Project Director, Mnpr Implementation

Project Director, mNPR Implementation

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities.

We are seeking a collaborative and driven Project Director, mNPR Implementation for the pivotal Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratio (mNPR) Implementation. This is an exciting opportunity spanning sites and units across the Fraser Health region and is integral to ensuring the seamless provision of care.

Central to this role will be the Project Director's proactive, caring, and knowledgeable approach to mobilizing and advancing all elements of the implementation while actively applying strategic project direction and expertise.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Reporting to the Executive Director, Clinical Lead mNPR Implementation, the Project Director, mNPR is accountable for supporting the work of the Fraser Health mNPR Project Leadership Team. Providing expert advice and guidance, the Project Director informs the implementation plan, and carries out delegated functions from the Executive Director mNPR which are informed by the FH Joint Regional Implementation Committee responsible for executing mNPR implementation. Core work will be to mobilize and work together with key internal corporate teams, sites, unit, community and union representatives that are central to the successful implementation, assessment of and performance with minimum nursing ratios across the health authority. The individual will identify and communicate risks and barriers to inform actions and mitigation plans as directed.

Communicates internally with nurses, human resources, staffing services, finance, operations leaders, union representatives, quality improvement, and learning strategies to build trust, alignment and partnership to move mNPR implementation forward.

1. Provides effective leadership, expert advice and problem solving in the implementation of mNPR across nursing practice areas in Fraser Health in accordance with the Ministry of Health policy direction.
2. Executes priority tasks from the mNPR implementation plan to ensure reporting and monitoring as required.
3. Promotes mNPR as an attribute of a compassionate quality learning environment.
4. Guides and leads the assigned areas from the mNPR implementation project team and acts as a liaison across nursing practice areas.
5. Collaborates with key partners including union representatives, and services including Staffing Services, Human Resources, Strategic Transformation, operational leadership, data analytics, evaluation, and financial management departments in the implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of mNPR and facilitates the deployment of resources as required to enable implementation in nursing practice areas.
6. Provides implementation progress reports, identifies barriers and risks and reports findings to the Fraser Health mNPR Project Leadership Team.
7. Provides input into the development of required implementation plans, progress and performance reports as required.
8. Facilitates communication and feedback loops within Fraser Health, between nursing practice areas and the mNPR Project Leadership Team.
9. Collaborates with nursing leaders responsible for similar work in other health organizations to enable consistency of implementation and opportunity to share learning across health organizations.
10. Engages nurses, nursing leaders, and union representatives in the continuous improvement of the mNPR implementation, workplace culture, and quality of nursing care.
11. Identifies implementation barriers and risks, proposes mitigating solutions and escalates concerns for problem solving.
12. Responsible to support approaches in the implementation and sustainment of mNPR such as;
    • Enabling nursing contribution to team-based care and support the ongoing improvement of collaborative team-based care processes.
    • Enabling processes to engage the patient voice in process and quality improvement actions.
    • Ensuring that there is a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace process improvement actions.
    • Ensuring that there is a focus on improving Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility in the workplace and in providing care and services for Indigenous patients and families.

Registered Nurse with a master's degree plus ten (10) years recent experience in complex health care environment including five (5) years progressive project and/or change management leadership experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

COMPETENCIES:

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate policy, processes, and guidelines.
• Fosters collaborative and effective working relationships and contributes to an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
• Ability to coach, mentor and build consensus across nursing areas of the organization.
• Knowledge and understanding of nursing legislation, statutes, regulations, professional standards of practice, and how nursing practice contributes to quality of patient care.
• Competency in project/program planning, implementation, management, and evaluation.
• Ability to lead organization change and build collaborative partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability in analyzing performance and evaluation metrics and translating information (data and metrics) into process and quality improvement.
• Demonstrated understanding of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles and their application in the workplace.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility.
• Demonstrated experience leading and negotiating collaboratively with internal partners.
• Ability to manage staff and budgets effectively.
• Proficiency in the use of personal computers and related technology.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka'pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health's hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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