Executive Director, Quality & Transformation

Position Summary
Are you interested in an opportunity to grow professionally within a positive and progressive culture? Northern Health is seeking a champion with significant management and leadership experience to join us!

Reporting to the Vice President, IH & CQPO, the Executive Director, Quality and Transformation (the ED) has Executive level responsibility for Quality-based activities (E.g. Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Quality-based education, and training), Transformation, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (I.D.E.A.) Person and Family Centered Care, and Accreditation across the organization and provides leadership in all aspects of operations within the portfolio. This role and portfolio are fundamental to enabling long-term transformation and continuous improvement by working collaboratively across the organization. The ED represents the portfolio in providing executive level contribution to strategic and operational planning for the organization and establishes and maintains a recognized strategic leadership knowledge for the portfolio. The ED supports the VP, IH & CQPO through regular participation at the Board Committee level and various internal and external leadership and governance committees related to the assigned portfolio, providing expert advice and input to advance the goals of Northern Health. Informed by patients, families, and direct care staff, with the guidance of general policies, strategic framework and broad directives from executive, the ED maintains significant autonomy, latitude for action and decision-making authority within the portfolio and is accountable for the results. The ED leads the development of a quality improvement strategy and work plan to support transformation, IDEA, person and family centered care and accreditation and the maturation of a quality culture. Guided by the strategy/plan, the ED works to ensure the use of consistent evidence-based consistent evidence-based approaches a consistent evidence- based approaches and consistent tools, expertise, and structures to facilitate improvement in a systematic way. The ED is also responsible for developing and building capacity in the strategic development and use of transformation tools and processes.

Starting salary will be approximately from $141,146 to $176,433 and will be based on education, training, experience, and salaries of similar positions.

Prince George Prince George is the centre of business, education, health and culture for northern British Columbia and services a rural population of about 300,000. The region’s economic growth and diversification strategies are creating outstanding opportunities for investors, employers and employees. Affordable housing, land prices and transportation costs, due to short and quick commutes; result in one of the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province. Additionally, wage rates fall above provincial averages, providing residents of Prince George with a high standard of living in one of BC’s most beautiful regions. The city itself is the 4th largest in British Columbia and has a population of approximately 82,300 local residents and a service centre for nearly 320,000. It is built on the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. Prince George is the home of the University of Northern British Columbia – Canada’s Green university. The warm, friendly and diverse population attests to a strong and dynamic community spirit. Check out Prince George for more information on what this community has to offer.

What Northern Health has to offer you!
• Comprehensive benefit packages including extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• “Loan Forgiveness Programs” are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
As part of your application process, you will need to upload the following documentation:
• Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession)
• Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position.
Examples may include:
• Program certificates or diplomas
• High school/college/university transcripts etc.
• It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resume

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Qualfications
• Master’s degree in Health/Health Management or a related discipline.
• Ten (10) recent relevant progressive experience providing planning and decision leadership at the Executive and Governance level in a large and complex health care environment including experience building, guiding, coaching, and developing high-performing and cross-functional teams.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities:
• Demonstrated ability to lead, plan, direct, manage, and implement using a collaborative style.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, including the ability to facilitate working groups and make presentations to groups.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a highly dynamic environment, driving competing system-wide priorities.
• Demonstrated understanding of quality improvement, transformation methodologies, systems analysis, data collection, and statistical applications.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current health care issues, trends, policy, legislation and research.
• Demonstrated system perspective.
• Current knowledge of best practices in business planning, quality, and transformation processes.
• Ability to build partnerships and foster effective working relationships, internally and externally, at all levels.
• Ability to research, analyze and problem-solve complex issues towards creative solutions and recommendations.
• Ability to provide guidance and direction to others including the Board, Executive team, managers and staff.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and balance multiple activities concurrently.
• Physical Ability to perform the duties of the position.

Who we are
Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation’s communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.
Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.
There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.