Reporting to the Director, Strategic Nursing Initiatives, the Practice Consultant is responsible for the provision of expert practice consultation and leading and coordinating professional practice and nursing project activities to ensure project deliverables are completed on time and on budget. This role will specifically support the minimum nurse-to-patient ratios (mNPR) implementation. The Practice Consultant will:

• Work with partners at all levels to achieve goals and deliverables through facilitation, effective communication, and addressing potential barriers to success.
• Supervise staff and communicate with all levels of staff and management to facilitate consensus, consult, negotiate, and share information to promote and advance interprofessional practice across PHC.
• Develops sustainable education plans, evaluate outcomes, and acts as a resource for staff.

Education:

• Master's Degree in Nursing, or other related health care discipline and seven (7) to ten (10) year's recent, related experience that includes managing large-scale projects, facilitating and managing consultation processes with a wide range of groups, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Current registration with BCCNM.

Skills and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge of professional practice and nursing standards and application of standards to acute, residential and community environments.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies and ability to coach staff on these skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of appropriate professional practice or nursing regulations and their impact on clinical practice with a view to maximizing resource capacity.
• Ability to utilize initiative, vision, independent thinking and creative problem-solving abilities to implement project plans and realize project completion.
• Broad knowledge of patient care delivery systems in primary, acute and residential settings.
• Effective communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary environment involving physician and nursing communities.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise staff.
• Effective facilitation, persuasion and negotiation skills to achieve consensus, resolve conflict and achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively under time pressure to meet deadlines, balance work priorities and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Functional knowledge of word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, project management and database applications.

• State-of-the-art facilities:  The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research, and teaching. The new St. Paul’s Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• A competitive salary: $54.16 - $77.86 per hour, depending on experience. 
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity, dignity and independence of all person. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.

Your Day to Day:

• Provides consultation and recommendations on professional practice and nursing, and on educational issues across PHC.
• Collaborates with Practice Leaders, Program and/or Service Directors and Operational Leaders in addressing professional practice and nursing. Facilitates the promotion and advancement of interprofessional practice across PHC.
• Supervises staff, determines performance expectations, provides performance coaching and evaluation for all direct reports. Establishes clear definitions of responsibility for each team member, reviews workload assignments and adjusts resources according to workload.
• Develops detailed project charter and project plans outlining goals, objectives, timelines and project deliverables.
• Tracks project progress according to project plan, monitors and reports on the status of projects and major issues/obstacles encountered. Makes recommendations regarding projects scope changes, rationale for change, seeks consensus and proceeds as needed. Acts as a resource to project team and staff, provides support and maintains project timelines.
• Implements and/or contributes to the implementation of effective processes to assess project risks, identify risk mitigation strategies and monitor risk throughout the life cycle of the project.
• In collaboration with Project Sponsor, develops a budget plan for the project that meets the goals and objectives of the project, monitors expenditures, identifies financial issues, and seeks to adhere to budget or take corrective action.
• Establishes project team and structure by gathering input from partners, identifying needs and skills required, establishing roles and responsibilities of team members, discussing timelines and explaining perimeters of project. Seeks input from the interdisciplinary team and recommends and/or negotiates contracts for provision of goods and services.
• Develops a process of evaluation for project outcomes, data collection and analysis.
• Participates on a variety of committees and establishes positive working relationships in order to ensure successful outcomes and cooperation from others on the project.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.