
Coordinator, Clinical Quality (1 year term)
- Moncton, NB
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Design and implement risk management initiatives covering clinical service delivery and patient care equipment aspects of paramedic services;
- Facilitate ongoing change and process re-engineering within a performance-based, continuous quality improvement system and follows up to ensure that interventions undertaken are effective and identified issues/concerns are resolved;
- Manage and direct Field Training Paramedic workload and monitor performance based on contract agreement in relation to retrospective call documentation reviews;
- Complete PCP and/or ACP audits, field assessments, as well as feedback to employees. Ongoing assessment of service rendered against established procedures, protocols and standards to identify areas of deficiency and non-compliance. Using these findings, makes recommendations for emerging training needs for ACPs and PCPs.
- Provide input on annual paramedic performance evaluations, new employee/probationary evaluations, recommending extensions or remediation;
- Undertake research and work collaboratively with the Office of the Provincial Medical Director (OPMD) and provincial paramedic organizations to identify, assess, evaluate and recommend clinical and professional standards and protocols appropriate to New Brunswick;
- Develop proposals, strategies, and recommendations, based on industry benchmarks, best practices, and OPMD requirements;
- Complete scheduled and ad hoc reports internally to SMT as well as externally to DH and other stakeholders as required;
- Assist in identifying professional development priorities and/or prepares and delivers presentations as a result of trends identified during audits or investigations;
- Identify, recommend, and support the development of new employee orientations, procedures and policies;
- Supervise, gather, and analyze clinical and operational data and statistics as well as maintain reporting mechanisms;
- Audit and review for compliance policies and procedures to mitigate risk and enhance service delivery;
- Initiate and conduct investigations, resolving and reporting on applicable patient or external stakeholder complaints and unusual clinical occurrences encountered by paramedics;
- Collaborate during investigations of more complex and/or high profile complaints, occurrences and incidents;
- Recommend re-training particulars for individual paramedics involved in occurrences;
- Assist Operations in liaising and resolving issues with hospitals, other health professionals, and allied emergency response providers;
- Represent the TQA department and ANB on committees, public events and task forces etc.;
- Carry out the duties and responsibilities of an active paramedic in accordance with the requirements to maintain certification;
- Participate in the provincial monthly reconciliation of controlled pharmaceuticals as required;
- Act on behalf of the Director as assigned.
- Post-secondary education, plus successful completion of an approved Primary Care Paramedic or Advanced Care Paramedic program;
- Registered with PANB as a Primary Care Paramedic or Advanced Care Paramedic (preferred);
- Minimum five years of paramedic field experience, with two to three (2-3) years in a leadership role;
- Experience in quality assurance/improvement and investigatory and auditing techniques working with outcome-based goals.
- Ability to analyze data emanating from a variety of sources;
- Innovative and creative in developing quality assurance and improvement programs;
- Work with a variety of software application to support data collection, analysis and presentation;
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills;
- Project management and time management skills;
- Interact effectively with others;
- Problem solver, self-directed, independent and resourceful;
- Well organized with a high level of attention to detail;
- Leadership abilities with a proven track record for inspiring and motivating others;
- Understanding of business process review, evaluation and change management concepts and methodologies;
- Familiar with concepts of quality assurance, quality improvement and performance-based systems;
- Bilingualism is an asset.