Job Description

Your Opportunity:

The Quality and Patient Safety Education (QPSE) team is comprised of staff with diverse areas of expertise and the incumbent will need to work effectively as a member, working collaboratively to use diverse skill sets within the broader QPSE team. In doing so, the Senior Consultant will serve as an expert consultant on theory and evidence related to curriculum design and development of educational offerings and take a leadership role in ensuring that curriculum and associated educational offerings are designed and implemented across the organization. All Non-Union Exempt positions are being reviewed for possible inclusion in the AUPE General Support Services bargaining unit. If this position is impacted, the incumbent will be notified accordingly.

Description:

The Senior Consultant - Quality and Patient Safety Education will purposefully build partnerships and coalitions with internal and external stakeholders to continuously improve the quality of and access to educational offerings. The incumbent will support increased knowledge, shifts in understandings and points of view regarding content in the four areas of focus; and enable AHS staff, medical staff, patient advisors and leaders to apply quality improvement, patient safety, patient and family centered care and innovation knowledge. The incumbent will deliver blended education for a limited number of courses. An expert level of instructional design knowledge is required to translate and edit content derived from subject matter experts into formal experiential educational offerings. The incumbent will contribute to the evaluation of curriculum and educational offerings within AHS with the focus of interpreting organizational needs for educational offerings in the four key areas of focus. Provide guidance to entry level consultants to foster increased knowledge and skill in the areas of educational design, facilitation, consultation, and evaluation and provide guidance to external faculty to strengthen course delivery.

• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: QPSE
• Primary Location: Northwest Centre II
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-JUN-2023
• Date Available: 04-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:

A minimum of 5 years\' experience in formal educational design of courses and curricula. A minimum of 5 years\' experience in educational course delivery including face to face and/or virtual education. A sound knowledge of patient safety, quality improvement methodology, patient and family centered care and/or innovation. Demonstrated success in project planning and/or quality improvement. Significant experience in building partnerships and coalitions with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to foster relationships and influence partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate curriculum and educational offerings. Demonstrated history of scanning the environment for best practices and emerging trends and applying these in practice.
Additional Required Qualifications:

Bachelor\'s Degree in healthcare or education related field.
Preferred Qualifications:

Master\'s Degree in healthcare or education related field.

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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We\'re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.

Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it\'s about putting patients\' and families\' experiences, priorities and trust first.

We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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