Position Overview
The Department of Anaesthesia in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for a Knowledge Broker. This Fixed Term Full-time position is for approximately 12 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.
Reporting to the Principal Investigator.
Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) is a knowledge mobilization network and incorporated not for profit organization, based at Dalhousie University and co led by Children’s Healthcare Canada. SKIP seeks to bridge the gap between current treatment practices and available evidence based solutions for children’s pain in Canadian health institutions. SKIP’s vision is healthier Canadians through better pain management for children; SKIP’s mission is to improve children’s pain management by mobilizing evidence based solutions through coordination and collaboration.
Position Description
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
Synthesize research evidence
- Identify emerging research, critically appraise quality of evidence, and synthesize the current, available research evidence on pediatric pain management
- Synthesize local community and patient data with general and specific research knowledge to identify opportunities to assist users in translating the evidence into locally relevant recommendations for policy and practice
- Consult on evidence adaptation within the local context
Develop relationships and engage in strategic networking
- Facilitate knowledge exchange and ongoing dialogue between knowledge producers (researchers) and knowledge users (health professionals, administrators and policy makers, patients and caregivers)
- Engage and support Children’s Healthcare Canada and its members and other institutions providing pediatric care to access, adapt, and implement evidence
- Work to support institutional, regional, and national activities
- Identify knowledge users to champion efforts and support SKIP goals
- Work collaboratively with the SKIP Administrative Centre and other SKIP Knowledge Brokers located across Canada
Build capacity to facilitate organizational change
- Support knowledge mobilization activities and partnerships within and across clinical, research, and policy domains to improve the generation and use of research knowledge
- Empower partners through capacity development through the provision of resources, training, and mentoring within Canadian health institutions
- Lead collaborative efforts to facilitate organizational change by removing barriers to evidence-based decision-making and promoting a culture that values the use of the best available science in policy and practice
Catalyze change and implement evidence into practice
- Lead and facilitate execution for SKIP’s knowledge mobilization activities
- Initiate, develop, and implement activity plans and strategies as they relate to SKIP’s identified priorities
- Prepare knowledge mobilization tools and tailor resources to address stakeholder needs or local context
- Support evidence implementation in collaboration with partners and other SKIP Knowledge Brokers
- Monitor the implementation process, evaluate knowledge mobilization progress, and support sustainability of knowledge mobilization efforts
- Report on activities to the SKIP Admin Centre on a monthly basis and support annual reporting and evaluation efforts
Qualifications / Requirements:
- A minimum of Masters-level education in a relevant discipline (e.g. science) or equivalent
- Experience leading collaborative projects with researchers, health professionals, partners and/or other stakeholder groups/organizations, including patients and families
- Expertise in gathering evidence, critically appraising the validity of research findings and quality of evidence, synthesizing information, and interpreting the information in terms of the bigger picture
- Demonstrated project management expertise
- High organizational, analytical, and problem solving skills
- Superior interpersonal, communication, and motivational skills
- Specialized practical and theoretical understanding of all aspects of knowledge mobilization (e.g., generation, synthesis, product development, knowledge translation and exchange, dissemination, management, evaluation)
- Experience in developing and implementing knowledge mobilization plans, activities, and products
- A demonstrated passion for the promotion of child health and genuine interest in up-to-date research evidence
- Ability to interpret and identify key results from health research, and to summarize research findings in plain language
- Experience and skill in digital and social media communications is an asset
- Ability to engage diverse audiences and build partnerships and collaborations among diverse groups and organizations and across a variety of sectors
- Comfortable working in a virtual environment
- Bilingualism (English/French) is preferred
Application Deadline: July 25, 2022
We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.
Additional Information
This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist/Advisor Job Family, Phase III.
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About the University of Calgary
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