Job Description

Executive Director, Professional Practice and Learning and Development

BC Cancer

Vancouver, BC

You are a strategic leader known for driving excellence and innovation in professional practice, supported by evidence-based policies and standards of health care for all people. With experience in leading both strategy and operations, you enjoy a collaborative work environment that spans internal team members, organizational leaders, and regional and provincial partners. Along with promoting the highest standards within your work portfolio, youre also committed to your teams own health, supporting quality of work life and improvements to equity, diversity, inclusion and elimination of anti-Indigenous racism.

What youll do

The Executive Director, Professional Practice and Learning & Development reports to PHSAs Executive Director for Professional Practice, and functions as the lead of Nursing and Allied Health Professional Practice and Learning & Development across BC Cancer. This role is accountable for the strategic direction and leadership in all matters related to Nursing and Allied Health professional standards, education, research, clinical quality standards and competence of Health Sciences Professionals and Nursing staff. The role leads a team of Professional Practice leaders and oversees related operating budgets, new program development, balances competing priorities and supports workforce planning and role optimization. High-level accountabilities include:

• Develops the programs long range strategic professional practice plans, goals, and annual objectives to guide the program into the future and to create an environment conducive to teaching, learning, research and quality of care that is in accordance with the philosophy of patient and family centered care, in partnership with Program leadership. Plans, organizes, implements, manages, and evaluates the development of new professional practice programs and services.
• Proposes, leads, and directs strategies to improve quality outcomes and advance interprofessional evidence-based care. Ensures an accountability structure embedded within a continuous performance improvement system to promote quality care, patient safety and effective interprofessional care delivery models.
• Implements changes to professional practice standards to eliminate anti-Indigenous racism and improves equity, diversity, and inclusion and that promotes effective health care delivery that is trauma informed, and culturally sensitive to support equitable access and optimal patient experience and outcomes.
• Manages complex matrix relationships and partnerships both internally and externally including the PHSA Professional Practice Leadership Team, Regional Health Authorities, other PHSA programs, academic organizations, and community partners. Consulting and facilitates consensus, influences, negotiates, and coordinates action plans with conflicting requirements.
• Supports the organization in providing a broad spectrum of program-based care responsive to identified provincial, regional, and local population groups, through collaborative relationships to inform policy, strategy, and program development. Promotes inter-organizational, cross-sectoral, and regional synergy to optimize patient care and services across the continuum of care.
• Provides leadership in collaboration with Clinical Operations, Directors, Medical Directors, education leaders & providers to build and foster practice environments that promote a culture of excellence, safety, respect, collaboration, accountability and mastery and discovery.
• Oversees human resource management including hiring, termination, and performance management for designated programs Professional Practice staff. Provides supervisory guidance and direction utilizing effective management techniques (e.g., coaching, mentoring, skill and leadership development, decision making, and coalition building) that support the achievement of required outcomes.
• Approves annual budgets and monitors overall portfolio expenditures. Manages and is accountable for the effective and efficient utilization of the portfolio budget to enable operational goals and the strategic plans to be achieved. Reviews analysis of activities, costs, operations and forecast data to determine the portfolios progress toward stated financial goals and objectives.
• Oversees compliance to provincial and national standards for nursing and Allied health sciences professional practice. Assumes accountability for organizational knowledge on relevant legislation and requirements that impact and support agency services, and health disciplines, specifically.

What you bring

Qualifications

• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a masters degree in an applicable health care profession or related discipline.
• 10+ years recent, related progressive experience in a senior leadership position within a large, multi-site organization with responsibility for operational and strategic planning.
• Current practicing registration with an applicable allied health discipline college in British Columbia (e.g., BC College of Social Workers (BCCSW), College of Dietitians of British Columbia, etc.)

Skills & Knowledge

• Innovative leadership skills with ability to foster a collaborative team approach to decision-making and to guide individuals and groups towards a common vision and healthy culture.
• Demonstrated ability to lead with a global perspective and guide best practice service models and systems to inspire people and foster a collaborative spirit of engagement.
• Responsiveness to the needs of internal and external partners supported by an acute awareness of the impact of actions; ability to negotiate and mediate resolutions to complex situations.
• Effective change agent with ability to establish results-oriented courses of action for self and others.
• Effective fiscal and financial management skills.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal and public relations skills, with ability to interact tactfully and effectively with staff at all organizational levels both internally and externally.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents - including Truth & Reconciliation Commissions Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study - and how they intersect across the health care system.
• Models and supports full team commitment to Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility.
• Continually demonstrates humility in relational and collaborative approaches to leading.
• Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019).
• As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have: Knowledge of social, economic, political and historical realities of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples and familiarity with addressing Indigenous-specific anti-racism, anti-racism and Indigenous Cultural Safety and foundational documents and legislative commitments (The Declaration Act, the Declaration Action Plan, TRC, IPS, Remembering Keegan, etc.).

What we bring

Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. Thats why were focused on your care too - offering health, wellness, development programs to support you - at work and at home.

• Join one of BCs largest employers with province-wide programs, services and operations - offering vast opportunities for growth, development, and recognition programs that honour the commitment and contribution of all employees.
• Access to professional development opportunities through our in-house training programs, including +2,000 courses, such as our Sanyas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training course, or Core Linx for Leadership roles.
• Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including municipal pension plan, and psychological health & safety programs and holistic wellness resources.
• Annual statutory holidays (13) with generous vacation entitlement and accruement.
• PHSA is a remote work friendly employer, welcoming flexible work options to support our people (eligibility may vary, depending on position).
• Access to WorkPerks, a premium discount program offering a wide range of local and national discounts on electronics, entertainment, dining, travel, wellness, apparel, and more.

Job Type: Regular, Full-Time
Wage: $137,035 - $196,988/year
Location: 1333 West Broadway and BC Cancer Vancouver; 600 W 10th Ave
Closing date: February 23rd, 2024
Hours of Work: Monday - Friday; 0800-1600

As per the current Public Health Order, full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment with PHSA as of October 26, 2021.

What we do

provides comprehensive cancer control for the people of British Columbia. BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).

plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people - Be compassionate - Dare to innovate - Cultivate partnerships - Serve with purpose.

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BC Cancer and PHSA are committed to employment equity, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply. We recognize that our ability to provide the best care for our diverse patient populations relies on a rich diversity of skills, knowledge, background and experience, and value a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment.

Reconciliation is an ongoing process and a shared responsibility for all of us. The BC Government unanimous passing of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act was a significant step forward in this journey one that all health authorities are expected to support as we work in cooperation with Indigenous Peoples to establish a clear and sustainable path to meaningful and lasting reconciliation. True reconciliation will take time and ongoing commitment to work with Indigenous Peoples as we move toward self-determination. Guiding these efforts PHSA must uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents such as including Truth & Reconciliation Commissions Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.
Labor Agreement Excluded
Requisition # 2412727
Work Site 1333 West Broadway, Vancouver BC, V6H 1G9 & 600 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6
Job Type Regular, Full-Time
Salary/Rate $137,035.00 - $196,988.00 / Year
FTE 1.00
Hours of Work 0800-1600
Work Days Mon,Tue,Wed,Thr,Fri
Expiry Date 23-Feb-2024

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