Director, Allied Health Education and Organizational Strategy

Within the context of a client and family centred model of care and in accordance with the Mission Vision and Values and strategic directions of Providence Health Care the person promotes a safe respectful and civil working environment for patients residents families visitors and staff.

Reporting to the Executive Director Professional Practice Nursing & Clinical Informatics the Director Allied Health Education & Organizational Strategy:

• Provides leadership for the development implementation communication and ongoing monitoring of the portfolios strategic plan.
• Responsible for leading in the development implementation evaluation and ongoing monitoring of clinical education for Allied Health. Anticipates future changes in practice and recommends transition strategies that optimize the quality of Clinical Education programs.
• Partners with identified leaders to support high quality efficient and cost effective services to meet the patient/resident population needs and to ensure integration of allied health within PHC and the delivery of a continuum of integrated care within the region.
• Collaborates with Leaders and partners to promote and ensure integrated consistent and standardized clinical educational programming across all PHC sites. Promotes the participation of internal and external partners such as Research and Academic Partners in research and knowledge translation activities.
• Ensures all programming is sustainable and leverages adult learning principles and theories including strategies that enable interactive experiential learning methods and creative experimentation. Fosters team spirit trust mutual respect equity diversity and inclusion. Champions and facilitates Equity Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in hiring activities and educational programing.

Education Training and Experience

• A level of education training and experience equivalent to a Masters Degree in an Allied Health or related discipline with a minimum of seven to ten (7 to 10) years of progressively increasing leadership responsibility in a complex health care or academic health sciences environment including at least three (3) years of management experience.
• Current practicing registration in good standing with an applicable regulatory body.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of professional practice issues and future directions for professional practice at the provincial and national levels.
• Demonstrated knowledge of interprofessional practice and education and models of care delivery across a variety of disciplines and settings.
• Strong program planning and development skills including integration of evidence-based best practices.
• Results oriented with the ability to develop and execute strategy across large complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to plan organize set and accomplish objectives and goals in a complex fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to critically analyze industry and professional literature.
• Demonstrated ability to organize prioritize and advance multiple initiatives in parallel includes ability to lead projects directly as well as to provide oversight to direct reports for projects they are managing.
• Ability to work under pressure and to effectively meet internal and external deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize creativity and innovation to develop corporate strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop quality assessment systems/tools..
• Demonstrated innovative leadership skills analytical and problem-solving skills and a proven ability to foster a collaborative team approach to decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain partnerships locally regionally nationally and internationally.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to interact effectively with staff at all organizational levels both internally and externally.
• Ability to uses strong analytical financial and research abilities to support decision-making.
• Ability to understand and utilize administrative and research information related to clinical care and practices.
• Ability to deliver formal presentations to various internal and external partners.
• Advanced report writing skills.
• Ability to effectively utilize relevant equipment and software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
  
  

• A competitive salary: The salary range for this position is $72.11 - $103.65 per hour depending on experience education and internal equity.
• Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
• State-of-the-art facilities: The new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions the new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care research and teaching. The new St. Pauls Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
• Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
• Hybrid work opportunity: The nature of our work requires in-office presence (at least 2 days a week) at our downtown Vancouver office including Mondays. Please note that being onsite will be required during the probationary period with flexible hours available at managers discretion upon completion of said period.

Your Day To Day:

• Promotes and builds linkages alliances and collaborative relations with internal and external contacts and partners such as academic institutions professional associations policy makers and other external agencies on a provincial national and international level. Leads in the negotiation and collaboration with academic partners and other academic institutions regarding the terms of affiliation agreements and the placement of students.
• Provides recommendations advice and council to educational leaders regarding Clinical Education by participating in cross-discipline committees and site-specific councils where appropriate. Represents PHC on relevant committees and advisory groups such as those at provincial health authorities academic institutions advanced practice forums and provincial and ministry meetings.
• Leads the development of PHC Allied Health education and Allied Health clinical operations policies systems and procedures standards and outcome targets to ensures quality in PHC education programs operations and services. Leads and fosters education strategies and operational initiatives to enhance patient experience and health outcomes through engagement of patients and the workforce across the disciplines.
• Leads the operations model of care optimization and is the decision maker for service delivery plans for Allied Health based on parameters such as team mix of professions/roles (including advanced practice) with the right skills education and experience along with the ability to sustain the model to best fit the patient/client/resident care needed.
• Initiates and leads clinical education and operational related projects secures funds and develops business cases and funding proposals. Conducts impact analysis for clinical education initiatives contributes to program planning expansion and implementation as required for other areas on discipline specific and interprofessional projects.
• Contributes to quality practice environments through building and maintaining a learning culture for staff and students that promotes excellence safety respect collaboration inter-professionalism person and family centered care accountability mastery and discovery.
• Leads programs such as student practice employed student internationally educated staff and new grad initiatives and consultation services such individual team and strategic consultations in order to promote professional and competency development and support and maintain profession-specific standards and scope of practice.
• Develops coordinates and monitors student placement IEAP and New Grad (NP) clinical experience pathways and evaluative processes and maintains contact with hosting programs/services and staff students educational faculty and clinical practicum coordinators.
• Oversees patient education materials for programs and services across PHC and liaises with other provincial Health Authorities on regional issues and other health authority representatives on provincial issues related to patient education materials.
• Provides leadership in identifying risks issues and mitigations plans related to achieving goals and objectives for clinical education led initiatives. Partners in organizational risk review processes with expert lens of clinical education that supports implementation initiatives to support safe competent and ethical care.
• Delivers evaluates and monitors advanced practice education by collaborating with Professional Practice Leaders (PPLs) operational leaders and provincial partners seeking out and identifying best practices ensuring appropriate structures system processes and resources are in place to facilitate ongoing delivery of advanced practice education across varying complex practice environments.
• Identifies the educational needs of staff in the provision of advanced practice education. Ensures the appropriate mechanisms are in place to support staff in the provision of quality advanced practice education programs.
• Partners with academic institutions in the developments of alternative and innovative models of delivery to meet changing organizational needs while maximizing the efficiency of advanced practice education funding within the allocated budget.
• Leads supports and promotes collaboration on organizational regional provincial and federal clinical education initiatives that develop and optimize culturally safe care/service across the continuum.
• Develops recommends and implements in collaboration with HR strategies for recruitment and retention of allied health staff.
• Develops manages and monitors the annual overall budget for Allied Health Education and Operations. Plans and adjusts operations and/or staffing to meet projections and annual targets and approves expenditures and prepares summaries for fiscal reporting. Ensures efficient utilization of educational resources that are supportive in meeting workforce training demands and ultimate provision of services.
• Provides leadership to staff through coaching mentoring and modelling key behaviours encouraging dialogue and providing guidance and advice to facilitate resolutions to work issues.
• Leads supports and maintains a human resources plan that aligns Allied Health/interprofessional educational and operational goals and objectives in order to provide the highest level of service to the organization including recruitment strategies development and retention initiatives performance management and an education/ training plan for direct reports.
• Maintains own professional growth and development by keeping up to date on current trends in health care leadership adult education and Allied Health operations by reviewing literature attending relevant conferences/continuing education liaising with external organizations industry advisory groups and members of professional associations in order to identify and promote strategic improvement opportunities through partnership innovation best practices and technology for the organization.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Who We Are:

Providence Health Care is one of the largest faith-based health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence living our Mission Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate socially just exceptional and innovative care every day.

From our humble roots 129 years ago Providence has grown into globally renowned research teaching and care organization. As individuals within a mission-driven organization we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organizations long commitment to social justice and compassionate care and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Pauls Hospital site is located on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the territories of the xʷməθkwəyəm (Musqueam) Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səlílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.