Anaesthesia Quality Leader

**Req ID**:132534**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** Zone, **Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
**Department**:OPCZ PERI Anaesthesia Admin**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:18-May-22**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**About the Opportunity**:
The Anesthesia Quality Leader, under the direction of the Health Services Manager of Anesthesia and Physician Co-Leads, provides leadership and coordination in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of quality and patient safety anesthesia initiatives. This role promotes fundamental improvements to quality management practices thereby enhancing overall quality performance. This includes using data and analytics to monitor trends and identify opportunities for quality improvements; assist with review of patient safety data as required; sit on QI committees; organize departmental quality rounds; operationalize implementation of the strategic directions of the provincial Perioperative/ Surgical Services Program and the Anesthesia Department to drive quality anesthesia improvement initiatives. The position will work with the co-leadership and multidisciplinary teams to guide and implement process changes in support of quality and continuous quality improvement.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Undergraduate degree in Health Care discipline. Masters degree an asset
- Appropriate licensure/membership in professional organization
- Minimum 5 years of Perioperative / Critical Care experience or management experience in a perioperative / critical care setting
- Anesthesia experience an asset
- Understands quality, quality systems, and innovations in quality and patient care
- Understands Perioperative/ Anesthesia procedures, complications and patient population
Demonstrates a high degree of independent decision making, creativity, self-direction, motivation, change management and team building and leadership skill
Excellent project management and coaching skills, and ability to teach/transfer skills to all team members
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Effective presentation skills and group leadership skills
- Demonstrates abilities as a change agent, will be able to work effectively with all levels of the organization and contribute as a team member
- High analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Experience in information database/management and demonstrated computer skills
- Skills in operational and strategic planning
- Helps promote a respectful workplace environment
- Competencies in other languages are an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

**Hours**:

- Permanent, Full-time position; 75 hours biweekly
- Travel between sites in Central Zone to be required for specific quality projects

**Compensation and Incentives**:
Salary TBD

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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