Manager Professional Practice - Quality Improvement Scholarship and Innovation for Nursing and Health Professions, Collaborative Academic Practice Fellowships
Manager Professional Practice - Quality Improvement Scholarship and Innovation for Nursing and Health Professions, Collaborative Academic Practice Fellowships
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Job Description
Union: Non-Union
Number of vacancies: 1
Site: Toronto General Hospital
Department: Collaborative Academic Practice
Reports to: Director of Professional Practice for Quality Improvement and Collaborative Academic Practice
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Closing Date: July 29 2025
Position summary
Reporting to the Director of Professional Practice (DPP) for Manager of Quality Improvement Scholarship and Innovation a member of the UHN Collaborative Academic Practice (CAP) portfolio is accountable for academic clinical practice in alignment to UHNs Purpose Values and Principles and is key in aligning work within and across clinical programs sites and organizational practice priorities. The partners with the DPP to develop and implement provisions of care organization-wide healthcare delivery models which advances University Health Networks (UHN)s foundational value of Patient-Centred Care and its mission of providing exemplary safe patient care and fostering excellence in healthcare delivery research and teaching.
Duties
- Leading interprofessional quality improvement and scholarship initiatives aligned with UHNs strategic plan and broader health system priorities
- Driving change that advances UHNs commitment to high-quality equitable and innovative care
- Advancing system-wide quality priorities and mentoring fellows through the CAP TAHSNp Fellowship Program
- Providing mentorship and coaching to staff and learners both internal and external to UHN to build QI capability and support cross-sector collaboration
- Offering QI consultation and subject matter expertise to healthcare professionals and clinical teams across programs and practice settings
- Designing delivering and evaluating QI curricula for learners staff and fellows
- Supporting scholarship through guidance on academic publications proposal development and grant writing in support of interprofessional research
- Building capacity among staff and teams to embed QI into clinical service delivery
- Supporting the development of a learning health system by aligning clinical innovation with organizational goals
- Partnering with external stakeholders including academic institutions government bodies community organizations and other TAHSN hospitals to strengthen collaborative improvement efforts
- Engaging with programmatic donors and the UHN Foundation to align funding with CAP Fellowship outcomes and innovation goals
Qualifications :
- Masters degree in Nursing Health Administration Engineering or other regulated health profession
- Registered and in good standing with a regulated health professional college
- CQUIPS or equivalent QI certification preferred (or willingness to obtain)
- Advanced project management skills
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
- 58 years of clinical experience in acute or post-acute care
- 35 years experience in a leadership role
- Eligible for cross-appointment with UHN-affiliated academic institutions
- Demonstrated experience quality improvement and leading major change initiatives in a healthcare environment
- Expert in data analysis and visualization; ability to utilize data analytic QI skills (e.g. experience with run and control charts and pareto diagrams) and proficiency in digital tools and software
- Strong understanding of knowledge translation and implementation science methodology
- Strong knowledge of professional standards ethics health care consent and regulatory legislation
- Understanding of hospital operations health system structures and related policies
- Experience developing and implementing practice standards and quality controls
- Strategic analytical thinker with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong communicator and effective collaborator across diverse teams and disciplines
- Adaptable culturally competent and responsive to change
- Skilled in managing competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Able to apply research to practice and support evidence-informed improvements
- Experience with presentations and publications
Additional Information :
Why join UHN
In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.
- Competitive offer packages
- Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
- A flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
- Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts on-site gyms etc.)
Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.
All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.
Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.
UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
