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This is a leadership role with a high degree of independence to plan, design and develops provincial education and learning tools within Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) and the Primary Care Integration Network. The position works closely with the project leads in Applied Research and Patient Experience, CCA Provincial Patient Education and multiple other internal and external partners to develop digital tools to support effective knowledge transfer and exchange between CCA, patients and families and primary care and acute care providers. Using advanced expertise and skills in educational design and knowledge translation, the incumbent will design educational programming for healthcare providers, and PHC staff to support high-quality survivorship, cancer surveillance, and symptom management in the patient’s medical home and promote self-navigation capacity in patients and families. This role will support key AHS organization priorities and PHC program objectives – Home to Hospital to Home Transitions, Access to Specialty Care, Keeping Care in the Community, System Enablers for Knowledge Translation strategies and will work to support change management and quality improvement in PHC in the province. The role will oversee the refreshing of CCA’s external website content for both patients/families and PHC staff, working closely with CCA Patient Education, and AHS Communications. Recognized as a high-impact agent of change, the incumbent will be familiar with new and innovative learning models and creative uses of educational technologies and digital health strategies. They are also skilled at applying principles in adult learning, design thinking, user experience design, and systems thinking to create meaningful learning experiences for all stakeholders. Commitment to meaningful engagement with patients and families as true partners in co-design is required.
This is a leadership role with a high degree of independence to plan, design and develops provincial education and learning tools within Cancer Care Alberta (CCA) and the Primary Care Integration Network. The position works closely with the project leads in Applied Research and Patient Experience, CCA Provincial Patient Education and multiple other internal and external partners to develop digital tools to support effective knowledge transfer and exchange between CCA, patients and families and primary care and acute care providers. Using advanced expertise and skills in educational design and knowledge translation, the incumbent will design educational programming for healthcare providers, and PHC staff to support high-quality survivorship, cancer surveillance, and symptom management in the patient’s medical home and promote self-navigation capacity in patients and families. This role will support key AHS organization priorities and PHC program objectives – Home to Hospital to Home Transitions, Access to Specialty Care, Keeping Care in the Community, System Enablers for Knowledge Translation strategies and will work to support change management and quality improvement in PHC in the province. The role will oversee the refreshing of CCA’s external website content for both patients/families and PHC staff, working closely with CCA Patient Education, and AHS Communications. Recognized as a high-impact agent of change, the incumbent will be familiar with new and innovative learning models and creative uses of educational technologies and digital health strategies. They are also skilled at applying principles in adult learning, design thinking, user experience design, and systems thinking to create meaningful learning experiences for all stakeholders. Commitment to meaningful engagement with patients and families as true partners in co-design is required.
Description:
Educational Strategy Design and Development Lead the design of project education strategies by both working autonomously and providing strategic advice to the leadership team about best practices for educational design and knowledge translation across multiple complex stakeholders. Lead co-design sessions with stakeholders and subject matter experts to design educational materials and digital search strategies to successfully implement web-based education strategies and tools. Oversee the refreshing of CCA’s external website content for both patients/families and PHC staff regarding self-navigation, symptom management, survivorship in collaboration with CCA Patient Education. Stakeholder Engagement Establish and maintain strong working relationships with multiple, complex, key stakeholders to achieve expected deliverables. Stakeholders include patient/families/caregivers, subject matter experts (physicians, researchers, cancer care teams), AHS and PHC leadership, other educators, facilitators, graphic designers, and PHC partners including Alberta Medical Association Accelerated Change Transformation Together (ACCT) team members, Primary Care Networks, ACFP (Alberta College of Family Physicians), CPSA (College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta) and multi-partner communication advisors. Project Management and Leadership Lead the planning and implementation of revised and updated digital education content, including the development/execution of work plans, tracking/reporting of milestones, engagement of stakeholders, and use of appropriate tools and processes to achieve deliverables. Lead provincial project teams and working groups in compliance and monitoring to achieve milestones and objectives.
Classification: Senior Consultant
Union: Exempt
Department: CPAC Cancer Surv Close to Home
Primary Location: Holy Cross Site Phase I
Negotiable Location: Within Calgary Zone
Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 05-APR-2022
Date Available: 18-APR-2022
Temporary End Date: 31-MAR-2023
Hours per Shift: 7.75
Length of Shift in weeks: 2
Shifts per cycle: 10
Shift Pattern: Days
Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary: $34.52
Maximum Salary: $59.20
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline or education, plus a certificate in Adult Learning, Educational Design, or a related subject. Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Minimum of 5-7 years of instructional design and/or educational development experience with progressive responsibility in the area of expertise in a related environment. Ability to confidently and effectively communicate, collaborate, consult and manage project work with a variety of leaders and stakeholders in a distributed environment. Ability to build positive and trusting working relationships with stakeholders (clients, subject matter experts, partners). Excellent computer skills including expert knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel required. Demonstrated abilities in strategic education planning and implementation Ability to search out and evaluate the best evidence required. Requires exceptional interpersonal, verbal, written and listening skills. Ability to develop and facilitate presentations to convey information or transfer knowledge. Demonstrated ability to work independently within a large, complex system with a variety of stakeholders. Demonstrated needs identification, gap analysis, critical thinking skills, decision-making, innovative problem-solving. Demonstrated abilities in conflict resolution and management and well-developed facilitation skills. Proven ability to develop communications strategies that leverage opportunities and address challenges.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree with specialization in educational design, web development or in a health related discipline. Training in Instructional design. Knowledge of design programs including Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator preferred.
