Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.  At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Transfusion Safety Officer (Nursing) to join our Laboratory Department! The Transfusion Safety Officer (Nursing) will play a key part in improving transfusion safety and ensuring appropriateness by serving as a liaison between the Transfusion Medicine laboratory, nursing and medical teams, and patients, while ensuring compliance with regulations for reporting transfusion reactions to the relevant agencies.

Employment Status: Permanent Part Time
Hours of Work: Day shifts from Monday to Friday - subject to change as per Management Rights 
Location: Humber River Health, Wilson Site
Employee Group: Non Union
Reporting Relationship: Program Director, Laboratory Medicine

Responsibilities:

• Reviews and investigates transfusion reactions, and completes internal and external reports as required e.g. Transfusion Transmitted Surveillance System (TTISS), Canadian Blood Services (CBS), and Health Canada
• Identifies and investigates any trends related to transfusion practice; reviews published guidelines, standards, and literature on blood product use, blood transfusion technique, alternatives to transfusion and effects of transfusion and make applicable recommendations
• Acts as a resource for blood transfusion related technical problems; reviews, recommends and/or introduces blood transfusion equipment and devices to the appropriate hospital personnel
• Liaises with Canadian Blood Services, commercial companies and Transfusion Medicine regulatory bodies on Transfusion related matters
• Consults with clinical services regarding program changes that will affect blood product use, blood transfusion equipment needs, etc, including liaising with Transfusion Medicine laboratories and Safety Officers from other healthcare institutions
• Oversees the completion of lookbacks, tracebacks and patient inquiries regarding blood transfusions
• Participates in the investigation and debriefing of errors and accidents and reports to Manager, Medical Director and Transfusion Committee; and identifies area of improvement in transfusion policies and procedures
• Promotes benchmarking and evidence-based practice in the transfusion of the appropriate blood, blood products and their alternatives
• Works collaboratively with Laboratory Managers, Clinical Practice Leader, Corporate Quality and Risk Management, to identify transfusion issues relating to patient safety, identify strategies on reducing product wastage
• Participates as a member on committees e.g. Transfusion Committee, CPL committee (as needed), requiring Transfusion Medicine input such as new product evaluation and nursing procedures
• Conduct prospective and retrospective audits on the utilization of blood, blood products and their alternatives; and monitor Transfusion Medicine product utilization and brings utilization issues to the attention of the Medical Director and the Transfusion Medicine Committee
• Provides education to physicians, residents, technologists, paramedical, nursing personnel and patients on appropriate use of blood, blood products and their alternatives, blood transfusion devices and other related information
• Performing interdepartmental Policy & Procedure review pertaining to Transfusion Medicine
• Acts a resource to nurses, clinicians and staff related to Transfusion Medicine issues
• Assists in planning educational symposiums on transfusion related topics
• Liaises with other paramedical organizations to ensure implementation of best practices in transfusion therapy (e.g. Ontario PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association, IV Nurses Association)
• Participates and assists in the preparation of scientific papers for publication and/or presentation at scientific meetings on transfusion related matters
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing and/or related discipline required. Master’s Degree in Nursing, Adult Education Certification and Tissue Banking Certification preferred
• Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) required
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience, preferably in ICU or Emergency Department, Transfusion Medicine and Mentorship
• Experience in MS Office (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.)
• Proficient in administering transfusions of blood & blood products to patients
• Proficient in the use of the Hospital Information System/EMR
• Knowledge of transfusion medicine practices
• Excellent attendance and discipline free record required

Why choose Humber River Health?

At Humber River Health, our staff, physicians, and volunteers are lighting new ways in healthcare. We are proud to be recognized as a part of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. We support employees by providing evidence-based leadership and cultivating a culture that consistently wows with our unwavering commitment to Staff, Physician and Volunteer engagement. We are a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) and are deeply involved in research and academic collaboration. We are dedicated to high-quality patient care and demonstrate our values of compassion, professionalism, and respect.

Attracting and retaining a workforce that represents the diverse communities surrounding Humber River Health, is a priority.  We encourage applicants from all equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to, individuals who identity as Indigenous, racialized, seniors, persons living with disabilities, women, and those who identify as 2SLGBTQ.

Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by the Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process as well as during employment at Humber River Health. Please direct any accommodation requests to our recruitment team.