Manager and Interprofessional Practice Chief

MANAGER AND INTERPROFESSIAL PRACTICE CHIEF

Posting Number: 10146

Position Type: Permanent Full-time

Shift Type: Day-Evening

Bi-Weekly

Hours:

70 Hours, 7 hrs/shift

Union: Non-Union

As a global leader in geriatric care, our Ambulatory and Interprofessional Practice programs are a fundamental part of Baycrest’s commitment to provide a continuum of exemplary programs and services throughout the journey of aging.

The Manager and Interprofessional Practice Chief will help deliver strategically important initiatives that transform our ambulatory care models. This position provides operational leadership to the Neuropsychology and Cognitive Health, Memory Clinic, and Movement Disorders Clinics; and interprofessional practice leadership to the professions of Psychology, Behaviour Analysis, Speech Language Pathology, Audiology, and to interprofessional ambulatory teams in general. In collaboration with the co-Directors, other Baycrest departments and system partners your leadership will deliver breakthrough improvements in care.

The care model improvements and innovations you design, implement and evaluate will secure better health outcomes for people with cognitive impairment and lower total cost of care for our health system. By activating business models to scale these care models Baycrest Hospital will achieve our strategic objectives to extend care beyond our campus and advance world class dementia care.

• Provides operational leadership to the Neuropsychology and Cognitive Health, Memory Clinic, and Movement Disorders Clinics.
• Provides professional practice-specific leadership and resource expertise for the professions of Psychology and Behaviour Analysis, Speech Language Pathology. Provides interprofessional ambulatory teams in general with the support of the Advanced Practice Lead for Ambulatory Clinical Services reporting to this Manager and Interprofessional Practice Chief.
• Provides supervision for Psychologists in Supervised Practice and Regulated Behaviour Analysts in Supervised Practice and maintains the high standing of the Baycrest Predoctoral Internship in Clinical Neuropsychology.
• Sustain and grow the neuropsychology consultation service to other Ontario hospitals.
• Ensures standards of practice and competencies are in compliance with the respective professional regulatory college and interprofessional standards.
• Creates, fosters, and supports continuing education opportunities and interprofessional collaboration for staff.
• Develops, enhances, and supports discipline-specific student education programs, and collaborates with Baycrest Academy for Research and Education to facilitate student placements.
• Engages in and supports academic, research, and innovation initiatives.
• Develops and implements policies, procedures, and quality improvement plans to enhance excellence in the delivery of clinical service and effective professional practice; reviews, analyzes, and evaluates quality, risk, safety, and other performance outcome indicators; works in collaboration with the Advanced Practice Lead for Ambulatory, Interprofessional Practice Chiefs, and Quality partners at Baycrest and colleagues at universities, professional colleges and hospitals across the province.
• Coaches, mentors, supports, and facilitates the creation and maintenance of an environment that fosters creativity and professional judgment, promotes staff initiative and interprofessional collaboration, and nurtures high morale
• Embeds a client- and family-centred approach in program practices and infrastructure
• Ensures balanced budgets and grows revenue as services grow.

• Doctoral Degree in Psychology
• Registration in good standing with the College of Psychologists and Behavior Analysts of Ontario
• Certification or degree in health or business administration preferred
• Academic appointment at an Ontario university
• Geriatric Specialization preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years relevant management or leadership experience in the healthcare sector
• Experience integrating care, such as leadership contributions to an Ontario Health Team, is an asset
• Demonstrated specialized expertise in facilitating quality and process improvement using a variety of techniques: LEAN, agile, PDSA
• Experience in a unionized setting required
• Proven leadership capabilities with strong evidence of the capacity to build high performing inter-professional and inter-organizational teams and support teams…