Professional Practice Lead- Women's & Child Health

Your Opportunity:

Do you have experience in leading strategic multi-site and multi-sectoral initiatives within an organization? Are you passionate about quality patient services within women’s and child health and enhancing interprofessional scope of practice across an organization? Then we have a great opportunity for you! Covenant Health has a vacancy for a Professional Practice Lead, Women’s and Child Health. In this role, you are accountable for promoting and maintaining the professional standards of a distinct profession across multiple service sectors. The position supports the organization by providing expert knowledge relating to women’s and child health best practices and changes in regulations and compliance requirements. The incumbent will also facilitate the evaluation and adoption of evidence-based research outcomes into practice at the organizational level. The ideal candidate in this position will excel in leading the development of educational resources and supporting education to ensure clinical providers can integrate the changes into practice. They will foster an attitude of curiosity and inquiry, and enhance employee engagement & development. We are proud to offer a supportive work environment that encourages professional growth and collaboration. To join our dedicated team, apply today! This is a hybrid position which requires flexibility to work both remotely as well as onsite. Occasional travel may be required to support project initiatives. Covenant Health is proud to be part of Canada’s integrated healthcare system, serving millions of Albertans. Covenant Health is also a recent recipient of two prestigious awards: Alberta’s Top 75 Employer award, and one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Description:

Supporting the mission, vision, and values of Covenant Health, this position provides expertise and corporate leadership for Professional Practice in the Women’s & Child Health area. The Practice Lead is accountable to develop, review, integrate, implement, and evaluate scope of practice, standards of practice, as well as provincial practice change initiatives across multiple service sectors, disciplines, and the continuum of health. A key function of the role is regular participation at the provincial level in decision making related to the practice changes with the view to enhancing quality and safety in clinical practice. The position facilitates the adoption of new evidence into practice at the organizational level by making effective recommendations to leadership, leading, and informing the development of clinical educational resources, and providing strategic guidance to implementation teams to ensure effective knowledge translation. The Practice Lead creates innovative best practice solutions to complex problems and responds to practice questions of staff and leaders. The Practice Lead role models effective collaboration and strategizes processes to support interprofessional practice among multifaceted teams. This position is non-unionized. You would leverage your strong leadership skills to lead professional practice initiatives addressing provincial priorities and holding accountability for deliverables; Work with key stakeholders and other government ministries to align interprofessional practice initiatives with our organizational strategy; and Provide recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the services delivered. This position is non-unionized.