Executive Director, Provincial Psychological Health

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $72.11 - $103.65 / hour.
Job Summary

This pivotal role will drive a province-wide initiative to enhance psychological health and safety (PHS) across British Columbia's health care sector. As Executive Director, you will provide strategic leadership to a cross-organizational team, advancing the integration of PHS practices into existing occupational health frameworks in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.

You will lead the development and implementation of innovative PHS programs, ensuring alignment with the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety. The role involves coordinating efforts with senior leaders from health authorities, SafeCare BC, SWITCH BC, unions, and other key partners to foster a consistent, high-quality approach to PHS throughout the sector.

Key responsibilities include guiding the Provincial PHS Team, supporting regional PHS services, and serving as a co-chair on the OHS Council to elevate the importance of PHS in workplace health initiatives. This is a dynamic leadership opportunity for someone who embodies compassion, collaboration, and a commitment to advancing a safer, more supportive work environment across the entire health care system.

Detailed Overview

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

The Executive Director, Provincial Psychological Health & Safety will lead province-wide cultural change within the health care sector through leadership of a cross-organization and provincial team of psychological health and safety (PHS) practitioners and support roles. The position will provide senior leadership of the Provincial Workplace Health Services portfolio, while fulfilling a new leadership mandate in Provincial Psychological Health and Safety. The role is accountable to the Ministry of Health and designated to lead the implementation of the Provincial PHS Team, driving initiatives to advance the promotion of PHS in the healthcare workforce across British Columbia.

The Executive Director is responsible for guiding the overall strategic leadership in the development of the PHS services and programs, provides senior PHS practice and program expertise, and functions as the lead PHS representative on various corporate, health sector-wide or practice area initiatives, advisory groups or committees. The Executive Director works collaboratively with the senior leadership across health authorities, SafeCare BC, SWITCH BC, and Ministry of Health to ensure consistent strategic guidance, collaboration between centralized PHS teams and regional PHS teams, and that the overarching PHS experience is consistent across the BC health sector.

The Executive Director will work closely with PHS leaders across health authorities standing up new or expanded services dedicated to PHS, and to ensure the successful establishment of the new Provincial Psychological Health & Safety Team. Specifically, the ED will work with personnel within Provincial Workplace Health Services (PWHS), OHS Solutions, and Provincial Health Services Authority to ensure centralized supports for provincial PHS initiatives.

The Executive Director, Provincial PHS also has a key role in provincial occupational health and safety by taking on the role of dedicated co-chair for the OHS Council, and raising the profile of PHS on the OHS agenda.

The Executive Director, Provincial PHS, models Psychological Health and Safety in their leadership and approach and values of respecting people, being compassionate, daring to innovate, cultivating partnerships, and serving with purpose.

Responsibilities

1. The Executive Director Provincial PHS will guide the establishment and implementation of the Provincial Psychological Health and Safety Strategy and Oversight Committee (PHS SOC), comprised of senior PHS representatives from the health organizations.
2. The Executive Director provides oversight of the PHS SOC and participates in decision-making when required to ensure timely implementation of provincial-wide PHS programs that will have long-term impact for the health care workforce.
3. The Executive Director will guide and support the health organizations in establishing the Provincial PHS Team, a cross-organization and province-wide team established through actions from the 2022 BC Health Human Resources Strategy.
4. The Executive Director, Provincial PHS will also co-chair the Occupational Health and Safety Council (OHSC), providing leadership and support to this group of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) leaders. Through this role, the executive director coordinates the work of the OHS Council and the Strategy and Oversight Committees reporting to the OHS Council.
5. Works closely with the Ministry of Health to ensure OHS Council and PHS SOC workplans align with provincial policy direction and supports the mandates of the Ministry.
6. Leads the Provincial Workplace Health Services ensuring strategic alignment with Ministry of Health policy direction and OHS Council priorities.
7. The Executive Director, Provincial PHS is responsible for ensuring provincial reporting on PHS measures is provided to Ministry of Health and VPs of HR as requested and on a regular basis.
8. Makes decisions that have broad implications and complexity, ensures consistency and alignment with the Ministry priorities, and works within the boundaries of government legislation and policies as well as provincial standards and agreements.
9. Develops, promotes and maintains strong working partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders, facilitates consensus and mediates solutions, negotiates both internally and externally, and enters into formal and binding agreements for provincial PHS.
10. Leads the Provincial PHS Team in growing partnerships with clients and facilitating consensus to plan and deliver on specific programs and services.
11. Develops, builds and maintains mutually beneficial working partnerships, represents the Provincial PHS Team and their interests across various audiences and stakeholder groups, and collaborates and liaises with various external groups including health organizations, Health Employers Association of BC, SafeCare BC, SWITCH BC, union partners, Doctors of BC, other central agencies, provincial/national associations, and across provincial networks.
12. The position models psychological health and safety in the workplace, fosters team spirit, trust and mutual respect.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Master's degree in Psychology, Organization Development, Leadership, Adult Education, Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources or a related discipline supplemented by a minimum of ten (10) years of senior leadership experience with a minimum of five (5) years at a leadership level.

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

- Leadership capabilities in the areas of leading self, engaging others, driving change, achieving results, developing coalitions and system transformation are required.
- Comprehensive knowledge of PHS/OHS processes and applicable legislation, relevant collective agreements and principles of union/management relationships. Solid understanding of PHS/OHS best practices and policies.
- Strong leader who engages others, a relationship builder. A leader with entrepreneurial style who focuses on continuous improvement and transformation activities. A strategic thinker who is decisive and results driven with the ability to establish courses of action for self and others.
- Demonstrated ability to innovatively solve problems with a global perspective, make decisions and facilitate resolution of issues.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to facilitate, negotiate, and persuade others.
- Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to influence change and decision-making at senior levels of an organization.
- Able to respond to the needs of stakeholders while being aware of the impact of actions on a system.
- Proven ability to create and execute strategic plans.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and the ability to think critically, conceptualize issues, and systemically address them.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise, lead and coach staff.
- Demonstrates a solid commitment to the value of continuous learning.
- Ability to deal effectively with all levels of staff. Ability to approve, develop and oversee an annual budget.
- Demonstrated ability to make formal presentations.
- Ability to operate related equipment including various word processing software and spreadsheet programs.

About Fraser Health

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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