Come work as an Regional Practice Initiatives Lead - Occupational Therapy with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

The Occupational Therapy Regional Practice Initiatives Lead is a pivotal leadership role within Vancouver Coastal Health’s Allied Health Professional Practice team. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape and advance occupational therapy practice across the region through strategic initiatives, clinical leadership, and collaborative innovation. This RPIL role is in the position to initiate, influence or lead practice changes at the system-level that ultimately positively impact the care and quality of life of the clinical populations served by OT.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership & Regional Impact: The role spans both regional and local scopes, enabling the Lead to influence practice standards, drive quality improvement, and support operational excellence across diverse care settings
• Practice Development & Education: Leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical education programs and resources. Provides mentorship and consultation to clinical educators and frontline staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and excellence
• Scope Optimization & Standards Setting: Identifies opportunities to optimize scope of practice, leads SPRRC proposals, and ensures alignment with best practice guidelines and legislative standards. Oversees the creation and revision of clinical decision support tools (DSTs) and practice standards
• Collaborative Engagement: Works closely with Practice Leaders, Regional Educators, and interdisciplinary teams to support clinicians through consultation, education, and resource development. The role is embedded in the Richmond CoC and contributes to regional initiatives that enhance care delivery

Why This Role Matters: This leadership position is instrumental in shaping the future of occupational therapy at VCH. It supports clinicians in delivering high-quality, evidence-informed care and ensures that professional practice evolves in response to emerging needs, research, and community priorities. The role also promotes Indigenous Cultural Safety, anti-racism, and equity, diversity, and inclusion across all practice domains

Ideal Candidate Profile: The successful candidate will bring a blend of clinical expertise, operational insight, and strategic vision. Experience in community and acute care settings, a passion for mentorship, and a commitment to collaborative leadership are key assets

Education & Experience

• Master’s Degree in an Allied Health discipline supplemented with three (3) to five (5) year’s recent, related experience in a complex health care environment including clinical informatics, program planning, education, facilitation and project leadership or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Current practicing registration in the recognized provincial college or professional association.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Understands available resources for practice and keeps quality in the forefront of all resource utilization decisions; provides knowledgeable input into the planning and resources allocation for Service(s)/Program(s) within VCH.
• Demonstrated Clinical Informatics experience.
• Facilitates, collaborates and negotiates for effective resolution of practice issues.
• Keeps informed about evolving tends and practices, shares knowledge and supports Nurses and Allied Health staff to integrate evidence-based practice in the delivery of quality care/services.
• Fosters collaborative and effective working relationships to support the professional practice and ongoing development of staff and contribute to an atmosphere of trust and mutual respect.
• Extensive experience/base in clinical practice document/protocol development and implementation.
• Extensive understanding of Health Professions Act.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

Why Join Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH):

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and 'going first' when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers and Canada's Top Employers for Young People in 2025.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.


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