Title used for "Quality Assurance Nurse" in Canada

[angel81]

I am in a process of getting work permit in Canada by CARNA. I am having an experience in ICU and Endoscopy after completing my nursing for few years however, since last 3 years I am working as a "Sr. Quality Assurance Nurse" in a hospital in my country. Responsibilities include medical records documentation audits, multiple tracer and clinical audits in compliance with JCI standards in the hospital, revising and updating multidisciplinary policies of the hospital, co-ordinating internal and external quality audits, monitoring of performance indicators, facilitating clinical departments in their Quality Improvement Committee meetings etc and many other quality related responsibilities.

Now, I would like to know the exact job title used there in Canada as a replacement of Quality Assurance Nurse as I am trying so hard to search for this position in Canada in any of the hospital but title does not support the search. This title is being used in US as I found many vacancies there but I need to search for Canada. That is the reason I have documented major responsibilities covered by this position. Can anyone help me out through this, I would be grateful.

[zacarias, ASN, RN]

I am also looking to move to Canada to practice and this news that there are not that many jobs for us looking to move to Canada. What if I was looking at Yukon or north British Columbia?

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

Jobs in the north aren't as plentiful as people think they are, except perhaps in Yellowknife or Whitehouse. Many communities will only have one or two nurses on duty at a time and in some of the smaller communities there is ONLY a nurse, on call all the time. The employer of record is the territorial government; educational requirements include a baccalaureate degree and some positions are designated "aboriginal or Inuit applicants preferred". There are currently 7 positions posted for all of the Northwest Territories, mostly community health nurses for remote communities.

Northern BC is similar, but the employer of record will be the health authority for that region.

How do you feel about being the only medical person in the building? Or the region? How do you feel about snow for 6 or 7 months of the year? How do you feel about 16 hours of total darkness for several months of the year? How do you feel about paying $8 for ahead of lettuce?

[Fiona59]

A better question would be "how much does the applicant know about health issues facing first nations and non-first nations Canadians living in the North"?

[NotReady4PrimeTime, RN]

True, but those sorts of questions don't occur to some people.