Leader, Student Practice & New Initiatives

Are you ready to lead and innovate in the healthcare sector? Join Fraser Health as a Full-Time Leader, Student Practice & New Initiatives and drive the future of student practice programs!

Why This Role?

1. Strategic Leadership:
• Program Oversight: Lead the strategic planning, design, implementation, promotion, evaluation, and maintenance of student practice programs including student placements and earn and learn programs across Fraser Health.
• Team Leadership: Oversee the student practice team responsible for HSP Net administration, ensuring seamless operations and program success.
2. Standards and Quality Improvement:
• Policy Development: Provide leadership in reviewing, developing, and establishing standards, policies, protocols, and processes for program design and delivery.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead committees and conduct quality improvement reviews to ensure effective implementation of enhancements.
3. Program Evaluation:
• Outcome Monitoring: Evaluate and monitor program success and outcomes, ensuring alignment with leading industry practices, evidence-based practice, and regulatory standards.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Use data and feedback to continuously improve program effectiveness.
4. Collaborative Partnerships:
• Internal Collaboration: Work with Talent Acquisition & Onboarding, People Information and Systems, People Strategies, Human Resources Consulting, clinical programs, and site/work locations.
• External Collaboration: Partner with the Ministry of Health, post-secondary institutions, regulatory bodies, provincial working groups, unions, and other health authorities to address student progress and clinical placement issues.
5. Change Management:
• Initiative Implementation: Lead the implementation of new programs, policies, protocols, and processes.
• Performance Metrics: Develop and evaluate program objectives, performance metrics, outcomes, and corrective actions.
6. Educational Leadership:
• Practice Leadership: Collaborate with post-secondary institutions to support education, retention, healthy practice environments, and safe quality care.
• Effective Communication: Ensure effective communication among stakeholders and program participants.
7. Operational Support:
• Consultation: Provide consultation to operational and practice leaders to address clinical placement and patient safety issues.
• Team Management: Manage assigned employees, including hiring, orientation, performance evaluation, coaching, training, and discipline.
8. Resource Management:
• Budget Management: Prepare and manage the assigned budget to meet portfolio needs within departmental guidelines and Fraser Health standards.
• Website Oversight: Ensure the related website is functional, complete, current, and easily accessible.
9. Trend Monitoring:
• Opportunity Identification: Monitor student practice and education trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Policy Evaluation: Evaluate policies, guidelines, and tools/resources for potential use at Fraser Health.
10. Representation and Networking:
• External Representation: Represent Fraser Health on regional, provincial, and external committees and projects.
• Effective Linkages: Foster effective linkages with other organizations to support student practice initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Educational Background: Master's Degree in a healthcare profession, education, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of seven years of recent related experience in a complex healthcare environment, including progressive professional practice, education, project management, and leadership experience.
• Registration: Current practicing registration or certification with the relevant regulatory college and/or professional association in British Columbia.

Join Us: Be a leader in shaping the future of student practice programs at Fraser Health. Your strategic vision and leadership will drive innovation and excellence in healthcare education.

Ready to lead and innovate? Join Fraser Health and be a part of our journey towards excellence in student practice and new initiatives!

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Leads the strategic planning/design, implementation, promotion, evaluation, and maintenance of the processes and infrastructure related to assigned Fraser Health programs including, but not limited to, student practice, nursing student bursary program, and other assigned initiatives related to student training programs. Accountable for the outcomes of these programs and ensures that evidence-based best practices across Fraser Health are used to support effective processes and professional practice. Develops standards, services and organization policies for program design and delivery, leads large system change, and manages assigned staff and budget.

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

• Strong skills in strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of student practice and professional development programs across a large complex health care organization.
• Comprehensive knowledge of adult learning principles and educational design.
• Ability to lead and participate effectively on collaborative change initiatives.
• Solid understanding of health professional orientation, student placement programs, and practice support.
• Familiarity with current trends and issues relating to professional practice.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation.
• Advanced writing skills and ability to articulate policy and guidelines.
• Advanced consultation, facilitation and decision making skills.
• Proven flexibility with a high level of initiative and self direction.
• Proficiency in the use of current technology and related software.

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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