Overview
Professional Practice and Quality Consultant Jobs in Ontario at VON Canada
Title: Professional Practice and Quality Consultant
Company: VON Canada
Location: Ontario
Category: Healthcare, Management
Location: Ontario
Requisition
Details:
Employment Status:
Permanent, Full Time (1.0 FTE)
Program Name:
Practice, Quality, and Risk
Work Schedule:
Days Biweekly
Hours:
75
On Call:
No
Position is available to candidates in Ontario, Canada and Nova Scotia, Canada
Job Summary:
The Professional Practice and Quality Consultant provides
leadership
in clinical and professional practice and is responsible for responding to requests for professional practice support from service delivery program management, clinical
education
managers, and regulated and unregulated staff utilizing
evidence-based practice
resources. The Consultant develops quality improvement initiatives including clinical and professional practice policies, guidelines, and tools required to enable safe and effective client and family-centered care.
The Professional Practice and Quality Consultant utilizes a variety of resources to enhance service delivery programs and inform clinical and professional practices at VON through the review and implementation of clinical best practice guidelines, regulatory standards, and research based evidence.
Key Responsibilities:
Provides subject matter expertise to enable the development of practice standards (policies, procedures, guidelines, and tools) across service delivery programs.
Participates in quality improvement initiatives that support evidence-informed decision-making and safe, effective care.
Provides practice consultations to program and clinical managers to enable safe and effective practice for all VON programs and providers.
Conducts literature reviews, practice reviews and evaluates research in order to develop policies, program standards, guidelines, and resources that guide clinical practice.
Creates
education
for regulated and unregulated providers according to practice needs.
Plans and prepares curricula in accordance with program objectives, practice standards, and accreditation standards.
Delivers
education
programs as required using a variety of instructional delivery methods.
Evaluates the effectiveness of
education
programs.
Participates in continuous quality improvement of
education
programs to ensure relevance and currency.
Adopts or develops client-related best practices for service delivery programs.
Facilitates the knowledge transfer of discipline-specific and interprofessional standards including standards of practice, regulatory standards, core competencies, and the application of accreditation standards in service delivery programs.
Utilizes a variety of internal data sources to monitor, track, and report on identified clinical outcome indicators across service delivery programs and sites.
Participates in internal and external committees and task groups providing expertise and influencing practices in home and community care.
Supports site management teams through coaching and teaching about existing and emerging clinical practice issues, and provides resources to support safe and effective care and service delivery.
Acts as a clinical resource in the VON disaster and emergency response plan for disease outbreaks to assist the organization in preparedness and re…
