Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Sickkids Pain - Toronto, Canada - SickKids

SickKids

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About SickKids:

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world.

As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education.

Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day.

SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description:

The Knowledge Mobilization Specialist will work within the SickKids Pain Centre and work closely with a core team that consists of the SickKids Pain Centre co-chairs and the Pain Centre Research Program Manager.

The Knowledge Mobilization Specialist will be responsible to facilitate the mobilization of knowledge amongst researchers, clinical staff, knowledge users, patients and caregivers, and other key partners, as appropriate, as well as develop capacity for mobilizing knowledge and implementing evidence about children's pain management at SickKids and across Canadian pediatric health institutions.

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SickKids Pain Centre is a leading international paediatric centre specializing in pain prevention and treatment.

We aim to prevent and minimize pain for all children in a family-centered environment by fostering collaboration, excellence, integrity, and innovation between interprofessional teams that integrate clinical care, education, and research.

The SickKids Pain Centre provided leadership to the ChildKind certification at SickKids - SickKids is one of only two institutions in the country with certification that recognizes health-care institutions that provide excellent pain care for children.

The Centre is also Central Canada's regional hub for the national mobilization network, Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP), a knowledge mobilization network with a vision of healthier Canadians through better pain management for children, with a mission to improve children's pain management by mobilizing evidence-based solutions through coordination and collaboration.

KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Catalyzing change and implementing evidence into practice
Facilitate execution of the SickKids Pain Centre's knowledge mobilization activities
Initiate, develop, and implement activity plans and strategies as they relate to the SickKids Pain Centre's identified priorities (e.g., pain education, patient engagement, equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives)
Prepare knowledge mobilization tools and tailor resources to address key partner needs or local context
Monitor the process of implementation, evaluate knowledge mobilization progress, and support sustainability of knowledge mobilization efforts (i.e., further development of Online Pediatric Pain Curriculum)
Responsible for the social media channels within the SickKids Pain Centre (i.e., Twitter, YouTube)
Synthesizing research evidence
Identify emerging research, appraise quality of evidence, and synthesize the current available research evidence on pediatric pain management
Synthesize local community and patient data with general and specific research knowledge to identify opportunities to assist users in translating the evidence into locally relevant recommendations for policy and practice
Follow a framework of planned action to guide knowledge use in practice settings
Developing relationships and strategic networking
Facilitate knowledge exchange and ongoing dialogue between knowledge producers (researchers) and knowledge users (health professionals, administrators and policy makers, patients and caregivers)
Continuously establish, build and sustain productive working relationships with key partners, identify common goals to contribute to collective efforts, and understand their existing knowledge base and assess readiness or capacity for change
Building capacity to facilitate organizational change
Support knowledge mobilization activities and partnerships within and across clinical, research, and policy domains to improve the generation and use of research knowledge
Empower key partners through capacity development through the provisions of resources, training, and mentoring within SickKids Lead collaborative efforts to facilitate organizational change by removing barriers to evidencebased decisionmaking and promoting a culture that values the use of the best available science in policy and practice