Practice Consultant

Article Flag: Mandatory Vaccination Please Note:
As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Providence Health Care must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required.

Summary:
**Providence Health Care's Professional Practice department is expanding**

**Are you an experienced health professional looking to join a tight-knit, innovative, and supportive team?**

**Providence's Professional Practice team**:
The Professional Practice department at Providence works to ensure that the delivery of patient care is aligned with the professional standards, as well as providing our clinical teams with the policies and processes that support and guide the disciplines in providing safe, quality, person and family centred care. We are a collaborative, high functioning team of health professionals who take pride in our work to support the delivery of patient care. You can meet some of the team here.

**Role Summary**

Reporting to the designated Director of Professional Practice & Nursing, the Practice Consultant is responsible for the provision of expert practice consultation and leading and coordinating professional practice and nursing project activities to ensure project deliverables are completed on time and on budget. Works with stakeholders at all levels and inspires others to achieve goals and deliverables through facilitation, effective communication and addressing potential barriers to success. Supervises staff and communicates with all levels of staff and management to facilitate consensus, consult, negotiate and share information to promote and advance interprofessional practice across PHC. Liaises with staff, consultants, other health care entities and other external agencies, as needed. Develops sustainable education plans and evaluates outcomes and acts as a resource for staff.

**Providence - who we are**:
Providence is a non-profit healthcare provider with over fifteen sites, including a large tertiary hospital in the heart of Vancouver’s beautiful and vibrant Downtown, a smaller community hospital in the idyllic Mount Pleasant neighborhood, one of the largest referral centres for rehabilitation in British Columbia, and five long-term care facilities, as well as other clinics.

As a leading teaching and research organization, and the provincial referral center for Cardiac, HIV/AIDS, and Renal Care, we provide services ranging from acute and long-term care to leading substance use and addiction treatment supporting some of BC’s most marginalized communities. Guided by the motto “how you want to be treated”, delivering exceptional patient and family-centered care is our mission.

Working at PHC

Qualifications / Skills and Education:
Education

Master's Degree in Nursing, or other related health care discipline and seven (7) to ten (10) year's recent, related experience that includes managing large-scale projects, facilitating and managing consultation processes with a wide range of stakeholder groups, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Current registration with appropriate licensing body.

Skills and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies and ability to coach staff on these skills.

Comprehensive knowledge of appropriate professional practice or nursing regulations and their impact on clinical practice with a view to maximizing resource capacity.

Ability to utilize initiative, vision, independent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities to implement project plans and realize project completion.

Broad knowledge of patient care delivery systems in primary, acute and residential settings.

Effective communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary environment involving physician and nursing communities.

Demonstrated ability to supervise staff.

Effective facilitation, persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve consensus, resolve conflict and achieve desired outcomes.

Ability to work effectively under time pressure to meet deadlines, balance work priorities and resolve problems in a timely manner.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides consultation and recommendations on professional practice and nursing, and on educational issues across PHC.

Collaborates with Practice Leaders, Program and/or Service Directors and Operational Leaders in addressing professional practice and nursing. Facilitates the promotion and advancement of interprofessional practice across PHC.

Supervises staff, determines performance expectations, provides performance coaching and evaluation for all direct reports. Establishes clear definitions of responsibility for each team member, reviews workload assignments and adjusts resources according to workload.

Develops detailed project charter and project plans outlining goals, objectives, timel