Vice President

**Inspiring **Excellence. Healthier Together.**

Located in the heart of Kitchener, Ontario, St. Mary’s General Hospital (SMGH) is the second
- largest acute care hospital in the St. Joseph’s Health System, one of the largest integrated health systems in Ontario. St. Mary’s is a large community hospital that supports learners across health disciplines, and several large Regional programs. SMGH proudly serve the residents of the Region of Waterloo, Wellington County, and extend their reach to Dufferin, Grey-Bruce and beyond. With annual revenue of $215M and nearly 2,000 staff, physicians, and volunteers provide excellent, compassionate care to hundreds of thousands of patients and families every year. Core areas of clinical care are: Cardiac Care (Regional Cardiac Centre); Regional Thoracic/Respiratory Care Program (Level 1 Thoracic Surgery Centre); Regional Specialized Ophthalmology, Outpatient (Day) Surgery; General Medicine; and 24/7 Emergency Care. SMGH completed their accreditation in 2019 with Exemplary Standing. SMGH is also a member of the KW4 Ontario Health Team.

The region of Waterloo is one of the fastest growing communities in Ontario, and 10thlargest community in Canada. With its vibrant tech and entrepreneurial community, universities, and industry leadership, there are opportunities to creatively evolve health care delivery in partnership with both health and non-health care sector partners. Throughout the pandemic and given demand, SMGH was required to expand capacity by almost a third, to 195 beds, providing specialized respiratory care in the region. With the hospital facing pressures given demand for service and aging facilities, the coming years will be critical to determine how to expand capacity and services to best serve the community in the future. Together with Grand River Hospital, St. Mary’s envisions a long-term master plan to build new acute capacity in Waterloo Region, through Building the Future of Care Together. To address immediate needs over the next 3-5 years, St. Mary’s recently launched its strategic plan ‘ Inspiring Excellence. Healthier Together ’ forging a path towards high quality care, innovation, learning and growth.

**THE IDEAL CANDIDATE**

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide visionary leadership to advance clinical care at St. Mary’s General Hospital. This includes leading and facilitating the implementation of elements of the St. Mary’s General Hospital strategic plan related to clinical programs.
- Provide leadership for development of a robust approach to addressing quality and quality improvement across the organization, that incudes engaging teams, patients and care partners in the design of improvements. Engage and involve the Patient Family Advisory Committee in decisions and co-design efforts to improve care.
- Lead efforts to support the development of our teams of today and tomorrow in the clinical programs. Using a coaching style in everyday work the Vice President provides mentorship, and empowers teams in decision making.
- Collaborates with other hospitals in the region and broader OH West, actively participating in regional groups to plan changes to programs and to support response as required to pressures being felt in the region.
- Grow and support collaboration between programs/departments on quality and strategic initiatives, by engaging clinical program and physician leaders.
- Integrate mission, values and ethics throughout the Clinical Program(s).
- Manage resources creatively for human and fiscal resources, equipment and supplies to meet the growing pressures for service in the region.
- Contribute to corporate efforts to secure additional resources and new capital projects, including the joint Masterplan for SMGH and GRH to serve the community.
- Taking a systems approach, contribute to efforts of the KW4 Ontario Health Team to support improvements in care for priority populations.
- Actively collaborate with regional partners to deliver on regional programs in Cardiac, Thoracic/Chest, and Ophthalmology, in addition to responding to pressures or unique circumstances in a coordinated way (i.e.. pandemic)
- Effectively contribute as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, Clinical Leadership and other forums including relevant groups across the St. Joseph’s Health System and Ontario Health West.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Masters level degree/Executive Program in Nursing, Health Care Administration, Business Administration or related field of study.
- Current member of a regulatory College of Nurses or other health professional body
- 10+ years of demonstrated leadership success managing teams within a complex, multi
- stakeholder environment within a hospital or healthcare environment.
- Ability to articulate a compelling vision and approach to addressing quality and quality improvement. Familiar with the accreditation process for hospitals.
- Strong track record of developing multi-disciplinary teams, investing in suc