborates, communicates and shares knowledge and learning experiences with co-workers.
• Demonstrates commitment to learning new skills, and actively participates in workplace projects.

5. Safety: Contributes to a safe environment for residents, the team and self by understanding and adhering to safety guidelines and practices at all times.

• Identifies and mitigates unsafe conditions in the work environment, including immediate reporting of any unsafe conditions.
• Strong knowledge of body mechanics and proper lifting techniques.
• Utilizes the reporting process for Employee Injury and Hazardous conditions and resident unusual occurrences.
• Participates in fire drills and understands fire, WHMIS, MSIP and general safety procedures.

Qualifications
Education & Professional Designation

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Current Registered Nurse in good standing with CARNA.

Experience

• Minimum of three to five years of recent professional experience preferably in the continuing care sector
• Demonstrated experience in infection prevention and control, including surveillance, education, and consultation.
• Strong knowledge of infectious disease processes, applicable regulatory bodies, and legislative requirements.

Additional skills

• Current, valid Alberta Driver's License with no restrictions (travel to sites required).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates complex project management abilities including change management and system level evaluation
• Demonstrates leadership ability and highly developed interpersonal communication, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrates excellent organizational skills and has the ability to perform accurate, detailed work
• Ability to utilize analytical and conceptual thinking in the identification and resolution of issues
• Demonstrates commitment to resident focused services and teamwork
• Demonstrates well developed computer skills
• Demonstrates knowledge of business concepts (organization structure and design, business processes, communication planning)
• Demonstrates the customer service standards of respect, flexibility, communication and commitment to residents, families, volunteers, visitors and coworkers
• Demonstrates an awareness of accident and injury prevention; adheres to safe work practices and procedures; and is responsible for maintaining self-wellness and reduced absenteeism

Position Information:

• Posting Number: 25-9276
• Position Number: PR-CP33-999
• Location: Bethany Corporate
• FTE: 0.00 (up to 5 shifts per week)
• Non-Union
• Position Type: Casual till March 31, 2026
• Position Start Date: Pending application
• Posting End Date: Until filled

How to Apply:
Like what you see and think you have what it takes to join our team?
*INTERNAL APPLICANTS* Internal applicants must utilize their @bethanyseniors.com email address in order to be considered for the role; failure to do so may result in omission from the selection process.
Apply Online at: http://bethanyseniors.com/careers/ by submitting your resume and cover letter.
All applicants are thanked for their interest. Only those selected to move forward will be contacted.
Bethany Care Society is an equal opportunity employer.
Successful candidates will be required to obtain a Criminal Background Check and provide proof of all mandatory immunizations.
Bethany Care Society complies with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). By forwarding your resume to Bethany you are consenting to the collection and use of your personal information for this job competition. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.

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