Job Description:

The Professional Practice Leader (PPL) is the representative of their specific health care professional discipline at RVH.

The PPL provides leadership in creating, articulating and sustaining an organizational wide plan for the interprofessional practice of the respective discipline and emphasizes the highest quality, evidence based, patient and family centered care.

It is the responsibility of all Regulated Health Professionals to be accountable to their individual College to ensure they maintain a high standard of practice including ongoing education/training to maintain best practice in the delivery of safe, effective and ethical treatment for their patients.

Education/Experience/Qualifications:

• Baccalaureate Degree in health related discipline required

• Master’s Degree preferred.

• Current & valid Registration in Professional Organization required.

• Membership in discipline-specific Professional Association required.

• Minimum of five years varied clinical practice experience with demonstrated clinical excellence.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated strong leadership skills including experience in the role of mentor**.**

• Understanding of professional standards and management of ethical issues.

• Demonstrated ability to work with an interdisciplinary team.

• Familiarity with the Regulated Health Professions Act of Ontario, standards of practice, and scope for discipline.

• Demonstratedability to manage change and to foster an environment which promotes personal accountability.

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple projects at one time.

• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals and objectives within a specified time frame.

Accountabilities:

Practice Leadership

• Represents interprofessional practice as a member of the Professional Advisory Committee

• Advocates that College legislation, regulations, standards and guidelines are met

• Develop, disseminate and sustain profession specific and interprofessional standards of care, medical directives, policies and procedures, and pre-printed orders

• Promotes, advances, integrates and sustains evidence based practice within professional and across interprofessional care teams

• Supports the practice development of unregulated discipline specific support staff (as appropriate)

• Identifies and addresses areas of clinical risk related to practice and college standards

• Promotes the advancement of the profession, both internally and externally through practice, research and quality initiatives

• Advises programs and services on issues related to skill mix, scope of practice and licensing and credentialing in planning programs and services

• Monitors and maintains profession-specific accreditation standards and workload measurement system (as applicable)

• Interprets workload measurement data

• Evaluates outcomes of profession-specific interventions, structures, and processes

• Collaborates with managers/directors regarding recruitment, hiring as specific to profession

• Directs implementation/promotion of Best Practice (e.g., evidence-based practice)

Professional Practice:

• Monitors and maintains professional standards and Code of Ethics

• Provides consultation to professional staff through leadership and mentorship

• Supervises clinical pathway development, implementation, and evaluation

• Consult with other PPLs, educators, and other members of the interprofessional team to provide alternative approaches to situations regarding staff and patients/families

• Develops and facilitates a system that ensures current professional credentialing is intact throughout the organization

• Advocates for the profession within patient care delivery system

• Ensures that the care delivery system integrates research, education, and evidence-based clinical care

• Represents the profession in internal and external forums

• Develops and facilitates educational forums that provide current clinical trends and/or issues

• Manages ongoing and enhanced education/certification/credentialing of staff

• Promotes the implementation of advances in technology and therapeutic interventions

• Represents RVH externally on regional, provincial, national, professional practice related committees

Professional Development/Education/Research

• Fosters an environment that cultivates evidence-based practice, continuous quality improvement, scientific inquiry and research within the discipline and across patient care teams

• Participates in and cultivates opportunities for clinically based research, professional presentations and publications

• Promotes and facilitates professional development and ongoing learning and education both within and across professions

• Develops, monitors, and evaluates a program of professional development that is specific to the profession

• Maintains a professional knowledge base and skill

• Provides orientation to new staff

• Embeds and enhances evidence-based practice within the profession

• Creates and fosters a philosophy of life-long learning

• Facilitates academic and professional relationships with internal/external partners

• Develops, implements, and evaluates indicators that flow from standards and practice guidelines and adjusts guidelines as appropriate

• Provides consultation regarding research process

• Promotes, supports, and facilitates profession-specific and interdisciplinary research

• Supports and facilitates publication of articles

• Facilitates application of research findings to enhance practice

• Ensures system exists to support professional academic activities

Quality Improvement:

• Participates in the development of documentation systems and processes that evaluate quality of care promoting patient and family centered care
• Develops, implements, and evaluates balanced score card plan that is profession-specific
• Encourages feedback that supports quality improvements and customer satisfaction