Vice President, Children's Hospital

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

Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) provides tertiary paediatric care in Western Ontario and is one of only four such hospitals in the province. Founded in 1922, it acquired its current footprint within LHSC’s Victoria Hospital in 2007.

The Women’s Program provides comprehensive secondary and tertiary obstetric and gynaecological healthcare services for the region. It supports one of the busiest Birthing Centres in the country. Both Children’s Hospital and the Women’s Program are deeply committed to patient and family centered care and work closely with the Children’s Health Foundation and the London Health Sciences Foundation to deliver world class care.

Children’s Hospital and the Women’s Program are fully affiliated with Western University - one of the top-rated universities in Canada, and deeply connected with its Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Ivey Business School and Faculty of Health Sciences. This enables innovation, learning and practice that empowers medical breakthroughs, enhances quality of care and trains tomorrow’s health care professionals.

LHSC is home to some of the brightest minds and most devoted care providers in women’s and paediatric health care, driven by a relentless commitment to saving lives. Leaps in innovation are made, lives are changed and miracles are worked at LHSC’s Children’s Hospital and Women’s Program.

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

**Posting Period**:
October 18, 2024 - November 8, 2024

**Job Summary**:
The Vice President of Children’s Hospital and the Women's Program is a key member of LHSC’s executive team providing administrative and clinical support for staff and leaders in the portfolio. The role reports to the President and CEO of LHSC.

The Vice President, Children’s Hospital & Women’s Program is accountable for the strategic leadership and overall management of the portfolio, ensuring its alignment with LHSC’s vision, purpose, and values. The role is pivotal in driving organizational transformation by implementing innovative strategies, challenging the status quo, and leading complex change initiatives. The VP, Children’s Hospital and Women’s Program nurtures strong national and international relationships and linkages in pursuit of positively impacting the health and well-being of women and children. The Canadian Pediatric Society, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and Children’s Healthcare Canada are key partners. With a focus on excellence, the Vice President (VP) provides visionary leadership to Directors and teams, fostering a high-performing, results-oriented culture while ensuring a healthy and collaborative work environment. The role develops and executes strategic plans, oversees operational plans, and is accountable for resource optimization and policy development to secure the portfolio’s long-term success. The VP, Children’s and Women’s Programs advocates for the unique needs and healthcare priorities of these patient populations and drives the adoption of child and women friendly approaches in the broader LHSC community.

The Vice President, Children’s Hospital & Women's Program will foster a healthy, safe and engaging work environment where others have meaningful opportunities to contribute, collaborate, and cooperate to achieve results. This role will inspire and motivate leaders and teams by aligning with our mission, vision and values and modeling performance and service excellence. Spotting and developing talent is a strength, as is your ability to coach, mentor, support and challenge others to achieve professional and personal goals.

**Competencies**:
**Who You Are**
- You are self-aware 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 champion and orchestrate change across the portfolio, and consider the human side of change in change management activity
- 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
- You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
- You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-ma