Patient Safety Specialist

1 week ago

Newmarket, Canada Southlake Regional Health Centre Full time

**Company Bio**
- Southlake is building healthy communities through outstanding care, innovative partnerships, and amazing people. We deliver a wide range of healthcare services to the communities of northern York Region and southern Simcoe County. Our advanced regional programs include Cancer Care and Cardiac Care and serve a broader population across the northern GTA and into Simcoe-Muskoka._
- Our team of nearly 6,000 staff, physicians, volunteers, students and Patient and Family Advisors are committed to creating an environment where the best experiences happen. As a recognition of our commitment to quality and patient safety, we have received the highest distinction of Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada._

**Job Summary**

**Qualifications**
- College of Nurses of Ontario member and in good standing.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Master’s degree preferred.
- A minimum 7 years' experience in healthcare
- Expertise in Quality Improvement and/or Patient Safety
- Working knowledge in Quality Improvement methodologies including the use of QI tools (e.g., process mapping/flow diagrams, cause, and effect diagrams, pareto charts, affinity diagrams, tree diagrams, 5S, FMEA, etc.) and the IHI Model for Improvement
- Data measurement and analysis pertaining to quality and patient safety highly preferred
- Expertise in patient safety principles and standards
- Proficient in interpretation of clinical documentation
- Excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Strong interpersonal, investigative, teaching and facilitation skills
- Confident, flexible, service orientated and capable of managing multiple, competing priorities.
- Superior communication skills demonstrated in verbal, written and presentation capacity
- A leader who is able to establish credibility with all levels of the organization, challenging the status quo and being a catalyst for positive change.
- Very strong attention to detail and process orientation
- High level of integrity, trust and creditability
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent proficiency in Visio, MS Office: Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of incident management reporting systems (rL Datix) is an asset
- Collaborate with clinical programs to implement recommendations that improve patient and staff safety by completing safety reviews, investigating safety incidents, analyzing data, identifying trends, and implementing recommendations.
- and ability to assist with quality improvement planning process, monitor quality indicators and other quality initiatives/action plans, and report in collaboration with clinical program teams
- Offer training and builds capacity for physicians and clinical staff to enhance their understanding of Quality Improvement initiatives within the healthcare system as it relates to their department/portfolio.
- Supports and facilitates ongoing readiness and preparedness for Accreditation, prepares updates, presentations and status reports on Accreditation
- Assist and coach others on the development of Accreditation action plans, how to interpret and standards and address gaps
- Participate in development of department's annual goals & objectives
- Build trust with staff and peers through excellence, respect, integrity, and compassion.
- Be a champion for patient safety and quality improvement
- Demonstrated excellence in communication, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated problem assessment skills
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service and teamwork
- Demonstrated individual leadership skills
- Commitment to providing an exceptional experience for patients and families as well as other members of the healthcare team within a challenging and exciting health care environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to, and understanding of the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion
- Models behaviour that is aligned with the values of Southlake Regional Health Centre.
- Always with compassion
- Power of many
- Serve with purpose
- Every voice matters

**Closing Statement**

At Southlake, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live and serve, including those with disabilities. Southlake is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

It is the responsibility of all Southlake employees to work in a safe manner and promote health and safety in the workplace.

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