Chief of Interprofessional Practice - Jobs in Hamilton, ON

Job Description

Job Number: 89124Job: ManagementPrimary Location: Ontario-HamiltonThis position will be located at: Juravinski HospitalOrganization: CHIEF OF INTER PROF PRAC CORPStatus: Regular Full-timeHours per week: 37.5Number of Openings: 1Union Code: Non Union EmployeesMinimum Salary: 62.9000 HourlyMaximum Salary: 80.6400Post Date: Jun 22, 2021, 11:00:00 PMClose Date (Period for Applying) - External: Jul 6, 2021, 10:59:00 PMUnit SummaryBe part of HHS’ highly impactful Quality and Performance portfolio with a vision of igniting breakthrough levels of health care performance. Our mission is inspiring exceptional patient care and service through collaboration, empowerment, continuous learning, and innovation. Services forming the portfolio include:

• Interprofessional Practice
• Interprofessional Development including Student and Medical Education
• Quality and Value Improvement
• Patient Experience and Safety
• Program for Ethics and Care Ecologies
• Clinical Resources including Volunteer Resources

The portfolio is rich with skills and knowledge, diverse in roles and thinking, and consistently engaged in evaluation, research and innovation work. We rally together around common goals in line with HHS’ priorities, and the portfolio’s vision and mission. Relationships and work touches all clinical areas of HHS and our networks are extensive internally and externally. McMaster University and Mohawk College are significant collaborators in our daily work.Position SummaryReporting to the VP Quality and Performance and Chief Nursing Executive, the Chief of Interprofessional Practice is a senior level management role focused on improving patient outcomes in collaboration with operational and medical program leadership, staff, and physicians.Chiefs are providing expertise to enhance professional practice and interprofessional team performance. Chiefs are assigned to clinical areas of HHS developing strong relationships and familiarity with their clients’ strategic goals, priorities, and capacity. Chiefs also lead and participate in corporate projects. Operational management responsibilities (e.g. patient care service) may be assigned to the role.At this time, the Chief will be assigned to cover St. Peters Hospital, West Lincoln Hospital, Community Medicine and Population Health portfolio with services across various HHS locations (e.g. Boris Clinic). These assignments are subject to change considering the overall needs of the organization and the work among the team of Chiefs of Interprofessional Practice, the Chief of Nursing Practice, and the Chief of Health Professional Practice, and the Directors of the portfolio.Key functions include:

• Continuing advancement of professional practice through empowerment of staff, education, remediation, policy development, and research.
• Establishing, implementing, and evaluating standards of practice.
• Leading, supporting and monitoring practice changes.
• Appraising and facilitating re-design of models of care, workflows, and skills mix through processes that engage teams and patients and families.
• Facilitating optimal use of technologies used in patient care and facilitating team performance (e.g. digital health systems).
• Supporting adoption of research evidence and best practices.
• Contributing methods to improve team communications, performance, and resilience.
• Managing advanced practice staff who dually report to Chiefs and clinical operations Directors.

Schedule Work HoursGenerally, Monday – Friday business hours; requires participation in the Director On-Call rosterQualifications

• Current certificate of registration in good standing with a Regulated Health Professional College.
• Baccalaureate degree in a health discipline with a Master’s Degree that includes health administration and leadership is required. Doctoral level preparation is preferred. Thesis work aligned to the features of this role is preferred.
• Current experience in professional and team leadership, and at least 5 years management experience with progressive leadership responsibilities.
• Thorough understanding of nursing and other health professional work and associated regulatory requirements in Ontario.
• Knowledge and experience with chronic disease care, rehabilitation care, population health, patient safety, patient empowerment and activation models.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and oral communications, critical thinking, analytics, facilitation and consultation, team building skills including a focus on team cultures enabling patient safety.
• Education and experience applying lean quality improvement tools and techniques is required.
• A proven record of building relationships with members of health professional teams, including physicians, healthcare leaders, and external stakeholders (e.g. government, vendors, researchers).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and facilitate change through influence, and to navigate highly political issues.
• Evidence of knowledge and experiences with transformative care approaches that create greater value to patients (increase quality and reduce costs).
• Experience with patient and family engagement in service re-design work.
• Evidence of successful past experiences leading project teams where deliverables created sustainable improvement impacts.
• Demonstrated personal commitment to mindfulness practice is preferred.
• Education in cultural safety, anti-racism, and ethics is also preferred.

Hamilton Health Sciences fosters a culture of patient and staff safety, whereby all employees are guided by our Mission, Vision, Values, and Values Based Code of Conduct. Hamilton Health Sciences is a teaching hospital and all staff and physicians are expected to support students and other learners.To be considered for this opportunity applicants must apply during the posting period. All internal and external applicants may ONLY apply via the Careers website.Hamilton Health Sciences is an equal opportunity employer and we will accommodate any needs under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Hiring processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested. Should any applicant require accommodation through the application processes, please contact HR Services at 905-521-2100, Ext. 46947 for assistance. If the applicant requires a specific accommodation because of a disability during an interview, the applicant will need to advise the hiring manager when scheduling the interview and the appropriate accommodations can be made.This competition is open to all qualified applicants, however, qualified internal applicants will be considered first. Past performance will be considered as part of the selection process. If you are a previous employee of Hamilton Health Sciences, please note: the circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employmentProficiency in both Official Languages, French and English, is considered an assetIf this position is temporary, selection for this position will be as per the outlined Collective Agreements:Article 30 (k), CUPE Collective AgreementArticle 10.7 (d), ONA Collective AgreementArticle 13.01 (b) (ii), OPSEU 273 Collective AgreementArticle 14.04, OPSEU 209 Collective AgreementArticle 2.07 and Article 13, PIPSC RT Collective Agreement