Senior Executive Director, Professional Practice, Policy & Learning

Senior Executive Director, Professional Practice, Policy & Learning

Chief of Nursing and Allied Practice Office | Corporate Services

Vancouver, B.C.

You are a health care professional with a senior level of leadership experience who is a strong proponent of excellence in practice, continuous learning, and documenting progression. Known for your inclusive collaborative leadership style, you have the innate ability to work with colleagues and partners both internal to your organization and from external groups, including provincial-level government. You believe policies provide consistency, promote good practice, and create expectation that ultimately translates to the delivery of the best possible care for all patients and the best possible work experience for all employees.

What you’ll do

The Senior Executive Director, Professional Practice, Policy, & Learning reports to the Vice President, Professional Quality and Safety, Clinical Informatics and the Chief of Nursing and Allied Practice. As a key member of the Practice and Learning leadership team, this position is responsible and accountable for the strategies and leadership of Practice, Learning, and policy development. Work is focused on developing and sustaining a PHSA-wide policy office and ongoing learning for Nursing and Allied Health professionals, in collaboration with PHSA programs and services and corporate services.

Within the detailed job description (available on request), the Senior Executive Director will focus on these high-level accountabilities:

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop professional standards of practice, scope and regulations, support research activities, and foster collaboration and problem solving between programs, projects and professional staff.
• Provide leadership and expert advice on nursing and/or allied health issues, including, policy, resource planning and research, and links to clinical education and unit/program educators to provide a Professional Practice lens to identify and address learning gaps.
• Create quality practice environments; liaising, influencing, and consulting with various partners to promote and advance professional practice in support of improving patient care and the patient experience within the context of supporting the goals and objectives of PHSA and its programs and services; leads and manages long-term strategic plans, goals, and objectives of the Practice & Learning portfolios for Nursing and Allied Health across PHSA.
• Works within and across PHSA as a strategic leader to ensure interprofessional models of practice are advanced, and integrated and supported in the design of clinical information systems; facilitates the inclusion of research and metrics as it relates to professional practice and advocates for required data elements and nomenclature within clinical information systems.

What you bring

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a health sciences discipline or an equivalent level of education, training, and experience.
• 10+ years’ recent, related clinical and professional practice management experience in a complex health care environment including progressive clinical practice, education, research, project management and leadership experiences.
• Current practicing registration with an applicable regulatory body such as the BC College of Nurses and Midwives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism on Indigenous Peoples in social and health contexts, including supported by significant knowledge of Indigenous-specific mandates, including clear understanding of and commitment to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination and embed Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility. Demonstrated knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts, underpinned by significant expertise in Indigenous-specific mandates. This includes a clear understanding of and commitment to eradicating Indigenous-specific racism and discrimination. Additionally, it involves embedding Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility, and an advanced expertise and unwavering dedication to engaging with diversity, centering equity, and advancing inclusion (DEI).
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments within the Chief of Nursing and Allied Practice Office contexts found in the foundational documents including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 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, Anti-Racism Data Act, BC Human Rights Code - and how they intersect across the health care system.

Core Competencies

• Brings an understanding of the Indigenous specific racism and the broader systemic racism that exists in the colonial health care structure, and has demonstrated leadership in breaking down barriers and ensuring an environment of belonging and Indigenous Cultural Safety. Demonstrates action-oriented practices addressing Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as confronting/addressing broader issues of racism and discrimination. Exhibits strong DEI and anti-racism competencies/skills to lead by example fostering a culture of continuous learning, equity, inclusion and belonging.
• 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.).

Skills & Knowledge

• Considerable creativity and problem-solving ability to manage and operate a program that collaborates provincially.
• Sound decision-making and proven leadership in challenging climates where consensus building is a key for success.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment in reaching decisions when dealing with issues and functional responsibilities that are diverse.
• Knowledge and experience in complex systems design, development, and management.
• Strong negotiation, mediation, and facilitation skills.
• Knowledgeable and experienced in current quality and patient safety literature, programs, and tools specific to the health care industry that is supported by an ongoing commitment to innovation and continuous quality improvement.
• Knowledge and expertise in Quality Improvement, Performance Improvement, and Patient Safety.
• Demonstrates a well-formed insight and understanding of workforce planning, education, and workforce development issues with regard to the nursing workforce and allied health professionals.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, analytic and planning skills.
• Demonstrated deep understanding of their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Able to articulate and share this journey to motivate and inspire others.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the social, economic, political realities of settler-colonialism and impacts on Indigenous peoples in social and health contexts as well as knowledge and understanding of, and commitment to upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments in the foundational documents: Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 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, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

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. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.

• Join one of BC’s 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 San’yas 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: Full-time, Regular
Salary Range: $155,327 - $232,992. The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education and experience,and would be in alignment with the provincial compensation reference plan. Salary will be prorated accordingly for part time roles.
Location: 1333 West Broadway, Vancouver V6H 1G9 with the opportunity for hybrid model.
Applications will be accepted until November 25^th, 2024
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday; 0800-1600
Requisition # SenED_PPPL

What we do

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 – Create equity – Be courageous.

Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services

PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 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.

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