The Centre for Effective Practice (CEP), as part of the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative, is developing a series of clinical tools (e.g. decision aids, medication algorithms) to support primary care providers. Clinical leadership from primary care providers (family physicians, primary care nurse practitioners) is central to our tool development process.
We are seeking expressions of interest from primary care providers interested in a clinical leadership role.
The clinical lead is typically a subject matter expert with a primary care perspective. In some instances, a co-lead, who is a specialist or an allied health professional, may share the role.
The clinical lead works closely with the Centre for Effective Practice team and clinical working group (when applicable). The clinical lead provides a leadership role and assists with the overall design and execution of the project. In particular, the clinical lead will:
- Assist with defining the scope of the needs analysis (e.g. defining search parameters, key questions to be answered)
- Review the results of the needs analysis (e.g. reviews results for quality and relevance)
- Assist with determining the scope of the clinical tool and confirm key clinical messages
- Provide clinical leadership during Clinical Working Group meetings
- Assist with draft content for clinical tools
- Review the results of the prototyping and testing phase and refine content, if necessary
- Support the dissemination and communication phase
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Desired Skills and Experience
- Practices comprehensive family medicine
- Experience and knowledge of diverse patient populations
- Experience and knowledge of diverse practice models
- More than 5 years in practice
- Experience in knowledge translation/education/teaching
- Expertise in the topic area
Time Commitment
The time commitment is dependent on scope of the clinical tool, but on average the clinical lead is expected to provide 2 – 4 hours per week during the development phase. This time commitment may fluctuate throughout the lifecycle of the project and projects may take up to one year to complete. Clinical leads are engaged under formal agreement, which outlines the role and responsibilities as well as the term and compensation for this role.
Interested?
If you are interested in being considered for a clinical lead role related to any of the topics above please submit: 1. a letter indicating your area of clinical expertise and interest in this project, and 2. a current CV. Expressions of interest, or questions about this project, should be directed to Amanda van Hal at amanda.vanhal@cep.health.
