Lead, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

2 months ago


Abbotsford, Canada Fraser Health Full time

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour

Fraser Health is the second largest health system in Canada with over 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers, and is the largest of five regional health authorities in British Columbia, providing hospital and community-based health services to nearly 2 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.

Are you passionate about quality improvement when it comes towards the health care for our communities? If so, bring your proven knowledge of quality improvement principles, methods and tools and your commitment to perfection in service and care, to a role where you can really make a difference. As a Lead Quality Improvement & Patient Safety you will support various patient safety and improvement initiatives in Fraser Health by working in collaboration with the clinical programs.

Build on your education and career experience as you:

  • Collaborate with health care leaders and physicians to provide leadership and quality improvement expertise to teams in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of improvement initiatives designed to improve quality of care, service utilization, safety, and risk reduction.
  • Identify learning needs of teams related to QI/PS methodology, tools, and system processes. Develop, implement, and evaluate education resources to meet those needs.
  • Provide consultation, guidance, and support to teams in the use of tools and mechanisms to plan, test, measure, monitor, and evaluate initiatives designed to improve patient care outcomes.
  • Provide facilitation and coaching to enable teams in the development, monitoring, and analysis of key performance indicators.
  • Provide expert support for analysis of multiple sources of data in order to promote a balanced approach for identifying and acting on improvement opportunities.
  • Provide leadership in the development and implementation of client safety and risk indicators, alert systems, and other risk prevention strategies.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Are you passionate about joining our team? We will be looking for you to have:

  • A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master's Degree in a health care related field.
  • Five (5) years' recent, related experience in health care services leadership in progressively more responsible and varied roles, including a minimum of two (2) years’ experience in the following areas of patient safety and quality improvement: patient safety education, reporting and follow-up; quality improvement knowledge and experience with development, implementation, evaluation and sustainment of quality improvement initiatives; and knowledge and experience with accreditation processes; and knowledge of and experience with application of change management principles to support local and regional change. Educational preparation in quality improvement, certificate in quality improvement,
  • Experience in public client relations an asset.

This full time position is based at Abbotsford Regional Hospital in Abbotsford, B.C.

Effective October 26, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust.

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