Healthcare Quality Improvement Lead — Flexible Location

Interior Health; Penticton; Hybrid; CAD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/education

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Work-life balance

May be eligible to contribute to MPP

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking a permanent full-time Improvement Consultant to lead quality improvement initiatives across the South Okanagan region. You will coach, facilitate, and educate teams using lean and evidence-based methods to improve patient care, safety and service utilisation.

You will work with health leaders to plan, implement and evaluate impactful improvements. As part of IH's Quality and Patient Safety program, you will support accreditation, provide staff education, and apply

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a health-related field with QA and patient safety training.
• 3–5 years progressive leadership experience.
• 2–5 years clinical health care or data management experience.
• Experience leading QA, Lean and Kaizen activities and Kaizen events.
• Equivalent education, training, and experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to promote a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Facilitate integration of quality initiatives with measurable data.
• Collaborate with leaders, physicians and staff on planning and evaluation of quality projects.
• Lead accreditation and Lean/Kaizen activities and coaching.
• Educate teams on Lean thinking and daily management.

Skills

Leadership

Facilitation

Coaching

Communication

Quality improvement

Lean thinking

Kaizen

Data management

Collaboration

Project management

Education

Master's in health-related field

Job description

Interior Health is seeking a permanent full-time Improvement Consultant to lead quality improvement initiatives across the South Okanagan region. You will coach, facilitate, and educate teams using lean and evidence-based methods to improve patient care, safety and service utilisation.

You will work with health leaders to plan, implement and evaluate impactful improvements. As part of IH's Quality and Patient Safety program, you will support accreditation, provide staff education, and apply