Director, International Affairs And Best Practice Guidelines Centre

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is seeking a top nursing executive to join our senior management team as leader of the association's International Affairs and Best Practice Guideline (IABPG) Centre. See attached a description of the role and its requirements. Deadline to apply is Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2023.

RNAO is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who can help us build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live. Accommodations are available to all candidates identifying a need during all or any parts of the selection process.

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ROLE DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Director, International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre

DEPARTMENT: International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre

DATE PREPARED: August 2023

JOB SUMMARY:

The primary function of the Director of the International Affairs and Best Practice Guidelines Centre (IABPG Centre) is to lead, direct, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the IABPG Centre in collaboration with and reporting to the RNAO CEO. The work of the IABPG Centre incorporates three integrated pillars:

1. gold standard best practice guideline (BPG) development,
2. internationally-renowned multilevel BPG implementation, and
3. robust evaluation, incorporating qualitative data with quantitative approaches as captured by RNAO’s proprietary international data system of structure, process and outcome indicators.

The Director is responsible, working collaboratively with RNAO Associate Directors and project leads, to ensure all outputs of the IABPG Centre meet and surpass international standards. The Director is also responsible for overseeing professional development events, and for developing and procuring funding for innovative new initiatives and projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Management

• Working with the CEO to continuously envision the next steps for RNAO’s internationally renowned BPG Program and its Best Practice Spotlight Organizations® (BPSO®) social movement of science.
• Ensuring an integrated approach to all work undertaken by the IABPG Centre. Specifically:

• BPG development (in partnership with Associate Directors)

1. Ensuring rigorous, evidence-based, and leading-edge methodologies aligned with international standards for BPG development.
2. Maintaining an ongoing guideline review and revision process for BPGs in an established schedule.
3. Ensuring BPGs are developed and published per established timelines.
4. Ensuring systematic reviews related to the BPGs are published in peer-reviewed journals.

• BPG implementation and sustainability (in partnership with Associate Directors)

1. Ensuring BPG dissemination is robust for all new and new-edition clinical and healthy work environment BPGs.
2. Ensuring robust implementation science and social movement frameworks remain cutting edge and are integrated into all aspects of the IABPG work.
3. Advance multilevel strategies for effective BPG uptake and sustainability at the individual, organizational and health system levels.
4. Ensuring effective delivery of various BPG implementation programs and projects at the provincial, national and international levels.
5. Coaching a selected set of Best Practice Spotlight Organizations® to keep abreast of real-time practice – provincially, nationally, and internationally – and to successfully align the BPSO program at scale.

• Guideline evaluation (in partnership with lead scientist)

1. Ensuring continuous development and enhancement of RNAO’s proprietary international data system – Nursing Quality Indicators for Reporting and Evaluation® (NQulRE®) – to deliver robust data quality, functionality, and reporting capabilities.
2. Ensuring safe and responsible use of artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches.
3. Ensuring system security.

• Ensuring written progress reports to funders of all IABPG Centre projects and programs are submitted as per contractual agreements.
• Determining, monitoring and managing budgets in partnership with RNAO’s CEO, Director of Finance and Administration, and Associate Directors for all aspects of the IABPG Centre, including related projects and programs, services and events.

Human Resources

• Ensuring a highly-qualified team of nurses, project coordinators and other staff to effectively support all the programs, projects and activities of the IABPG Centre and to facilitate a thriving work environment. This includes hiring, orientating, mentoring, monitoring, evaluating and taking corrective action related to the program’s human resources.
• Periodically reviewing and monitoring IABPG human resource planning, management and evaluation in close collaboration with RNAO CEO.

Partnerships

• Participating actively in all aspects of the association's operations as part of RNAO’s senior management team.
• Building and supporting partnerships by identifying common areas of interest and collaboration.
• Senior Management Responsibilities
• Contributing to the RNAO mission, vision and mandate by integrating the work of the IABPG Centre into other related RNAO initiatives to maximize impact for nursing, health and health-care.
• Developing partnership agreements that identify actions and deliverables and monitoring deliverables and the impact of such partnerships.
• Representing and promoting RNAO and the IABPG Centre and the IABPG Centre's purpose and outcomes at the local, national and international levels.
• Prepare reports for the RNAO CEO reflecting the outputs of the IABPG Centre as per the established reporting schedule.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILL:

• A proven track record of working successfully with a range of internal and external collaborators to create innovative strategies and solutions and drive successful outcomes.
• Leadership with staff internally and with various external collaborators.
• Proven social media communication skills to express RNAO’s vision and value and enhance RNAO’s branding and presence.
• Knowledge of the health system, nursing and nursing issues, nursing systems and nursing sectors, including service and academia.
• Ability to communicate effectively with individuals in a variety of roles and positions, including: supporting and facilitating small group meetings and large learning sessions; mediating; negotiating; conflict resolution; consensus-building; persuading; providing feedback; collaboration; and change management.
• Knowledge of adult education principles and approaches to curriculum development for both in- person sessions and virtual training platforms.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing (including proposal writing and writing for publication), including skills in editing, and in summarizing and assessing the quality of overall work or a specific initiative.
• Experience in the following fields: research; evidence-based practice, knowledge translation and implementation science; BPG development processes; planning and facilitating successful events; and digital health.
• Strong strategic planning and decision-making skills.
• RN or nurse practitioner with a master’s degree in nursing or related field. A doctoral degree (Ph.D.) is an asset.
• Minimum five years experience in a senior management position with strong team management skills and capabilities, including human resources management and working with virtual teams.
• Experience in and a high level of confidence with speaking publicly, presenting and teaching.
• Experience with management of a large-scale and multi-site international program.
• Strong project development and project management skills, including: organizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously; budget planning and management; and program and project evaluation.
• Planning, chairing and executing successful meetings and follow-up action.

EFFORT:

• Workflow requires continuous re-prioritizing of workload, meeting multiple demands, and working overtime as required.
• Required to interact daily with numerous staff and external parties in a collaborative way to advance outcomes.
• Must balance managing multiple projects and collaborations of varied nature, often simultaneously.
• Stationary work is required regularly for more than four to six hours at a time to read and create on the computer and attend meetings (virtual and/or in person).
• Required to make time-sensitive and critical decisions that will impact the IABPG Centre and RNAO.
• May be required to travel locally, nationally and internationally (travel reimbursement is provided).
• Sight, touch and hearing (or equivalent capabilities with the appropriate assistive devices to be provided by RNAO) are used to read, proofread, write, analyze information and answer inquiries.
• Continuous concentration is required to read, prepare and provide feedback on reports and documents developed by IABPG Centre and other RNAO staff, consulting with others as needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• When travelling, will work in environments specific to the health-care and academic sites visited.
• Typical conditions are such that no risk of injury is present.
• Works in an open-concept and climate-controlled office with some exposure to distractions, interruptions and stress from multiple demands.