Child Health Bc Regional Coordinator - Vancouver, Canada - PHSA

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Child Health BC Regional Coordinator - Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)
Child Health BC

Vancouver, BC

The Child Health BC Regional Coordinator, reporting to Child Health BC's Provincial Director Primary Care and Preventive Health, and is responsible for leading efforts to foster stronger relationships with regional health authorities (HA's), ensuring the Child Health BC (CHBC) is undertaking initiatives in a manner most appropriate to the geography and services of the given HA and will achieve the desired child and youth health outcomes at a regional level.

The Regional Coordinator provides expert advice on identifying and developing strategies to address child and youth health and health services issues at the regional level, cultivates collaborative partnerships and strengthens existing working relationships; enhances awareness on child health issues, and supports and encourages regional initiatives.

The role has substantive time spent located in the regional authority and has a day-to-day operational relationship with the regional health authority's child health Directors or Executive Director with strong linkages to the regional child health leadership team including across sites.

The position leads collaboration with the regional health authority on specific CHBC projects and initiatives, participates in and/or undertakes the required work with CHBC project staff and local health authority multi-disciplinary teams.

The role also works closely with the HA's Regional Director and the regional Medical child health leadership (Regional Medical Director and/or Department Head for Pediatrics) who hold an active leadership role with Child Health BC.

The role also works closely with the Child Health BC leadership team through direct contribution to and involvement in and action and work planning.

Each Regional Coordinator will also take responsibility for initiatives or aspects of initiatives which cross regional boundaries and are provincial in nature, as such, they will interact with and support teams across HA boundaries.

What you'll do

Act in an advisory capacity to the CHBC leadership team with respect to identifying and developing strategies to address child health issues and child health service delivery that is responsive to specific regional needs, geography and resources.
Provide leadership for specific initiatives that are provincewide in nature, working across HA boundaries.
Take a leadership role in collaborating with other CHBC leadership team members in developing and implementation the CHBC program action items as they relate to action undertaken in regional HA's.
Take responsibility for CHBC initiatives at a regional level, working to ensure they are directed for success through meaningful collaboration with regional health authority child health leadership.
Interact with regional health authority Child and Youth Health leadership (regional Director/Executive and regional medical leadership) in moving child health initiatives forward at a regional level, including Tiers of Service related initiatives, primary care and preventive health initiatives, outreach/telehealth initiatives and other care and service quality improvement strategies as outlined in the CHBC plan.
For assigned initiatives/projects based on the CHBC work plan, establishes a detailed plan including objectives, activities, timelines and deliverables to support the implementation. Includes monitoring and quarterly reporting on the status of the project, including any issues and obstacles.
Collaborate in the development of evaluation strategies for CHBC initiatives as outlined in CHBC work plan.
Work with regional health authority data analysts to collect data and improve data availability related to CHBC work plan.
Communicate CHBC project activities with staff, physicians and management within the Health Authority.
Facilitate consensus, consults and shares information as appropriate. Champions the use of products/projects and builds involvement and participations across the health authority.
Foster and maintain effective working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, external organizations, institutions, interest groups and the Ministry to further the achievement of provincial, health authority and public health goals and objectives.

What you bring
***Qualifications

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Masters in Health Services Administration, Nursing, Allied Health, Business Administration.
Five (5) to Seven (7) years recent related experience that includes working in a project management role, coordinating projects of various sizes and scopes in a complex health environment.
Experience in the child health system preferably across the continuum from prevention to acute care. Clinical education and experience a strong asset.
Broad knowledge of children's health care delivery systems in primary, acute and community se