Employer Job Number: GO-00580140
Facility: POPULATION HEALTH, QUALITY AND RESEARCH
Job Description: The Quality Improvement Consultant reports to the Provincial Manager, Quality and Strategy and is accountable for providing leadership in using quality and risk management tools/methodology to support strategic priorities and process improvements throughout the Agency. The position is the Agency's subject matter expert in systems analysis and performance optimization, risk identification
Employer Job Number: GO-00580140
Facility: POPULATION HEALTH, QUALITY AND RESEARCH
Job Description: The Quality Improvement Consultant reports to the Provincial Manager, Quality and Strategy and is accountable for providing leadership in using quality and risk management tools/methodology to support strategic priorities and process improvements throughout the Agency. The position is the Agency's subject matter expert in systems analysis and performance optimization, risk identification and reduction, and accreditation compliance. The position works with leadership to foster an organizational culture focused on continuous and meaningful quality improvement, patient and staff safety, and informed risk management.
The position acts as a change agent and greatly influences achievement of Agency identified outcomes and enhanced system performance through the use of change management, project support, and facilitation of Rapid Process Improvement Workshops, improvement events, mistake proofing projects, value stream mapping, 5S and Kanban activities, daily visual management, standard work development, root cause analysis, and unusual occurrence reporting and management processes.
The position also leads the development and implementation of the quality improvement and risk management education and certification programs for the Agency, and the supportive infrastructure for the Agency's quality improvement and unusual occurrence reporting activities.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelors degree in clinical or allied health field, business administration, public administration or healthcare administration. Masters degree is an asset.
A minimum of three (3) years experience in a leadership role in a healthcare setting.
Experience in quality improvement and/or t
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