Job Description

Your Opportunity:

The Senior Consultant, Quality Improvement is a leader in the development and promotion of best practice in quality improvement and patient safety, developing and providing clinical quality improvement services within Alberta\'s Transplant Programs. Located at the University of Alberta Hospital, Mazankowski, KEC, and Stollery Children\'s Hospital in Edmonton, Transplant Services offers a wide range of cadaveric and living donor transplant procedures, including kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, islet, small bowel, eye and tissue for adult and pediatric patients, working closely with the Calgary-based programs, this position will support quality initiatives from a provincial lens.

Description:

The Senior Consultant facilitates the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives. Through collaboration and consultation with stakeholders, this position is responsible for influencing culture change through continual representation of the quality management body of knowledge in strategic program development, influencing change management approaches in development and implementation of new programs and improvement initiatives and for facilitating the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of quality improvement initiatives related to service improvement, patient safety and accreditation standards.

• Classification: Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Transplant Services
• Primary Location: U of A Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Negotiable Location: Within Edmonton Zone
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• FTE: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 21-JUL-2023
• Date Available: 31-JUL-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $34.95
• Maximum Salary: $59.94
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

BSc. in a Health Sciences discipline. Previous clinical experience within transplantation as a nurse or allied health professional. Previous experience with quality improvement, analytics, and reporting. Basic computer skills including MS Outlook and Word.
Additional Required Qualifications:

Competency with clinical information systems (e.g. Connect Care), analytical and reporting software. Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:

Nursing Degree and/or Master\'s level preparation.

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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