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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00612704
Facility: Royal University Hospital
Job Description: Under the general direction of the Director, this position is responsible for setting strategic direction for the Staff & Patient Safety, Risk Management and Quality Improvement within the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).

The Manager must work collaboratively with a wide and diverse group of individuals including patients and families, front line staff, supervisors, managers, medical staff, senior leadership team, legal counsel and government.

In keeping with the mission, vision and values of the Saskatchewan Health Authority, the incumbent is responsible and accountable to provide for the health and safety of the organization's employees and patients, residents, clients.  The incumbent's specific focus is on those employees and patients, residents, clients under their scope of responsibility and they must act accordingly to keep patients and employees safe.  The incumbent will ensure that all legal health and safety requirements applicable to their scope of responsibility are followed and insure that specific responsibilities, accountabilities, goals and objectives for health and safety are established.  The incumbent is responsible to provide, within their scope of responsibility, reasonable and adequate personnel and resources to ensure employee and patient, resident, client safety.

Required Qualifications

LEAN Leader Training preferred
Recognized Baccalaureate degree in health related discipline.
Experience
Must have at least five years recognized experience  healthcare clinical, education and/or administrative role or experience in patient safety, staff safety, and quality improvement in a health care environment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Project management skills
Present
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