Project Manager - Choosing Wisely Canada

Job summary

Lead and manage national projects for Choosing Wisely Canada, focusing on the design and implementation of initiatives to reduce unnecessary healthcare tests. Coordinate with diverse stakeholders and clinical leads to develop implementation tools and track progress across Canada.

Job details

Choosing Wisely Canada (CWC) is a national campaign for reducing unnecessary tests and treatments in health care. CWC inspires and engages health care professionals to take leadership in reducing unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures, and enables them with simple tools and resources that make it easier to choose wisely. CWC is currently looking for a Project Manager. This role will provide leadership and management for Choosing Wisely Canada’s national projects, including the design, planning, coordination, and implementation of initiatives, as well as overseeing communication and engagement with diverse stakeholder groups. Duties & Responsibilities Conducting needs assessments to facilitate defining project scope, goals, plans, deliverables, schedules/timelines, etc., including, researching and analyzing best practices and other relevant initiatives to facilitate large scale project proposals Designing, developing and managing the execution of project plans, and other strategies to advance CWC priorities Monitoring and evaluating project progress, identifying potential risks and mitigation strategies, and resolving issues as they arise Understanding the priorities of national and provincial stakeholders to ensure alignment Establishing, building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders Collaborating with clinical leads to establish project goals and timelines and managing the execution of identified priorities. Providing leadership and management to other CWC projects Independent assessment of potential foci for CWC work—assessing risk, benefits, challenges Drafting and developing national implementation tools and resources Designing and pre-testing measurement tools Designing data collection methods to track Canada-wide Choosing Wisley implementation efforts and analyzing common challenges Reviewing and analyzing data to develop and implement policies, procedures, and standards related to all aspects of the Choosing Wisely program. Preparing communication materials, reports and presentations Work with business manager to advise on budgets for the implementation efforts Qualifications MPH, MHSc, or MSc in Quality Improvement, Health Quality or related discipline Minimum 5 years related experience required Experience in quality improvement required Experience working with external stakeholders across multiple institutions and across at least one province (e.g. hospitals, government, etc.) required Excellent written communication skills are necessary Superior organizational skills to manage multiple projects in a timely manner and flexibility to adapt to changing workload Ability to take initiative and lead a diverse group of individuals Professionalism and self-motivation Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity.

What you’ll do

Lead and manage national projects for Choosing Wisely Canada, focusing on the design and implementation of initiatives to reduce unnecessary healthcare tests. Coordinate with diverse stakeholders and clinical leads to develop implementation tools and track progress across Canada.

Requirements

Requires a postgraduate degree in Quality Improvement, Health Quality, or a related discipline with at least 5 years of related experience. Must have proven experience in quality improvement and working with external stakeholders across multiple institutions and provinces.

Listed skills

• written communication · Preferred
• Policy development · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Quality Improvement · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Quality Improvement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Needs Assessment
• Risk Mitigation
• Data Collection
• Strategic Planning
• Written Communication
• Organizational Skills
• Leadership
• Policy Development
• Budget Advising

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership
• Government & Public Sector

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