Patient Safety Consultant
Patient Safety Consultant
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 383626
Position Number:
Posting End Date: July 4 2025
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site:WRHA Corporate
Department / Unit: Patient Safety
Job Stream: Clinical Support
Union: EXEMPT
Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 07/07/2025 - Indefinite
Reason for Term: Other Leave
FTE:1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
Salary is commensurate with education and qualifications.
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites services and organizations. Were united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
Working as assigned with a customer-centric mindset each position will be assigned to support various service delivery organizations (SDO) in implementing patient safety programs.
Main Function
- Implement and advance a patient safety program and promote a culture of quality safety and high-reliability to ensure consistent high-quality patient care and effectively serve the SDO though system safety reviews.
- Assist staff and physicians in understanding complex systems in which people work and collaborate to provide recommendations for healthcare system improvements.
- Review patient safety events within the SDO using a variety of appropriate methods and approaches.
- Leads and participates in critical incident review committees (CIRCs).
- Assist clinicians in addressing health service delivery improvements to support patient safety systemically.
- Participate in patient safety projects initiatives and activities to support ongoing improvements to patient safety throughout the SDO.
Experience
- 5 years of progressive experience in health service delivery involving quality and patient safety including:
- 2 years relevant health experience in quality patient safety within the health services industry.
- 2 years of experience managing processes and projects.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Post-secondary degree in nursing health sciences or social sciences from an accredited education institution.
- A certificate in quality management or patient safety is an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Active member in good standing with an associated regulatory body as appropriate.
Qualifications and Skills
- Demonstrated staff-level leadership capabilities. The provincial health system in Manitoba has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings at multiple sites throughout the organization and to lift and carry items of up to approximately 10 kg.
- Interruptions to respond to questions are common; dedicated and focused time for planning and concentration can be scheduled.
- Travel throughout the province requiring a valid Manitoba drivers license and use of a personal motor vehicle.
This term position may end earlier as outlined in your employee handbook.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre Deer Lodge Centre Golden West Centennial Lodge Grace Hospital Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg Pan Am Clinic River Park Gardens Victoria General Hospital WRHA corporate programs and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
Wewelcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodationsare available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Temp
