Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation

Come work as a Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Leader, Strategic Initaitives & Innovation to join the Regional Home Health team. Apply today to join our team!

As a Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Innovation with Vancouver Coastal Health you will

• Support the development and measurement of key metrics.
• Lead reviews of staffing resources, working relationships, associated workflows and current patient care experiences.
• Provide operational leadership, coordination and coaching on a variety of projects, programs and strategic initiatives that align to the organization’s mission, vision and values and support organizational transformation.
• Implement improvement opportunities (deploying appropriate project management techniques) to ensure the needs of patients/clients/residents are met. Provides expert decision support for service and care delivery innovations and leverages similar opportunities across the region.
• Maintain effective relationships and strategic partnerships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Ensure consistency of policy and practices and new evolving organizational strategies. Primary working relationships are with clinical and corporate staff, Human Resources, Information Management/Information Systems (IMIS) and Decision Support.
• Provide formal process improvement expertise, using process improvement models and other quality improvement tools, in planning, training and project implementation.
• Participate on committees and meetings.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives directed at improving clinical operations, services and process changes across the organization.

Education & Experience

• Comprehensive knowledge and expertise in the use of process improvement tools and methodologies.
• Recognized process improvement certification and experience preferred. Experience in leading continuous process improvement and process re-design projects. Current registration with a recognized professional association is preferred.
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Health Administration or other relevant field plus five (5) to seven (7) years’ recent, related experience including experience in areas such as process improvement, modeling, and reengineering in a clinical setting.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Well-developed communications and interpersonal skills including ability to facilitate work groups and present project findings and results.
• Strong project management, prioritization and planning skills in designing and re-designing strategic clinical transformation and process improvement
• Knowledge of health care disciplines and their role in health care.
• Knowledge of current change management practices and trends and understanding of key issues associated with healthcare operations and service delivery. Possesses accurate health environment and political awareness.
• Knowledge of business analysis and project management methodologies.
• Strong understanding of change management, project management and communication key principles and best practices to develop and oversee change initiatives. Applies change management methodologies in the design and development of various programs, frameworks and tools.
• Extensive experience with the facilitation of interdisciplinary groups.
• Ability to negotiate and influence key personnel across multiple organizational areas and geographies, while influencing positive change through awareness, understanding, acceptance and engagement.
• Demonstrated computer literacy with standard desktop applications and Internet tools.
• Demonstrated excellent business skills in the effective management of resources.

As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Officer Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Vancouver Coastal Health must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff
• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to our goals of creating a great place to work and delivering exceptional care. We acknowledge and accommodate unique differences and ensure special measures are in place so that all prospective and current employees are given an opportunity to succeed.

We are committed to building a representative workforce and encourage applications reflecting diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2023.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

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Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.