Unit Based Councils (UBC) are responsible to coordinate, communicate, facilitate and integrate the work of the patient care team.
Their major responsibilities include:
- Promoting excellence in clinical quality through:
- Evaluation of patient outcomes through the review of unit-based scorecards.
- Coordinating and directing performance improvement (PI) activities/projects.
- Identifying standards of care.
- Promoting evidence-based nursing practic.
- Identification & resolution of patient care issues.