Quality, Safety and Continuous Improvement

2 weeks ago


Saskatoon, Canada University of Saskatchewan Full time

**Quality, Safety and Continuous Improvement Facilitator**:
**Primary Purpose**: To co-develop, support, operationalize and integrate the Provincial Department of Anesthesiology’s Quality Improvement program. This includes providing guidance and quality improvement support for faculty, residents, students, research assistants, and staff in the department. This position will be an integral part of development of the quality improvement culture and strategic initiatives within the department.

**Nature of Work**: This position reports directly to the Finance & Administration Manager and receives strategic and operational direction from the Provincial Department Head, the Executive Director of Education, the Executive Director of Research & the Director of Quality Improvement & Safety who will provide guidance to support and carry out the quality improvement initiatives and strategies of faculty, staff, residents, and students. The position acts as a liaison between the provincial department, its members, the College of Medicine, University Research Units, and the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The position determines the steps required to achieve the goals and vision of the unit, area, project, or program. This position works independently, analyzes the current needs of the unit or area, and uses a broad scope of available resources, supporting a broad-based health related quality improvement agenda while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism. This position requires adaptability to fluctuating levels of work volume, working comfortably under pressure in a fast-paced environment, and balancing competing deadlines.

**Typical Duties or Accountabilities**:
**Quality Improvement Development & Collaboration**
- Act as a provincial quality improvement resource to the department including the Portfolios of Research, Education, and Quality Improvement and Safety.
- Lead and actively participate in the development of strategy and operational plans to optimize quality improvement and safety opportunities, incorporating change management and knowledge translation considerations.
- Facilitate the Department’s Post Graduate Medical Education (PGME) Anesthesiology Resident Quality Improvement Program, working closely with the resident learners and staff researchers, in addition to assisting with other research projects as they materialize.
- Using appropriate methods, curates and assesses the quality of available evidence, works with residents, faculty, and the research team to translate data analysis, and contributes to knowledge translation by meaningfully sharing findings with relevant internal and external audiences.
- Builds, maintains, and monitors networks of relationships with multiple stakeholders to advance key improvement priorities. Assesses and builds capacity and capability in quality improvement methods, measurement, design, selection, collection and reporting approaches through coaching, education, mentorship, and evaluation.

**Quality Improvement Documentation, Metrics & Reporting**
- Ensure provision of accurate and timely updating of Department Quality Improvement metrics for faculty, resident and trainee research and quarterly reports for review
- Provide metrics & written summary for the overall quality improvement program for the Department annual Report
- Collect, tabulate and analyze small datasets and work with different data formats (Excel, SPSS) and merge data from these different sources.
- Provide quality improvement update reports for meetings, newsletters, etc.

**Quality Improvement Promotion & Marketing**
- Model and demonstrate behaviours that contribute to a professional, positive work environment that support and promote the Department quality improvement goals
- Actively participate in the Annual Resident Research Day and monthly Journal Club and other events such as special rounds and lectureships, monthly lunch & learn sessions, etc.
- Exercises judgement in developing and maintaining quality improvement visibility within the department and beyond including up to date website information, and promotion of research accomplishments on CoM feeds.

**Quality Improvement Supervision**
- Provide guidance for research assistants and students in the department
- Support for recruitment and onboarding of research assistants and students in the department

**General Administration**
- Provide requested and time sensitive documents, reports, and research related information
- Coordinate meetings
- Provide updated website content, newsletter publications and media communications
- Work with faculty, research teams, etc. to improve the quality, quantity, and success rate of quality improvement funding opportunities
- Assist in mentoring and guiding trainees and faculty in quality improvement administrative procedures
- Assist in implementation and administration of quality improvement training programs and projects

**Education**: Graduate degree (MA, MSc, MBA, PhD) in health o



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