Manager, Agency Coordination

at  Island Health

Job Description:
In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.
The Manager, Agency Coordination provides operational leadership to the Agency Coordination team. The incumbent will implement strategies to meet the immediate coordination needs of the organization for provincial employees working within Island Health (Go Health BC employees) and agency personnel while considering a future-focused approach to program design, inclusive of creating strategic internal and external partnerships, ensuring equitable access to agency resources, where service disruption may occur, and evaluation of program value and efficacy using established metrics.
The Manager, Agency Coordination is accountable for the identification of facilities with the greatest Health Human Resources (HHR) need, based on Island Health standards, directing that resources be allocated to those facilities, ensuring organizational compliance with licensing and legislation as it relates to agency resources, and managing relationships with agency partners. The position, identifies potential business partners, evaluates synergies and builds, negotiates, and manages partner relationships.

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Communications or a related discipline;
• Five (5) years of relevant experience in a large, complex, unionized environment with a minimum of one (1) year of management experience preferred;
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Excellent written and oral presentation and communication skills including a highly developed ability to facilitate, negotiate and persuade others.
• Demonstrated ability to assess and anticipate future needs and identify potential problems.
• Considerable creativity and problem-solving ability in the pursuit, creation and ongoing development of program and business initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake solid financial analysis and sound business case development.
• Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills in a large, diverse health care environment.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to productively use spreadsheet, word processing, presentation and database applications.
• Physical ability to perform duties of the position.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

https://jd.viha.ca/JD5316.pd

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