Salary Range: $130,864-$188,116/year. 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.

Job Summary:

In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic directions of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Director, Professional Practice and Policy (Allied Health) reports to the Executive Director or designate, is accountable for providing strategic, operational, and educational leadership for allied health professional practice across BC Cancer in accordance with the Mission, Vision, Values and strategic directions of the organization.  

Provides leadership, strategic direction and mentoring in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of professional practice standards, evidence informed clinical practice, education training and ongoing professional growth. Provides expert advice on professional practice issues, including resource planning and input into professional development needs. Implements professional practice standards to improve equity, diversity, inclusion and to eliminate anti-Indigenous racism.

Plays an integral part in defining the quality-of-care processes and creating quality practice environments in collaboration with key partners in BC Cancer.  Liaises, influences and consults with various partners to develop, promote and advance interprofessional practice across the portfolio and to enhance the profile of allied health. Key partnerships include other PHSA Programs and Services, Health Authorities, the Ministry of Health, colleges, universities, professional associations, and regulatory bodies.

Supervises staff, develops and manages operating budgets and represents BC Cancer professional practice regionally, provincially and nationally.

Duties/Accountabilities:

• Plans, develops, and evaluates the annual operating plans for professional practice, in alignment with the mission, vision, and direction of PHSA and BC Cancer.  
• Implements changes to professional practice standards to eliminate anti-Indigenous racism and improves equity, diversity and inclusion is achieved. Fosters team spirit, trust, and mutual respect.
• Directs the operational activities of professional practice within BC Cancer, including setting an prioritizing deliverables, leading Professional practice staff, and assisting team members to define shared and individual goals and meet target dates.  
• Oversees the recruitment, development, and retention of professional practice leaders. Evaluates individual and project team performance in collaboration with appropriate partners.  Investigates work and staff issues and in consultation with the Executive Director, manages performance-related matters.
• Assesses resources utilize patterns, models of care, skill mix, and supply issues, makes recommendations to operational and practice leaders to promote patient safety, best practices, patient access, and efficient flow across the care continuum, while fostering a sustainable nursing and allied workforce.  
• Develops and manages operational budgets, monitors expenditures, performs variance analysis, and supports annual capital planning process within the context of operational demands and environmental and resource constraints and uses best utilization methods. Approves expenditures and prepares summaries for fiscal reporting. Liaises with representatives of Finance in addition to the Executive Director on budget matters.
• Fosters relationships within professional practice and with other key partners to advance professional practice issues and promote best practices within the applicable programs. Brokers effective partnerships with internal and external vested parties regarding the planning, resource allocation, priority determination, and strategic direction for professional practice.
• Identifies, implements, and monitors quality improvement initiatives with key partners with a focus on developing, implementing, and evaluating strategies that support safe, competent, and ethical practice.
• Ensures professional standards, registration requirements, practice guidelines, professional credentials and the code of ethics for staff are understood, monitored and maintained. Supports the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence based and wise practice supports that are consistent with professional colleges, regulatory bodies, and accreditation standards.   
• Advocates for and leads efforts to leverage and support regulated health professions use of their optimized scopes of practice and unregulated clinicians’ skills and abilities in ways that support best patient care in alignment with PHSA and BC Cancer goals.  
• Provides expertise in identifying needed practice supports, including policies, decisions support tools such as protocols and care paths and procedures.  Advances the use of informatics in support of clinical practice.
• Develops a vision and strategies for education, research and innovation related nursing and/or allied professions.  Supports the development of educational resources and tools, and evaluation of nursing and allied health educational initiatives and strategies. Represents the professional disciplines at key local, provincial, national, and international forums.
• Maintains an awareness of current trends and issues related to the portfolio through methods such as literature review, contact with peers at other organizations and attendance at seminars, workshops and education programs.

 

Qualifications:

• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Master’s Degree in an allied health discipline and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive leadership responsibility in a complex health care or academic health sciences environment.
• Current practicing registration with a regulatory body, if applicable.  
• Thorough understanding of professional practice legislation and controls on practice.
• Comprehensive knowledge of professional practice issues and future directions for professional practice at the provincial and national levels.
• Broad knowledge of interprofessional practice and education, and models of care delivery across a variety of disciplines and settings.
• Broad knowledge of research processes and methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, set, and accomplish objectives and goals in a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, interpersonal, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, coach, mentor and model key behaviors to staff.
• Proven ability to build networks and develop mutually beneficial working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a matrix environment. Demonstrated ability to critically analyze industry and professional literature.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize creativity and innovation to develop strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to develop quality assessment systems/tools.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrated knowledge of collective agreements, applicable legislation as well as principles of union/management relationships.
• Ability to develop and manage a budget, monitor expenditures, and perform variance analysis.