Quality Accred&risk Prog Associate

**GENERAL**

**Description**:

- Quality Accred&Risk Prog Associate

**Competition #**:

- GIM AC 1550/25

**Posting Date**:

- 07/17/2025

**Status**:

- Active

**Type**:

- External

**DESCRIPTION**

**The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority**
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

**Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service**

**Quality Accreditation & Risk Program Associate**
**Quality Accred&Risk Prog Assoc_01s**

**Closing Date**:

- 07/24/2025

**Facility / Site**:

- Gimli Health Centre

**Posting Type**:

- Permanent

**Position Type**:

- Full-Time

**Hours of Work**:

- Days

**Term Dates**:
**FTE**:

- 1

**Union Group**:

- Non-Union

**Wage / Salary**:

- To commensurate with experience & qualifications

**Position Summary**:Reporting to the Quality & Risk Coordinator/ Quality Accreditation & Planning Coordinator, the Quality Accreditation and Risk Program Associate provides comprehensive administrative and analytical support across multiple health system quality domains. This position serves as a key resource to both the **Risk Management Coordinator** and **Accreditation Program Coordinator**, supporting organizational readiness and safety initiatives. The incumbent is responsible for managing and monitoring occurrence reporting systems (e.g., RL6), supporting data collection and analysis, facilitating communication between departments, and preparing reports that contribute to continuous improvement efforts across the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority (IERHA).

This out-of-scope role requires a high degree of professionalism, initiative, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to support accreditation compliance, risk management processes, and quality improvement initiatives. This individual will be involved with providing support to the IERHA Risk portfolio, including, but not limited to assisting with claims management, Corporate Risk Register, RL reports, Risk Assessment checklists, Annual HIROC reporting, Vis boards, Risk and Quality related presentations. This individual will also assist with collection of data and displaying data in meaningful ways for the organization and other duties. The position of Quality Accreditation & Risk Program functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.

Interlake-Eastern RHA is committed to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and creating working environments free of racism for both clients and employees. All staff members are encouraged to seek and identify patterns of harm towards Indigenous, black and marginalized clients and employees and to take actions to disrupt any form of racism. Collectively and individually, we are growing cultural competency capacity by implementing the region’s anti-racism action plan.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary education in risk, planning, and /or improvement. Risk Or a combination of education and experience.
- Excellent working knowledge of computer software, hardware and networks.
- Experience with Online Occurrence reporting (RL).
- Three (3) or more years of related experience working in a decision support or analysist role.
- Demonstrated ability to function effectively as a member of a team.
- Demonstrated effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with individuals and groups.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Demonstrated ability to work and make decisions both independently and interdependently.
- Valid Manitoba driver’s license.
- Mental and physical ability to meet the demands of the position.
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset.
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
- Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
- Satisfactory employment record.

**As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.**

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