919252 Evidence Based Nursing Practice Leader - Toronto, Canada - St. Michael's Hospital

St. Michael's Hospital

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

As a key member of the Professional Practice Portfolio, and reporting to the Manager, Evidence Based Nursing Practice, the primary responsibility of the role of the Evidence Based Nursing Practice Leader is to provide leadership and support in the identification, integration and evaluation of evidence based practices consistent with Unity Health's Corporate Strategic Plan and Interprofessional Strategic Plan.

The incumbent will achieve the desired results through activities in the following main areas:

Design, implement and evaluate mechanisms that support the integration, evaluation and translation of established Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) and other forms of evidence within and across clinical programs and services
Evaluate, refine and sustain strategies that support the utilization of nursing performance and patient outcome data at the local unit and corporate level
Develop, implement and evaluate nursing initiatives in response to Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOH-LTC) funding opportunities and priorities

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Evidence Based Nursing Practice Leader will work collaboratively with the Manager, Evidence Based Nursing Practice and other members of the Nursing and Health Disciplines Professional Practice team, Clinical Leader Managers/Patient Care Managers (CLMs/PCMs), program leaders, nurses, Clinical Educators - Nursing, Nurse Practitioners (NPs), and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) to:

Establish the annual BPG Communities' of Practice (CoPs) with input from Nursing Practice and Education team members and other key stakeholders (e.g., BPG Nurse Champions, CLMs/PCMs, Clinical Educators
Nursing etc.) in order to develop, implement and coordinate knowledge translation and quality improvement activities that contribute to BPG Nurse Champions' knowledge and competencies when leading BPG initiatives
Plan, develop and implement annual communities of practice and education to support the development of Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) Nurse Champions
Support the preparation and distribution of education and learning materials that support BPSO CoPs and BPSO Nurse Champion development
Collaborate with the Manager, Evidence Based Nursing Practice in annual review and approvals for new BPSO Nurse Champions and participation in Communities of Practice (CoP);
Cofacilitate BPG CoPs in order to develop, implement and coordinate knowledge translation and quality improvement activities that contribute to BPG Nurse Champions' knowledge and competencies when leading BPG initiatives
Support and contribute to corporate knowledge translation strategies to profile local unit level BPG implementation, evaluation and sustainability activities (e.g. annual Nursing Week BPG Sustainability Gallery Walk, Shining the Light, My Nursing intranet page
Design and coordinate the evaluation of corporately offered BPG capacity building interventions (e.g., BPG CoP evaluations)
Act as a leader, role model and resource for CLMs/PCMs, BPG Nurse Champions, Clinical Educators
Nursing and other nursing roles in the implementation of BPG plans
Participate in forums with external partners to share lessons learned, challenges and updates of current BPG work
Develop formal presentations and prepare for speaking engagements profiling BPSO accomplishments for internal and external audiences
Attend and contribute to BPSO Report Review meetings with RNAO
Attend quarterly review meetings with CLMs and teams to review BPG process and outcome indicators
Conduct a regular internal review of BPG data and consult with corporate and local data owners and potential partners to inform the selection and quarterly report on NQuIRE BPG data indicators to RNAO

Evaluate, refine and sustain strategies that support the utilization of nursing performance and patient outcome data at the local unit and corporate level by:

Maintaining internal stakeholder relations to support the collection and installation of BPG data indicators on local unit Care Utilizing Evidence (CUE) Dashboards (e.g. CLMs/PCMs, BPG Nurse Champions, Clinical Educators, Resource Nurses, Decisions Support Services)
Preparing reports summarizing local unit and/or corporate level BPGs indicators and outcomes (e.g. Falls, Delirium, Transfer of Accountability)
Collaborating with members of Nursing Practice and Education to support the analysis, interpretation and utilization of data for CLMs/PCMs, unit leadership teams and BPG Nurse Champions through quarterly scheduled CUE Dashboard meetings and as requested
Coordinating and monitoring regular updates to local units (e.g., inpatient/outpatient clinical areas) Care Utilizing Evidence (CUE) Dashboards
Collaborating with the Manager, Evidence Based Practice Nursing in obtaining process and outcome data (metrics) from Decision Support for corporate best practice guidelines and clinical unit best practice guidelines; prepares electronic presentation