Quality and Practice Coordinator - Toronto, Canada - Sinai Health

Sinai Health

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Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Are you seeking an opportunity where you can actively develop quality and patient safety initiatives? Our Women's and Infant's Health (WIH) program is seeking a qualified individual to support and promote patient safety within our NICU.

Reporting to the Director Quality and Nursing Practice, you will also work with the frontline and medical leads, unit councils and interdisciplinary teams on quality and practice initiatives.

Is this you?
You have a genuine passion for improving quality and patient safety. Our team strives for the best patient outcomes and nursing satisfaction.

As Canada's only MAGNET hospital, our nurses experience empowerment and professional development, which leads to greater autonomy at the bedside.

You enjoy having the freedom to set your focus, while at the same time being adaptable in order to prioritize fluctuating needs.

This role entails a mix of meetings and independent work, which requires you to have the flexibility and priority-setting skills.

You appreciate a diverse range of work experiences.

With this position supporting the NICU, your work will involve determining best practices for the neonatal population, implementation of quality improvement projects such as development of a skincare bundle for extremely premature infant to improve outcomes.

Be an active member in the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN), and Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality as a nursing lead for EPIQ

About This Team
The NICU is one of the largest neonatal units in Canada looking after the most vulnerable population. Infants starting at 22+0 weeks are cared for in this facility. This team also measures
and reports on outcome related to patient safety and quality practices.

In this role you will:

Identify, implement and monitor programs and activities related to quality, safety, risk and growth
Collaborate with leads and interdisciplinary teams for practice changes and product evaluation
Support interdisciplinary quality reviews and investigations; assisting with the completion of case review form
Support quality leads which may include monitoring of completion and sustainability of all recommendations
Assist with chart reviews as requested, including patient complaints and critical incidents
Support the Academic Practice Strategy
Liaise with the Clinical Educator(s) or Clinical Nurse Specialist(s) to roll out changes and required education
Support and monitor standards including Health Canada and Accreditation Canada/Magnet
Monitor Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) best practices and Perinatal standards to make sure they are met
Monitor practice trends, current research, best practice guidelines, resource utilization and changing patient needs to make recommendations
Job RequirementsMandatory
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)

Preferred

Those who have taken a Quality Improvement and/or Patient Safety course/certificate and asset
2 or more years of leadership experience in a similar role
Experience in Level 2 and NICU nursery
Experience in Quality Improvement and Process improvement
Membership in professional organizations such as SOGC, RNAO, CAN
MRP course is an asset

Skills and Knowledge

FMEA, and CPSI incident analysis framework
Knowledge of organizational structures and levers to achieve quality and patient safety outcomes
Demonstrated leadership in improvement science, patient safety principles, systems thinking, patient and family centered care, and project management

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care.

Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home.

Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.