133168 - Adult Protection Compliance Advisor

Work Location
West Van Community Centre
Work Area
ReAct Adult Protection Program
Home Worksite
00 - Excluded - VCHA
Additional Sites
West Vancouver Community Center
Labour Agreement
Excluded
Union
905 - Mgt/Excluded-VCHA (37.5 Hr)
Position Type
Baseline
Job Status
Regular Full-Time
FTE
1.00
Standard Hours / Week
37.50
Job Category
Leaders & Corporate Support
Salary Grade
08
Min Hourly
CAD $45.48/Hr.
Max Hourly
CAD $65.38/Hr.
Shift Times
0800-1600
Days Off
Saturday, Stats, Sunday

Come work as an Adult Protection Compliance Advisor with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for an Adult Protection Compliance Advisor to join the ReACT Adult Protection Program. Apply today to join our team!

As an Adult Protection Compliance Advisor with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Be responsible and accountable for providing leadership in the management of clinical and operational risk concerning patient care quality complaints and statutory compliance.
• Represent Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) when working with legal counsel and other external agencies when investigating and managing reports involving patients/clients and identifying and resolving other risk management issues specifically related to statutory compliance.
• Supervise members of the ReAct team and assigned administrative staff, as required.
• Collaborate with regional Client Relations and Risk Management Adult Protection Leads (APL) and Designated Responders/Coordinators (DR/DRC) by working to ensure overall consistency and standardization of processes and systems pertaining to ReAct. Client Relations, Risk Management and statutory compliance.
• Provide leadership and support to senior VCH leaders, physicians and staff in ensuring that quality improvement strategies and processes are applied to the management of client relations, risk management and statutory compliance issues.

This work is framed within VCH’s commitments to our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.

Education & Experience

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Health Administration or related discipline.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years’ recent, related experience in progressively senior leadership roles leading client relations, statutory compliance and other risk and issues management activities, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Effectively and proactively coordinates strategies, systems, and processes to reduce risk, minimize and manage client complaints and support statutory compliance, and collaborates with others to improve quality, safety, and statutory compliance for VCH.
• Expertly applies technical and analytical expertise to assess and support risk and situation management activities, and to establish and implement risk management and quality improvement strategies to support the organization.
• Superior communication skills and ability to assist leaders, staff and complainants to resolve complaints.
• Applies superior judgment and political expertise to communicate sensitive information, and effectively persuade and negotiate with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Expertly interprets and implements legal and other regulatory obligations and responsibilities of VCH in the context of relevant legislation, regulations, common law and other changing standards.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
  
  

Why Join Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH):

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and 'going first' when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential to our goals of creating a great place to work and delivering exceptional care. We acknowledge and accommodate unique differences and ensure special measures are in place so that all prospective and current employees are given an opportunity to succeed.

We are committed to building a representative workforce and encourage applications reflecting diversity of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization or ancestry, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.