Program Director, Post Acute and Reactivation Care Centres

Position Profile:
**Humber River Health, Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.**

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America’s first fully digital hospital, we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders. Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team. At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care. We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors. Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen’s University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital. Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we’re not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Humber River Health is seeking a full time Program Director, Post Acute and Reactivation Care Centres to be part of our dynamic team and lead the way as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

Reporting to the Vice President, Post Acute and Health System Partnerships, the Program Director, Post Acute and Reactivation Care Centres will provide strategic leadership oversight for the delivery of care aligned with corporate goals and objectives.

The Program Director’s portfolio will include current and future HRH inpatient services at the Reactivation Care Centres, including planning and operationalizing the innovative Acute Behavioural Assessment and Management unit. In addition, the portfolio will include Transitions, Social Work Team, Schulich Family Medicine Teaching Unit and Integrated Care Services.

In your role, you will be responsible for partner hospital relations management and will engage and collaborate with post-acute partners and other key stakeholders on development of services and pathways with the focus on integrated care and emergency room visit avoidance.

In collaboration with Program leaders, you will develop and promote the strategic direction of the Program’s vision, goals and objectives using evidence based best practices that align with the hospital’s strategic plan meeting legal, regulatory, and other priorities and requirements. You will evaluate your strategic plans by implementing performance indicators and the quality improvement processes you lead will ensure quality monitoring, avoid and mitigate risks while improving quality and access to care for patients and the hospital. You will foster cultural awareness and sensitivity among patients, staff, and the external community.

Are you the next leader of this unique and important portfolio? Do you have the experience, skills and passion to showcase your strengths and values as the Program Director responsible for leading our post acute programs? ? If you have knowledge and applied experience in a unionized environment, budget management and business acumen, and stakeholder relations management this leadership role is for you

**Location**: Humber River Health
- Wilson Site

**Hours of work**: Days, occasional evenings/weekends

**Union**: Non-Union

**Reporting Relationship**: Vice President, Post Acute and Health System Partnerships,

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with Chief/ Physician Director to develop and promote the strategic direction of Post Acute services (i.e. vision, goals, and objectives) using evidence based best practices aligned with the hospital’s vision and strategic direction to meet legal, regulatory, and other priorities and requirements (e.g. OH and MOH targets); evaluate impact of strategies on employees, the organization, and patients
- Develop annual operating plans aligned with hospital program/service plans and goals; consider opportunities and risks associated with proposed options; select courses of action with the highest probability of success
- Integrate clinical program functions, philosophy, process, policies with other program areas to improve patient care quality outcomes and patient/family experience (e.g. inter-program patient flow)
- Plan service delivery growth; lead initiatives to acquire new or increased funding resources
- Develop business ventures based on market and business drivers; build on existing market strengths while balancing business risk (i.e. take calculated risks) to pursue new ventures; pilot and evaluate new patient care initiatives and processes
- Set the program’s strategic direction in collaboration with Chief/ Physician Director to support and promote the use of best practices
- Monitor and governs complianc