Professional Practice Advisor, Digital Learning & Clinical Transformation

Grand River Hospital; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health network is seeking a Professional Practice Advisor for Digital Learning and Clinical Transformation. The role focuses on enhancing digital learning for healthcare professionals and integrating clinical practices into the Electronic Health Record design. Candidates should have a graduate degree, leadership experience, and proficiency with Cerner Millennium. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Current registration in good standing as a Regulated Health Care Professional.
• Experience with Cerner Millennium required.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to establish positive partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Support digital learning and workflow development for EHR integration.
• Collaborate on self-guided learning for specialty roles.
• Aid in supporting prioritization of change requests.

Skills

Critical thinking

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Project management

Education

Graduate degree in related field

Tools

Cerner Millennium

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Articulate

Job description

Work Type: Temporary Full Time

Position: Professional Practice Advisor, Digital Learning and Clinical Transformation

Location: WRHN @ Midtown (formerly Grand River Hospital, KW Campus)

Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN, pronounced wren) is committed to meeting the current and emerging needs in Waterloo-Wellington and beyond. WRHN redefines the health-care experience through collaboration and innovation, addressing barriers to access, advancing care delivery, and setting new standards in compassionate, empowered community-driven health care. At WRHN, every patient is at the centre of everything we do as we strive to improve lives, inspire healing, and build healthier, stronger communities. By listening to patients and partners, we strive to connect communities to the right care, at the right place, and at the right time.

Please Note: New employees must provide documentation/proof of COVID-19 vaccination status, a 2-step TB test, as well as proof of immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) prior to their start date at Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN). New Employees will require clearance from Employee Health, Safety and Wellness before they are able to begin any position within WRHN.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Professional Practice- Digital Practice & Learning and Clinical Transformation, the PPA- DLCT aids in defining and navigating a path that supports and translates both digital learning and workflow development and supports the integration of clinical practice into the design and build of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). The PPA- DLCT would support the organization in the following areas:

Digital Learning

• Collaborate on self-guided learning for specialty roles
• Review feedback from learners and incorporate feedback to improve current self-guided learning
• Design and create critical assets to improve Oracle Cerner education
• Collaborate with Organizational Development and other stakeholders to design and build EDGE courses
• Collaboration where required with physician learning
• Utilization of report data from various metrics, such as barcode scanning, early warning scoring, BPMH to improve Cerner training
• Report learner satisfaction metrics

Clinical Transformation

• Collaborate with all sites in continual improvements and align practices where applicable
• Collaborate with organizational stakeholders such as Director of Digital Practice, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), clinical informatics, physicians, Educators/ Educators/ PPLs/ PPMs to assist with prioritization of change requests
• Aid in supporting and translating in both digital learning and workflow development to support the integration of clinical practice into the design and build of the EHR
• Collaborate with front line staff to review critical workflows and advise CCIO, CMIO, clinical informatics leadership to ensure workflow designs align with patient safety initiatives (i.e. Accreditation standards)
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and improve inefficiencies by creating joint working group comprised of frontline staff, informatics, CPOE, Educators/EPLs, PPLs

Professional Practice Development

• Support and contribute to several organizational priorities, both now and as they evolve over time. Included in these priorities are:
• Oncology Phase 2 CPOE
• Regional Oncology Project
• Cambridge Oracle Cerner Project
• Cerner Optimization Requests
• QIP and Strategic Projects

Position Requirements

• Current registration in good standing as a Regulated Health Care Professional
• Graduate degree in related field preferred
• Experience with Cerner Millennium required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience (full time equivalent).
• Previous strong leadership experience required
• Previous experience in Professional Practice preferred.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and effective problem solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and listening skills
• Demonstrated customer service skills and the ability to understand customer needs is a critical success factor
• Ability to master system functionality and become a systems expert is an asset
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload.
• Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement processes, adult learning principles and change management
• Experience in the development of policies, procedures and knowledge transfer is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to establish positive partnerships
• Working knowledge of health care legislation required.
• Highly motivated, self-directed with demonstrated ability to provide leadership within and across an interprofessional team in complex adaptive systems.
• Demonstrated skills in the use of research in the practice setting, clinical education, planning, consultation and facilitation.
• Demonstrated excellent presentation, project management and organizational skills required.
• Excellent computer literacy skills and knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Articulate and PowerPoint.
• Must be able to travel between multiple sites as needed.

Application Instructions

Employees of Legacy St. Mary’s General Hospital are required to submit their application electronically using Infor.

As per the collective agreement, the internal recruitment process will be completed prior to the consideration of external applications.

Waterloo Regional Health Centre is committed to fair and equitable employment and in our recruitment and selection practices. We strongly believe in inclusion and diversity within our organization, and welcome all applicants including, but not limited to racialized communities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, Indigenous people, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of our Hospital community. We are committed to providing and fostering a respectful workplace for all employees, free from violence and harassment.

Accommodations are available during all stages of the recruitment process in accordance with the Human Rights Code. WRHN is committed to complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) to provide an inclusive, barrier free workplace. We will accommodate the accessibility needs of individuals with disabilities to support participation in all aspects of the recruitment process. Should you require this accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

International Applicants

If you are seeking employment on a temporary work or study permit we recommend reviewing work permit restrictions as it applies to healthcare organizations in Canada. Individuals holding a work or study permit seeking employment in the healthcare sector may be required to complete additional steps in the process. This may also apply to current employees seeking renewal of their work permits. It is the accountability of the applicant and/or employee to ensure they are adhering to their specific work permit restrictions.

We would like to thank all candidates in advance for their interest and only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Due to the volume of applications, we are unable to confirm the receipt of individual applications or resumes.