Fraser Health Authority

Salary range

The salary range for this position is CAD $44.14 – $63.45 / hour

Why Fraser Health?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Position Highlights

We are currently looking to fill a position as a Regional Practice Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation located in Ridge Meadows Hospital in Maple Ridge, B.C. This Relief Full Time position is available until March 2025.

Use your knowledge and translation expertise to support achievement of Fraser Health’s Virtual First vision and goals. The Virtual Health Regional Practice Lead works in partnership across the organization to lead, cultivate, and facilitate a range of knowledge translation activities, enhancing the use of evidence in practice and decision-making related to virtual care. The Lead supports FH teams through mentorship, guidance, support, and expertise in knowledge mobilization and research-related activities. Supervises and manages knowledge mobilization and research-related (funded and unfunded) activities; promotes collaborative research partnerships; and works with other Health Authorities in BC to capitalize on province-wide research and knowledge translation opportunities.

Join a diverse team of project, change and practice consultants and regional virtual care operations teams, to accelerate the spread of virtual care service delivery across the region at all levels of care, advancing equity, pushing the boundaries of discovery, and fostering a culture of clinical transformation.

Valued Benefits

A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

We invite you to apply today and find out why more than 95% of new employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends and family as a phenomenal place to work! We value diversity in the work force and aim to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust.

Effective October 26th, 2021 all staff for all positions across Health Care require full COVID 19 vaccination. All positions, require that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

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Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Regional Practice Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation practices in accordance with the standards of professional practice and code of ethics as outlined by their own professional College. The Regional Practice Lead works in partnership across the organization to lead, cultivate, and facilitate a range of knowledge translation activities, enhancing the use of evidence in practice and decision-making. The Lead is an advocate and active role model for scholarly practice, raising the profile and engagement of research, evidence-informed practice/decision-making, and knowledge translation in the geographic area. The Lead services Fraser Health broadly by supporting individuals and teams, within and across Fraser Health, through the provision of mentorship, guidance, support, and expertise in knowledge mobilization and research-related activities and functions as an expert and liaison to the research community provincially and nationally. The Lead is responsible for supervising and managing knowledge mobilization and research-related (funded and unfunded) activities; promoting collaborative research partnerships; assisting in the development of policy, procedures, and guidelines related to implementing research evidence into practice; and working with other Health Authorities in BC to capitalize on province-wide research and knowledge translation opportunities.

Responsibilities

Knowledge Translation Leads activities to promote knowledge mobilization, including:
Supporting LTC care home leadership and staff and physicians to integrate research evidence into practice.
Developing strategies for the participatory and active dissemination and uptake of research findings.
Providing consultation, education, and support for integrated knowledge translation of key evidence for the advancement of practice, improvement of population health, and/or enhancement of health services.
Collaborating at local, provincial, and national levels to identify and engage in opportunities for capacity building in knowledge translation.
Responding to internal requests for evidence synthesis that informs practice or decision- making and supervising literature review and integration by research assistants or analysts.
Serving as a knowledge broker to connect and network research teams.
Facilitating communication and fostering the development of research partnerships between Fraser Health employees and departments.
Serving as a primary liaison for Fraser Health and its external academic partners, including universities, funding agencies, and provincial and national research or knowledge translation bodies.
Serving as a Fraser Health representative on provincial and national research and knowledge translation networks.
Monitoring provincial and national research priorities and opportunities and communicating these to Fraser Health, provincial counterparts, and university staff in order to develop partnerships.
Research and Scholarship Adopting an integrated knowledge translation approach, leads collaborative efforts to identify research questions, design creative and applied research frameworks, engage in data collection and analysis, and disseminate research results by:
Collaborating with Practice Leaders, educators, knowledge coordinators, and other key teams within Fraser Health to foster, guide, and support the pursuit of research and evidence-informed practice.
Engaging with academic institutions to stimulate and guide partnerships
Pursuing KT and research funding in collaboration with appropriate partners.
Managing KT research grants and supervising grant-related activities.
Managing and supervising research staff, including administrative assistants, research assistants, research analysts, and others as appropriate.
Engaging in research evaluation, using evidence-informed approaches to facilitate micro- and macro-level learning from the process of doing research.
Serving as a Fraser Health Research Ethics Board delegated reviewer.
Providing leadership for Fraser Health peer-review of KT research proposals.
Raising the profile of Fraser Health through active publication in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals.
Reporting on the progress of knowledge translation activities to Fraser Health senior leadership and the Fraser Health Board as requested.
Capacity Building, Teaching, and Education
Provides leadership, mentorship, and guidance to staff in their support of individual or team consultations related to knowledge translation.
Prepares and leads education and training events to enhance KT capacity.
Supports the navigation of data access and documentation required for research proposals and/or ethics reviews.
Participates in provincial and national initiatives to enhance KT and research capacity for health systems strengthening.
Facilitates local, provincial, and national training opportunities in KT.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Master’s degree in a health or social science field, including training and/or experience in health services research, research methods, and knowledge translation and exchange plus a minimum of eight years of experience is required in health services delivery, management, or research; particularly in LTC setting, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Current practicing registration with a BC health professional college.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

Ability to lead research and/or knowledge translation and exchange activities and projects.
Exceptional strength in fostering and developing partnerships.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize workload.
Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare research, research methods, health research priorities, and current healthcare issues.
Demonstrated knowledge of grant and project management.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with a successful publication track record.
Ability to effectively support and collaborate with Health Authority staff and university research faculty.
Ability to work independently as well as in a team, to take initiative to promote research activities.
Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.