Director, Health System Planning and Strategic Priorities

Vancouver Coastal Health

  • Vancouver, BC
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
The salary range for this position is CAD $63.66/Hr. - CAD $91.51/Hr.Job SummaryCome work as a Director, Health System Planning and Strategic Priorities with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!Are you a highly strategic and collaborative leader? Someone who has the exceptional ability to act both as a trusted partner to our Communities of Care (CoCs) and a confident representative to VCH's Senior Executive Team and the Board? Collaborating with diverse and multidisciplinary teams including Decision Support, Finance and Capital Planning, and operational and medical staff leaders, the Director of Health System Planning and Strategic Priorities will play a critical role in helping build a sustainable health-care system of the future.The Director of Health Systems Planning & Strategic Priorities will have comprehensive oversight of health systems planning efforts, ensuring alignment with both organizational objectives and provincial mandates. The individual in this role will collaborate closely with all CoCs within our organization to understand their specific needs and integrate this information into a cohesive plan, while simultaneously developing key metrics and targets to monitor success and areas for improvement. The Director will act as both a communicator and a translator within the organization, bringing VCH’s five-year plan to the CoCs to ensure collective understanding and successful implementation, while also supporting ad hoc projects as necessary.As part of VCH's Transformation team, which supports executive, senior leaders, and the Board to establish and cascade strategic and operational plans for the organization, the Director will be part of a dynamic team responsible for developing and maintaining the planning and execution processes for VCH; strengthening the overall health of the organization; and supporting the planning, delivering, monitoring, and reporting on the full continuum of health services. The Transformation team champions and orchestrates complex initiatives that are needed to help VCH become an effective, efficient, sustainable, and future-ready organization.VCH is committed to doing things differently. If you want an opportunity to have system wide impact at VCH, come work with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Transformation Team!We are guided by our values of We Care for Everyone, We Are Always Learning and We Strive for Better Results, along with our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health. Our values and pillars uphold our commitment to delivering safe, quality care.Apply today to join our team!As a Director, Health System Planning and Strategic Priorities with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:
  • Support the overall strategic direction of the Transformation Team and promotes and instills a need for a positive change climate across the organization.
  • Utilize seasoned facilitation and consulting skills, applies expert knowledge in the successful design, planning, implementation, integration and evaluation of organization planning, priority and change management initiatives.
  • Co-facilitate strategic planning sessions and workshops with the VCH Board and Senior Executive Team.
  • Oversee the annual health system planning process and, with key partners, is responsible for the development of the Service Plan, Annual Service Plan Report, bilateral reporting and alignment of VCH’s key priorities to Ministry mandated deliverables.
  • Lead the collaboration across regional programs to understand current service delivery, challenges, and future direction, in alignment with provincial strategic direction, Accreditation Canada standards and required organizational practices, and program/service area priorities.
  • Facilitate strategy deployment discussions with Regional Program Planning Leaders and Strategy Deployment Directors across VCH.
  • Identify barriers and develops and activates mitigation strategies to ensure initiatives and projects remain on track and moving forward to completion and are aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities and long-term financial plans; advises the Vice President and Senior Executive Team.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
QualificationsEducation & Experience
  • Master’s degree in Health or Business Administration or related discipline, plus a minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in a senior leadership capacity in a large, complex unionized environment, preferably health care or public sector, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Knowledge & Abilities
  • Demonstrates expert ability to develop and implement plans and strategies and to identify and implement transformational and business initiatives.
  • Ability to synthesize the multiple expectations placed on the organization, from both Government and within VCH, and express them in a way that they are cohesive, understandable, and actionable.
  • Ability to consolidate many complex concepts into a compelling and coherent strategy.
  • Understands organization’s ability and readiness for change. Promotes a shared vision of transformation with accountability to achieve outcomes.
  • Exceptional analytical skills and decision-making abilities. Strong strategic thinker and systems approach to problem solving.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies and ability to coach team members on these skills.
  • Excellent facilitation skills within a senior management environment.
  • Effectively communicates both verbally and in writing to lead, negotiate, influence, and collaborate with a variety of partners and leadership both internal and external to the organization.
  • Proven leadership and management skills with an excellent sense of corporate priority and a strong business acumen.
  • Demonstrates expertise and leadership in managing and overseeing cross-organizational activities to completion.
  • Effectively problem-solves with an organizational perspective to incorporate the organization’s systems and strategies when developing viable solutions to organizational problems.
  • Exhibits a strong understanding of the complex health care environment to elicit credibility with all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to foster collaboration and effective working relationships with partners that promote cooperative goals and contribute to an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
  • Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
Closing StatementAs per the current Public Health Orders, as of October 5, 2023, all employees working for Vancouver Coastal Health must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have received a single dose of the most-recent, updated COVID-19 vaccine. Proof of vaccination status will be required.If you have any questions, please reach out to Orlando Cerrato, Manager, Executive Talent Acquisition at .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.
  • Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
  • Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
  • Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
  • Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
  • Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff
Equity, diversity, 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.***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.

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