Lead, Learning Health Systems

Position Summary
Interior Health are looking for an experienced Lead, Learning Health Systems to join our team on a full time permanent basis and offers a flexible work location from within the Interior Health Region.

This position

What we offer:
-Employee & Family Assistance Program
-Employer paid training/education opportunities
-Employer paid vacation
-Medical Services Plan
-Employer paid insurance premiums
-Extended health & dental coverage
-Possible Municipal Pension Plan
-Work-life balance

Salary:
Salary range for the position is $88,990 to $127,923. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

About the job:
In accordance with the established vision and values of the organization, patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Lead, Learning Health Systems (LHS) supports and enables a rapid learning approach to clinical care, aligning multiple approaches such as research, quality improvement, evaluation and the ongoing integration of new diagnostic and care innovations. Working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Lead, LHS supports teams and workflows to collect data, generate knowledge from the data and drive practice change to improve outcomes over time and share learning locally and more broadly. The LHS approach is grounded in patient priorities; patients are essential members of the interdisciplinary team throughout the process. LHS processes supported by this role include building capacity for knowledge generation and application within a clinical care setting. The Lead, LHS collaborates with health service leaders, front-line staff, clinicians, researchers, and informatics experts to support learning cycles that improve outcomes for patients and value for the health system.

In accordance with the vision, purpose, and values of Interior Health, cultural safety, anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion principles and practices are a fundamental requirement in all elements of this role.

Typical duties and responsibilities:

• Develops strong and collaborative working relationships with diverse internal and external partners, including patients, clinicians, Decision Support, Finance, Informatics, researchers, health service leaders.
• Advises leadership on strategic developments and progress, including objectives for continued innovation and sustainability of the Learning Health Systems (LHS) model.
• Ensures that communications are open, transparent, and appropriate in scope and information is continually mobilized between key partners. Facilitates consensus building amongst leaders within Interior Health and collaborating organizations to remove obstacles and support achievement of LHS goals.
• Creates and adapts processes, policies and working practices supportive of LHS development and facilitates the set up and coordination of, concurrent research, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives.
• Coordinates and, where required, chairs any Oversight Committee meetings and other partner meetings, ensuring documentation and follow up on key actions.
• Applies LHS framework principles, practices, and tools to the care setting through engagement and change management to enable practice innovation and improvement.
• Ensures that patients and families are actively involved in continuous learning and improvement cycles, including measuring outcomes identified as important by them.
• Supports grant applications to assist the conduct of research, quality improvement and evaluation initiatives.
• Creates efficient approaches to measure and report on impact, including return on investment associated with innovation, knowledge translation, quality improvement and research activities.
• Supports collaboration with interested parties to identify, measure and report on key metrics to enable outcomes monitoring.
• Participates in multi-partner networks supporting LHS activities and ensures that knowledge, tools, and opportunities available in networks are applied locally where relevant.
• Supports knowledge dissemination and exchange related to the learning health system area both within and beyond the organization.
• Provides education and disseminates knowledge of the LHS concept to enable partner understanding of the pillars, infrastructure, enablers, and inhibitors of a learning health system.
• Navigates socio-political challenges and supports conflict resolution amongst partners.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualfications
Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Education, Training and Experience
• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Master's Degree in a health-related field.
• Seven (7) years of progressive experience working within or directly in a clinical/applied health research-focused public health care environment.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills And Abilities
• Functional understanding of clinical care settings in the public health system.
• Experience in the conduct of applied health research/patient-oriented research, quality improvement and/or evaluation of health services.
• Proven leadership skills, including but not limited to forging and maintaining relationships, communications, engaging others, conflict resolution, achieving results, developing coalitions.
• Ability to conduct literature searches and reviews, applicability assessment and interpretation.
• Training/education in cultural safety/humility, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with people in all levels of health care, academia and patients and families.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse, collaborative team.
• Knowledge and understanding of public engagement strategies and methods (e.g., International Association of Public Participation - Planning and Techniques certification) is an asset.
• A valid BC Driver’s license.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.