Clinical Coach, Palliative Care

**Competition**: - OHT-14 **Department / Unit**: - Affiliate **Position Type**: - n/a **Bargaining Unit**: - n/a **Posting Date**: - 2024-10-08 16:00 **Clinical Coach, Palliative Care**: **Bethell Hospice**: - Full-time, Two-year Contract Position37.5 Hours per week, Monday through Friday Remote with regular travel to work onsite with partner organizations within the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative OHT area of Dufferin County and the Town of Caledon. Eligible for Full Benefits, Defined Benefit Pension Plan (HOOPP), Mileage Reimbursement Reliable transportation required; some locations have no access via public transportation Potential for secondment opportunity where possible/appropriate. Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000 per annum **Overview**: - The newly created role of **Clinical Coach **is a wonderful opportunity for someone to make a tremendous impact by sharing their passion and expertise in palliative care to cultivate excellence within partner organizations across the Dufferin and Caledon. This position will report jointly to the Executive Director of Bethell Hospice and the Executive Director of the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team.**About Bethell Hospice**: - Bethell Hospice is a non-profit organization located in the scenic village of Inglewood in the Town of Caledon. We are in a beautiful rural setting providing exceptional and accessible hospice palliative care services to individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses in the Caledon/Dufferin Region.**Vision**: Leaders in building a community that enables quality living and dying**Mission**: To provide excellent, person-centered, palliative care through partnerships with our community**Values**: Compassion, Integrity, Accountability, Excellence, Teamwork, Courage, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion**About the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team**: - The Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team is a partnership of health and care organizations and providers working together to unify and improve the health and social care of Dufferin-Caledon residents. By working together to redesign how we care, we are confident we can create a highly efficient and focused health care system that will improve the lives and experiences of patients, caregivers, families and providers.**Purpose of Position**: - The Clinical Coach is responsible for working with participating community organizations in alignment with provincial direction established by Ontario Health and guidance developed by the Ontario Palliative Care Network. The incumbent will drive practice change, with a focus on improving access to and quality of clinical care, aligned to the Palliative Care Health Services Delivery Framework in the Community ("The Delivery Framework") and the Ontario Palliative Care Competency Framework.- Provide palliative care coaching and mentoring to staff and clinicians in participating community organizations, to build primary-level palliative care competencies. - Collaborate with leaders of community organizations on local service integration, and change management initiatives, using quality improvement methodologies to achieve results. - Consult on clinical care when the complexity of the clients’ needs is beyond the existing competencies of providers (in the community organizations). - Provide support to Indigenous communities and Indigenous organizations for their implementation efforts, where Indigenous communities wish to be involved, in collaboration with regional partners. **Key Responsibilities**: - Co-create the regional Delivery Framework implementation plan with Ontario Health, including required measurement and reporting. - Foster regional collaboration and contribute to broader system integration. - Ensure alignment of community implementation with the guidance of the Ontario Palliative Care Network - Lead engagement and community-building activities with participating organizations. - Provide support to Indigenous communities and organizations for their implementation efforts, as requested by those organizations and, where appropriate, in collaboration with regional partners - Build competency amongst front-line community providers in the delivery of primary-level palliative care - Guide palliative care quality improvement (QI) and practice change initiatives in participating community organizations. - Works closely with regional partners, including equity deserving populations, to ensure - implementation of the model addresses barriers to access to care for priority populations - Consult on clinical care ***: **Qualifications**: **Education and Experience** - A degree in a registered health care discipline (e.g., RN, RSW, NP) with substantive experience and training in palliative care (e.g., CAPCE, L.E.A.P and HPCO Person-Centered Decision making).). A graduate degree is an asset (e.g., MScN, MSW). - Minimum five (5) years’ experience in practice in palliative care is re