Women's College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity, and health system solutions. If you're ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery, and system thinking are limitless. Women's College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.
FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY:
As a condition of employment, you are required to submit proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to the Hospital’s Occupational Health, Safety & Wellness department. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside in Ontario.
This role provides support to Manager, Learning Health System. Women’s College Hospital is on the journey to becoming a Learning Health System (LHS). This is a model in which we will foster a culture of curiosity and reflection to determine how we can work together to effect improvements around patient care, by embedding research, quality improvement and education methodologies.
Summary of Duties:
• Assist the Manager, LHS with the following:
o Facilitate the development and eventual operations/workflow of the LHS Collaboratory
o Collaboration with partners and stakeholders within and external to WCH, including clinical program staff and leaders, physicians, and other team members, as necessary.
o Producing content for Academic newsletter/ Connect to communicate important updates about the LHS at WCH.
o Schedule and coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes
• Support stakeholders to plan and execute activities, including scoping review/landscape review, meeting facilitation, workflow analyses and improvements, progress tracking and reporting
• Undertake landscape reviews of various systems and on various topics to support the ongoing development of the LHS at WCH
• Organize and facilitate monthly LHS seminar series
• Develop and deliver training materials, as well as tools and resources to support training
• Evaluation of meetings/strategic planning events, etc.
• Prepare presentations (e.g., PowerPoint) as needed
• May assist team members with preparing materials for proposals, progress reports, presentations, and publications
• Support KPI development and reporting metrics
• Help prepare funding applications for grants and other sources
• Provide assistance with overall planning, project management, and execution of the Day of Excellence in Academics Event, including assistance with preparing reports (progress, post-event debrief) as needed, and assistance with abstract adjudication process
Qualifications:
• An Undergraduate degree with a focus on research/health administration is required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in an academic health science setting is required
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with project management processes, principles, and tools is preferred.
• Advanced skills in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Access) are required
• High degree of accountability and an ability to work independently and productively required
• High-level attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills sufficient to prioritize and complete assignments and projects independently and in a timely manner, while balancing competing needs and attending to detail.
• Superior interpersonal, collaborative, and teamwork skills with ability to develop relationships with people representing a range of disciplines.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, navigate stakeholder interest, and deliver measurable results.
• Good work and attendance record required.
• Demonstrated WCH vision mission and values.
• Professional behavior and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital.
This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all.
Women's College Hospital is a fully affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Toronto and is committed to fairness and equity in employment and our recruitment and selection practices. We encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, members of racialized groups, women and any others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under our Access for People with Disabilities policy. Applicants need to make their requirements known in advance.
