Knowledge Broker - Toronto, Canada - Baycrest

Baycrest

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Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Centre for Learning, Research & Innovation in Long-Term Care at Baycrest has an opportunity for a

KNOWLEDGE BROKER

Education

Position Type:

Permanent Full-time**:

Shift Type:
Day

Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 Hours**:

Hours of Work:7 hrs/shift

Posting Number: 7483**:

Union:
Non-Union

Date Posted:

February 22, 2024**:

Job Summary:

The Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care (CLRI) strengthen quality of care and living for residents across the province.

The Ontario CLRI helps the province's 600+ LTC homes to enhance the quality of life and care for residents.

The Program educates and trains the current and future LTC workforce and provides solutions to priority issues, including an aging population, care complexity and workforce challenges.

The purpose of the Ontario CLRI is to enhance the quality of seniors' care in long-term care homes through education, research, innovation, evidence-based service delivery and design, and knowledge transfer.

As a team member with the Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care Program at Baycrest, the primary role of the Knowledge Broker is to work collaboratively to broker strong, supportive relationships amongst diverse collaborators (long-term care home providers, clinicians, residents, care partners, innovators, academics, researchers, and team members), to build strategic alliances and partnerships, and to develop and implement dissemination and implementation strategies.

The goal is to increase the uptake and impact of educational programs, products, research, and innovations across Ontario long-term care homes in support of an overall knowledge mobilization strategy.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Developing tools, resources and products to support practice change
Developing strategies and using technologies to effectively scale and spread programming and products
Planning, implementing and evaluating assigned projects for scale and reach
Communicating with diverse partners and tailoring messaging for different audiences
Fostering collaborator engagement and positive working relationships with diverse partners
Providing specialized consultation to longterm care homes and collaborators to facilitate the implementation of tools, resources and products
Planning and facilitating partner events, meetings and workgroups to advance capacity building and strategic objectives
Working in collaboration with the Ontario CLRI's network of organizations to support the adoption of Ontario CLRI innovations
Playing an active role in implementing Ontario CLRI's knowledge mobilization, communications and evaluation strategies
Gathering and using quantitative and qualitative feedback on programs and products to improve the quality of implementation to support dissemination and adoption.
Collecting and summarizing targeted key performance indicators
Staying updated on best practices in knowledge mobilization to inform activities
Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of knowledge translation products
Scaling and spreading programming and innovations to reach provincial collaborators/users/consumers
Complies with the legislative, regulatory and internal responsibilities as set forth in the Occupational Health & Safety Act, including health & safety, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System ('WHMIS'), workplace violence, Material Safety Data Sheets ('MSDS').
Complies with hand hygiene, body substance precautions and infection control guidelines.
Uses or wears Personal Protective Equipment ('PPE') equipment, protective devices or clothing, as required; reports the absence of, or defect in, any equipment or protective device which may result in harm or danger in the workplace.
Understands key patient/client safety concepts, i.e. adverse events, sentinel events, incidents and risks.
Recognizes and responds appropriately, in accordance with established policies and processes, to patient/client safety events.
Reports/communicates all patient/client safety events, incidents, near misses, good catches, etc.
Identifies the potential risks presented by one's own daily practice, and ways to minimize risk.
Performs daily practices utilizing safe and highquality standards for patients/clients.
Completes 'Core Curriculum' as scheduled.
Attends training related to hand hygiene protocols and infection control.
Participates in additional skills development and learning initiatives.
Required Organizational Practice ('ROP')
Accreditation Canada

Qualifications include but are not limited to:

Masters degree in a field relevant to aging and brain health or health-related discipline required;
Completion of a postsecondary certificate in knowledge translation/mobilization and/or implementation science is an asset
Minimum 3 years of experience in knowledge mobil