(Only 24h Left) Executive Director - Ontario, Canada - Équipe santé Ontario Sudbury Espanola Manitoulin Elliot Lake Ontario Health Team

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Équipe santé Sudbury-Espanola-Manitoulin-Elliot Lake Ontario Health Team

Équipe santé Sudbury-Espanola-Manitoulin-Elliot Lake Ontario Health Team (SEMEL-OHT) is a partnership of local health care providers who are proud and privileged to live in and serve communities with rich cultural histories.

SEMEL-OHT is committed to being socially accountable to the people it serves, their experiences of health and well-being, and the realities of living in northern Ontario across the lifespan.

Together, our shared objective is to design and deliver an integrated and coordinated continuum of care to our attributed population, from prenatal care to birth to end of life and bereavement.

Reporting to the Co-Chairs of the Ontario Health Team's governing body, the Collaboration Council, the Executive Director will provide strategic direction and leadership to enable the development of an Ontario Health Team within the identified communities.

In this role, the Executive Director will build trusting relationships, provide leadership for clinical integration, and provide strategic advice on building the infrastructure required to enable the SEMEL-OHT to develop and achieve its mission, vision, values, and support population health.

This position will collaboratively engage with partners across multiple organizations and communities.

The ideal candidate is a proven health care leader with experience in cross-sectoral partnership and proven experience in driving change.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide leadership and oversight to achieve the SEMEL-OHT strategy and objectives in year 1 and support a prioritization exercise for strategy and objectives in year 2 to achieve its overarching vision, including Provincial commitments and SEMEL-OHT's Collaborative Decision-Making Arrangement
• As part of priority-setting activities, ensure the needs of the communities are considered, including applying health equity and population health approaches
• Support the team in establishing the necessary foundations, resources, partnerships and infrastructure to carry out the direction of the Collaboration Council and the mandate of OHT in year 1 including the back office supports required and leading community and government relations
• Provide executive leadership to implementation of key areas of clinical integration, including overseeing development of detailed plans and execution of strategy to achieve outcomes and targets set by the Collaboration Council for the OHT's year 1 priority populations
• Ensure the development of a digital strategy for the OHT that meets the needs of partners, is consistent with the quintuple aim and aligned with the government's digital first strategy
• Develop strategy to maintain and expand effective engagement, participation, and leadership in the OHT by physicians and other clinicians from a range of practice areas, with a particular focus on increasing participation and engagement of primary care providers
• Set strategy to maintain and expand effective and representative engagement and participation of patients, families, and caregivers in OHT implementation activities, leading development of a council representing the perspectives of the identified communities
• Support the team to embed learning health system approaches into the Ontario Health Team, including through best practices, research, evaluation, and continuous improvement, working in collaboration with partners like the Institute for Better Health
• Provide oversight for financial planning and management and regular financial reporting to the Ministry, while maintaining fiscal responsibility and ensuring sustainable progression of core goals and priorities
• Provide leadership and oversight in Quality and Risk Management, including leading development of the team's first collaborative Quality Improvement Plan
• Maintain senior leadership connections with the Ministry of Health, OHT support programs (e.g. RISE, ADVANCE) and Ontario Health to enable the strategic direction of OHT development
• Establish and maintain trusting partnerships with internal and external stakeholders—both to achieve outcomes and to ensure robust engagement with community experts and leaders
• Represent the OHT at forums and public events; build, protect and preserve the reputation of the OHT in these venues
• Report to and support the maintenance and decision-making of the OHT Steering and Collaboration Council
• Maintain strong system awareness and relationships, to assess and address emerging opportunities and risks
• Guide, motivate, monitor, and supervise staff, develop standards of performance, and evaluate performance
• Champions and establishes an inclusive, diverse and psychologically safe work environment
• Oversee the work of others in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and its regulations

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in health sciences, health care, health administration, social services or other relevant discipline and/or equivalent, relevant experience.

Knowledge & Experience:

• At least 10 years' relevant leadership experience within the health care sector or similarly complex service delivery environment
• Proven track record of experience in spearheading significant transformation initiatives and leading teams through significant change
• Demonstrated experience working at a strategic-level in multiple health care sectors
• Demonstrated experience with managing complex projects
• Experience with community care delivery including primary care and home care preferred
• Experience in fostering and establishing transformative partnerships
• Strong understanding of and experience in building population health, health equity and integration within Indigenous and Francophone communities preferred
• Experience in learning health systems and human centred design approaches an asset
• Demonstrated leadership and governance skills with experience in building consensus at the strategic level
• Experience with establishing new partnerships and leading the setup of new teams or organizations, including but not limited to partnership agreements, new infrastructure (e.g. digital solutions) and integration
• Understanding of and a strong focus on improving patient/resident/client and provider experiences and outcomes, as well as overall health systems performance and population health outcomes

Skills & Abilities:

• Forward-looking and visionary thinking
• Well versed across all sectors of healthcare; demonstrated knowledge of complexity of healthcare systems
• Proven experience working with stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health, Public Health, Regions and Municipalities
• Political acumen and an ability to navigate complex and political decision-making
• Ability to manage and foster strong stakeholder relationships across sectors
• Advanced coaching, negotiation, conflict resolution and facilitation skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial planning and budget oversight
• Advanced written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Adept at change management
• A clear commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism

Compensation & Benefits:

This position offers a competitive compensation package including paid vacation and sick leave, extended health and dental benefits, life insurance and pension plan.

Remuneration ranges from $130,000 - $151,000 per year with an additional 10% pay-for-performance plan.

Note:
Travel to all SEMEL- OHT communities required

To express interest in this opportunity please submit your resume and cover letter in confidence, prior to May 29, 2024:

Name:
Marlo DesJardins, Vice President Corporate Services & Chief Human Resources Officer


Email:

For employment purposes, the individual in this role will hold a contract with the Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre.

However, the Executive Director will report directly to the Co-Chairs of the SEMEL-OHT Collaboration Council, and the role will be accountable for carrying out the decisions of this partnership body.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code.

We are committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace; we welcome applications from women, Indigenous peoples, racially visible individuals, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ2S+ persons.

SEMEL-OHT, is committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process.

If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.