Manager, Black Health - London, Canada - Victoria Hospital

Victoria Hospital

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London, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Who We Are:

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London.

Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music.

As one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning.

In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support he wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children's Hospital, within a large geographic area.

LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time.

The Black Health team was established in May 2023 as an integral part of the Office of Inclusion and Social Accountability and as the first hospital in Ontario to create a health stream dedicated to Black health, the Black Health team is actively engaged in advancing the important work of addressing inequities in the healthcare system, and improving experiences and health outcomes for Black peoples at LHSC.

LHSC is committed to creating an inclusive and safe environment by dismantling systems of oppression, discrimination, racism and bias, while addressing social determinants of health and advancing truth and reconciliation.

There are many inequities in healthcare that exist for Black peoples and in alignment with LHSC's commitment, the Office of Black Health is working towards identifying and dismantling systemic, institutional and attitudinal barriers.

Through consultation and collaboration with Black individuals and community partners, we seek to build trusting relationships so that we can learn more about their healthcare experiences and how we can improve our services to better serve them.

The Black Health team is committed to working with all members of Team LHSC as we advance our collective learning on issues important to Black patients, families and community members and build our capacity to provide care that is culturally relevant and culturally sensitive to the needs of this equity-denied group.

Posting Period:

May 7th, May 20th, 2024

Job Summary:

What the Role is

The Manager, Black Health plays a vital role in leading initiatives that are culturally appropriate and responsive to the unique health needs of the diverse Black communities.

This position requires a dynamic individual who brings a unique set of skills, competencies, and lived experience to effectively identify and address health disparities and promote equity across the healthcare system.

The Manager, Black Health is responsible for supporting the delivery of quality health services through consultation, education, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Black Health, the Manager, Black Health directs, controls and evaluates the delivery of department services.

They are responsible for translating decisions of the program leadership into execution, by utilizing relationship management and working with internal and external stakeholders to achieve the necessary outcomes.

The Manager ensures their team and department operations are aligned with our mission, vision and values, while working together to successfully achieve our strategic objectives.

This role is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls.

A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.

NOTE:
This role may be required to be on-call, evenings and weekends on a rotational basis

Qualifications:

Who You Are

You are selfaware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
You create connections, build partnerships and networks
You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence