Professional Practice Lead

at  Southlake Regional Health Centre

COMPANY BIO

Southlake is building healthy communities through outstanding care, innovative partnerships, and amazing people. We deliver a wide range of healthcare services to the communities of northern York Region and southern Simcoe County. Our advanced regional programs include Cancer Care and Cardiac Care and serve a broader population across the northern GTA and into Simcoe-Muskoka.
Our team of nearly 6,000 staff, physicians, volunteers, students and Patient and Family Advisors are committed to creating an environment where the best experiences happen. As a recognition of our commitment to quality and patient safety, we have received the highest distinction of Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Manager Professional Practice, Skin and Wound and Student Placements, the Professional Practice Lead is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of corporate educational initiatives that support professional practice. The Professional Practice Lead will lead in implementing best practices utilizing the patient and family centered care philosophy.
The Professional Practice Lead will function with a high degree of attention to detail, quality of workmanship, accuracy and ability to prioritize work in a dynamic, fast paced, team setting, often working with competing priorities. As a member of the Professional Practice team, the Professional Practice Lead is committed to Southlake’s purpose of “Building healthy communities through outstanding care, innovative partnerships and amazing people” by living the Southlake Values and upholding the hospital Code of Conduct.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Regulated Health Professional in good standing with their regulatory college.
• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Master’s Degree Preferred.
• Minimum three years acute care clinical experience.
• Minimum one year experience in a professional practice leadership role, preferred.
• Minimum one year experience in providing clinical education and change management support utilizing adult education principles and evidence-based practice preferred.
• Membership in professional role-related association preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of interprofessional collaboration and education.
• Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal communication, team building, facilitation, and coaching skills that encourages positive interactions among all members of the health care team.
• Proven experience of in the application of project management concepts, knowledge translation and change management preferred.
• Proven experience in needs assessment, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven experience in the planning and implementation of quality improvement projects.
• Systems level thinking and ability to think strategically.
• Ability to review and critically analyze literature and research and to apply findings and theoretical frameworks into clinical practice and standards of care.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of Patient and Family-Centred Care.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective clinical practice leadership.
• Ability to work independently, be self-directed and participate in/lead interprofessional teams.
• Proven ability to facilitate ongoing staff development.
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development.
• Demonstrated conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to make independent decisions based on knowledge of current situations and sound judgement.
• Proficiency in working with Microsoft Office 365, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to manage data to produce statistics, metrics, scorecards and reports required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with strong multi-tasking ability.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Ability to produce high quality work with attention to detail.
• Ability to use good judgement in assessing difficult situations with resourcefulness and strong problem solving skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the job.
• Proven attendance record.
• Demonstrates understanding and complies with Southlake policies and procedures.
• Fosters a safe and inclusive environment for all.
• Models behaviour that is aligned with the values of Southlake Regional Health Centre
  o Always with compassion
  o Power of many
  o Serve with purpose
  o Every voice matters
  o Courage to think differently

• Work collaboratively to identify gaps and needs for corporate education and quality improvement.
• Develop, coordinate, deliver, evaluate and sustain corporate educational initiatives related to professional practice throughout the hospital which support the implementation of interprofessional, evidence-based, patient and family-centred care delivery systems.
• Support the development of initiatives that advance corporate and program/service quality and utilization.
• Promote Professional Practice collaboration and education through targeted engagement.
• Utilize continuous quality improvement and change management methodologies in the analysis, evaluation and monitoring of educational programs.
• Identify and implement strategies to translate and interpret research findings and theoretical frameworks into practice.
• Assist in facilitating an interprofessional collaboration approach to problem solving and decision making.
• Work with teams to ensure all professional scopes of practice are maximized.
• Participate in the implementation of Best Practice Guidelines and support the deliverables of being a Best
• Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) and a Best Practice Spotlight Ontario Health Team (BPSOHT).
• Review and update policies/ procedures/ standards of care to ensure in alignment with best practices and educational programs.
• Other duties as assigned.