DIRECTOR, MEDICAL RECOVERY, DISCHARGE & MATERNAL CHILD

at  Northern Health

POSITION SUMMARY

Are you interested in an opportunity to grow professionally within a positive and progressive culture? Northern Health is seeking a champion with significant management and leadership experience to join us at University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC).
The Director, Medical Recovery/Discharge & Maternal Child is a key leadership role in Prince George Health Services. Working in cooperation and collaboration with various peer leaders within the University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) and across Northern Health (NH), this position is responsible and accountable for leading specific and delegated responsibilities in planning, delivery and evaluation of programs and services with the goal of ensuring that services are grounded in the principles of patient and family-centered care and delivered and implemented using evidence and innovation to meet the needs of our northern and rural populations. The Director is a key role model for UHNBC’s development as a core part of the NH rural and northern network of services that includes integrated primary care and community services, residential care and a network of hospitals. The Director’s responsibilities include the integration and coordination of various resources, services and departments to carry out these activities. The Director is a champion for UHNBC’s role as a teaching hospital, helping to bring together research, teaching and practice that will strengthen services and establish NH as a center of excellence.
Starting salary will be approximately from $137,035 to $171,294 and will be based on education, training, experience, and salaries of similar positions.

University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) is the largest Acute Care facility within the Northern Health region, and a hub for specialized health services. It’s also a teaching hospital:

• Provides undergraduate physician training through the Northern Medical Program, run by the University of British Columbia and University of Northern British Columbia.
• Hosts residents in UBC’s Family Practice Residency Program
• Is a key clinical education site for nursing and many health sciences students at UNBC, the College of New Caledonia, BCIT and other institutions.

UHNBC has benefited from nearly $100 million in expansions, renovations and new equipment since 2001:

• Patient care addition with an expanded emergency room and updated ICU
• State-of-the-art maternal-child care centre (including a single room neonatal ICU)
• Facilities to accommodate undergraduate physician training
• MRI unit

UHNBC is also home to a cancer centre for Northern BC, featuring a wide range of cancer treatments including radiation therapy.
Prince George Prince George is the centre of business, education, health and culture for northern British Columbia and services a rural population of about 300,000. The region’s economic growth and diversification strategies are creating outstanding opportunities for investors, employers and employees. Affordable housing, land prices and transportation costs, due to short and quick commutes; result in one of the lowest costs of living for a city of its size in the province. Additionally, wage rates fall above provincial averages, providing residents of Prince George with a high standard of living in one of BC’s most beautiful regions. The city itself is the 4th largest in British Columbia and has a population of approximately 82,300 local residents and a service centre for nearly 320,000. It is built on the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. Prince George is the home of the University of Northern British Columbia – Canada’s Green university. The warm, friendly and diverse population attests to a strong and dynamic community spirit. Check out Prince George for more information on what this community has to offer.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration or a relevant discipline
• Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years experience in progressively senior health care management roles with responsibility for a significant number of staff and financial resources
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, client focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services.
• Practical experience in strategy, policy development, leadership and project and program management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues.
• Knowledge of current health care issues and trends.
• Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others.
• Ability to manage human, financial and physical resources.
• Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a unionized sector.
• Strong track record in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have the courage to raise issues and concerns.
• Demonstrates Northern Health’s values.

WHO WE ARE

Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation’s communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.
Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.
There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination
• Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession)
• Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position. Examples may include:
• Program certificates or diplomas
• High school/college/university transcripts etc.
• It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resum