Executive Director, Regional Hospital

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $96.03 - $144.04 / hour
Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health:

Reporting to Vice President Regional Hospitals and Communities, the Executive Director provides senior leadership and direction for the development, implementation and assessment of strategies, program/service objectives and operations that support patient-focussed seamless care that is integrated across hospital and community settings.

As a senior leader of a Regional Hospital, the Executive Director works in conjunction with the Site Medical Director, on strategies and program/service assessments to optimize the use of health care resources (capital, financial and human) that support targeted outcomes. The Executive Director leads integrated health services team with a focus at a systems level to maximize resources and outcomes within approved financial mandates, ensuring strategies and decisions support high standards of quality, best practices and achievements of outcomes and performance measures.

Through partnerships with physician leaders, Executive Directors of Regional Programs and other leadership roles, the Executive Director holds a key role in the system design, implementation and sustainability of integrated health services.

Responsibilities

1. Participates in the strategic planning, future visioning, goal setting and decision-making processes for the Regional Hospital and its partnership across the Fraser Health.
2. Identifies short, medium and long-term objectives, plans, programs and services. Assesses options and makes recommendations of strategic and operational decisions.
3. Represents Fraser Health and the Regional Hospital to the community. Maintains effective relationship with municipal leaders through regular updates and discussions. Ensures other stakeholders are informed and included in community/stakeholder consultations and discussions.
4. Assists to identify and remove barriers to a seamless system of care across hospitals and the community, and across programs and services. Works with Executive Directors of Regional Programs on issues of program support and services. Establishes and maintains ongoing working relationship with Executive Director of the Community on smooth transition and integration of services and patients/residents/clients.
5. Accountable for the annual operating and capital budget for the Regional Hospital. Works within approved financial mandate, recommends and establishes program/service priorities. Prepares budget and program recommendations, oversees the performance of programs and budget. Monitors actual expenses and program/service outcomes, identifies efficiencies and promotes optimal use of resources, making recommendations on current and future program and service adjustments.
6. Identifies and reviews proposals for new or expanded programs following a system and team based approach; monitors evaluation of existing programs to ensure effective resource allocation and/or the development of new funding sources.
7. Participates in the development and delivery of health services in collaboration with physicians and other health care team members; establishes monitoring and reporting systems to identify and follow-up on deficiencies in patient care services and ensures complaints regarding clinical services are appropriately researched, responded to and appropriate actions put in place.
8. Participates, in collaboration with leadership in the development and implementation of quality improvement processes; ensures that appropriate quality of care measures are in place and compatible with industry standards and accreditation bodies.
9. Provides leadership to support engagement for physicians, staff and volunteers. Maintains partnerships with Foundations to ensure common understanding of objectives and programs needs and builds on opportunities for support and partnerships.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Master's degree in a health related discipline. Supplemented with ten (10) to fifteen (15) years' recent, related progressively senior management experience in a large health care organization.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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