Intermediate Specialist, Medical Clerkships in - Ottawa, Canada - University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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Ottawa, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job Type:
Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):24

Job Family:
Academic Program Management

of Open Positions:
1

Faculty/Service - Department:
Affaires francophones - Administration

Campus:
Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:
November 27, 2023

Closing Date:
December 08, 2023

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Hours per week:
35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 10

Salary Range:
$75, $95,678.00

About the Faculty of Medicine

Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists.

Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position Purpose:

This position contributes directly to the experience of medical students admitted under the aegis of the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) and, thus, coming from provinces other than Quebec and Ontario.

The incumbent works with the clerkship director and the Francophone Affairs team to operationalize activities regarding clerkships, portfolio development, student engagement, reporting and activity promotion.

The incumbent supports medicine program learners in their efforts to find clerkships in francophone minority settings across the country.

As well, the incumbent organizes and assists with other activities related to French-language training and raising awareness of health-care offerings in French.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Operations- Implements clerkship program portfolio and ensures processes, procedures and policies are formalized, to strengthen the clerkship program across the country.- Develops tools and a database to list doctor-preceptors able to host learners for clerkships and ensures these tools are updated.- Gathers and analyzes data to better understand where francophones are across the country and where the largest gaps are in terms of French-language medical services.- Updates data on all clerkship activities for learners.- Develops and provides progress reports on activities.

Coordination and planning- Supports learners looking for clerkships in their home province or in other francophone minority settings across the country.- Assists learners with the various clerkship requirements, including language requirements, as well as requirements of professional bodies (colleges of physicians) under which clerkships are taking place.- Assists with faculty appointment of doctors hosting medicine program students at the University of Ottawa.- Assists the clerkship director in determining preceptors for the clerkships.

Collaboration and partnership- Ensures good communication between the uOttawa Faculty of Medicine and similar faculties across the country, as well as with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada.- Establishes, drafts and maintains agreements with universities across Canada that have medicine programs, to facilitate sending students for clerkships on "their" territory.- Works with the uOttawa Undergraduate Medical Education and Postgraduate Medical Education Program teams for all clerkship-related work. Works with the uOttawa branch of the Consortium national de formation en santé to run activities related to CNFS learners.

Community and outreach- Seeks to create and maintain a strong sense of belonging on the part of CNFS learners regarding the French-language program and the CNFS.- Develops means to create a community of CNFS alumni once their uOttawa program is over.- Ensures links between the Faculty of Medicine and CNFS alumni, so that the latter can support our many activities and/or become our ambassadors throughout the country.- Conducts or supports activities to raise awareness of future doctors and the population in general concerning the importance of health-care services in French and an active offer.

What you will bring:

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in administration, management, health care or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
Three years' experience in a university, healthcare or similar setting
Bilingualism — proven ability to work in English and French (spoken and written)

Other Qualifications- Organizational skills and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines- Overall knowledge of project management and administration- Experience in collaborating with team members and with a range of stakeholders and external teams- Experience in event planning and organization- Excellent communications, interpersonal and problem-solving skills- Proven initiative and autonomy- Availability to occasionally work evenings and weekends- Experience in using