Patient Safety Lead

**Patient Safety Lead**:
**Job ID**:

- 233233

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of the Solicitor General

**Division**:

- Health Services Division / Health Service Supports and Employee Wellness Branch

**City**:

- Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent

**Job code**:

- 7A008 - ProgPlanEval07

**Salary**:

- $88,496.00 - $128,625.00 Per year

**Empower Safer Care in Ontario's Correctional Health System**

Are you passionate about driving quality improvement in health care? Join the Health Care Planning and Performance (HCPP) Unit, where your expertise will help shape the future of patient safety across Ontario's correctional institutions. As the **Patient Safety Lead**, you'll play a key role in developing and implementing system-wide strategies that enhance care, reduce risk, and align with major provincial health initiatives.

**About the job**: Reporting to the Manager, Health Care Planning & Performance, the Patient Safety Lead will:

- Design and implement a digital patient safety reporting system using best practices and innovative health care solutions.
- Create and deliver patient safety training to staff, promoting a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
- Provide expert leadership on patient safety initiatives, guiding internal teams and senior management.
- Foster a 'just' safety culture by identifying risks and leading mitigation strategies across correctional health services.
- Build strategic partnerships with ministries, agencies, and public sector organizations to support cross-jurisdictional safety efforts.
- Analyze patient safety data and trends to inform performance improvements and evidence-based decision-making.

**Note: This position will require occasional travel within the province**

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:

- Incumbent is required to be a regulated health professional in good standing with their professional body.
- Demonstrated completion of relevant patient safety education (i.e. IHI, Canadian Patient Safety Officer, CQuIPS, MSc QIPS) required.
- Minimum 5 years of experience working in a health care setting.

**Patient Safety and Health Care Standards Knowledge**: You have:

- Advanced knowledge of patient safety science, principles, and regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with clinical standards across health sector disciplines
- Experience developing and implementing patient safety frameworks and processes
- Ability to provide ministry-wide technical expertise on patient safety and quality improvement.

**Business Knowledge**: You have:

- Strong understanding of policy and program development within government contexts
- Knowledge of legislative and regulatory processes, including AODA compliance
- Understanding of modern regulatory concepts and compliance strategies
- Experience in strategic and business planning, including preparing Treasury Board and Cabinet submissions

**Analytical and Planning Skills**: You have:

- Expertise in research and data analysis using qualitative and quantitative methods
- Experience with quality improvement tools (e.g., PDSA cycles, process mapping, root cause analysis)
- Ability to develop evidence-based options and support strategic decision-making
- Experience in strategic and business planning, including preparing Treasury Board and Cabinet submissions
- Knowledge of risk management principles and performance measurement mechanisms

**Leadership and Project Management Skills**: You have:

- Strong leadership, organizational, and project management skills
- Ability to lead program initiatives aligned with regulatory goals
- Ability to lead regulatory and compliance risk assessments

**Communication and Relationship Management Skills**: You have:

- Excellent oral and written communication skills for presenting to senior leadership and stakeholders
- Ability to lead committees, prepare reports, and deliver executive-level proposals
- Proven ability to provide strategic advice to executive leadership and stakeholders

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

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