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Quality & Patient Safety Leader
2 months ago
Quality Improvement & Safety Leader sought to provide leadership in provincial and zone programs for quality, safety, accreditation, and risk management.
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning. We operate hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs across the province, providing a variety of inpatient and outpatient services.
We're looking for a Quality Improvement & Safety Leader to provide leadership in our provincial and zone programs for quality, safety, accreditation, and risk management. The successful candidate will have a strong background in quality improvement, patient safety, and risk management, with experience in leading investigations, facilitating quality reviews, and implementing improvement initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Undergraduate degree from a health care profession program/discipline
- Master's level preparation in a clinical health discipline, Health Services Administration, Business Administration or a related program an asset
- Minimum of 5 years quality and patient safety leadership experience, with 5 years of relevant clinical experience in a health care environment
- Access to a reliable form of transportation required
- Appropriate licensure/membership in professional organizations
- Certificate or training related to quality improvement, patient safety, risk management, or related program an asset
- Experience in planning and implementing strategic activities related to accreditation, safety, quality improvement, infection control and prevention practices, risk management, patient relations and patient engagement
- Experience engaging teams, leaders, medical staff, clinicians, patients/clients and stakeholders in a collaborative, participatory manner
- Experience and demonstrated expertise with data management, data analysis and statistical manipulation; excellent report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and graphics software required
- Experience in project management and program evaluation an asset
- Demonstrated ability of independent decision making, creativity, self-direction, motivation, change management and team building/ leadership skills
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines in a fast- paced environment
- Demonstrates a positive, solution oriented and collaborative approach and is comfortable navigating complex system issues
The successful candidate will be eligible for our benefits package, which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage, as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Permanent, full-time position, 75 hours bi-weekly, with a salary of $57.05 hourly.
