Atlantic Health System is seeking, a Director Health Equity to manage and support the work of the Atlantic Health System Equity Institute. Help implement an overarching enterprise strategy to promote and achieve health equity for all patients and communities in the AHS market region. This includes responsibility for developing, implementing, facilitating, and embedding health equity strategic initiatives into programs, services, actions, outcomes, and culture. Work with EVP, Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) to provide strategic guidance to AHS Board of Trustees, CEO, executive vice presidents, and senior leadership on all health equity efforts integrating evidence-based practice and best practice standards for improving health and health care disparities. Establish the Atlantic Equity Institute as a national leader in advancing health equity. Work in partnership with the Chief Diversity Officer to further efforts for an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organization.

As a leader for Atlantic Health System, The Director Equity Health will:

• Work with EVP/CCO to develop the Atlantic Equity Institute (AEI) in alignment with system mission and goals to advance health equity. Develop comprehensive strategy to implement health equity driving principles across the enterprise
• Cultivate external partnerships and new relationships to help leverage and support the work of AEI.
• Serve as a health equity subject matter expert on various initiatives across the organization.
• Collaborate with AHS leaders to collect and use data to drive efforts towards health equity. Advise on best practices for data collection, stratification, and reporting.
• Partner with AHS leaders to develop culturally appropriate patient care processes and conditions.
• Partner with AHS leaders to leverage community need assessments, community partnerships, and donor partnerships to further the goals of AEI.
• Collaborate with AHS leaders to create equitable and inclusive organizational policies.
• Create opportunities to leverage work of AEI to further AHS's academic and research missions.

• Ability to engage with diverse staff and leadership to promote trust, collaboration, and partnership between departments and levels of leadership.
• Exceptional leadership skills
• Demonstrated track record in challenging and influencing peers to approach all work with an equity lens
• Ability to develop and monitor indicators of organizational culture and engage employees and senior leadership to create organizational change.
• Deep content knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness research base and best practices for organizations striving to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to quickly establish credibility to develop and manage productive relationships with internal and external individuals and agencies.
• Strong management expertise: able to manage multiple projects and to move quickly from one to another.
• Ability to create/design adult learning and teaching of the content and skills associated with operating with an equity len
• Clinical, patient-facing experience preferred
• Master's Degree or higher preferred.
• Minimum 5 years' experience advocating for and implementing change within a multi-cultural environment. Preferred.
• Minimum 3 years' experience developing and implementing diversity/equity/inclusion programs. Preferred.

Atlantic Health System aims to deliver the highest quality, safety and care combined with the best experience for our patients and their families. We are confident that you will find success within Atlantic Health System, which has been named for the 14th year in a row to Fortune's 'Top 100 Best U.S. Companies to Work For' list. We believe you will find that our culture of collaboration and care exemplifies the value we place on our patients, their families, and our employees.

Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and, therefore, abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual or affectional orientation, national origin or nationality, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, protected veteran status, ancestry, marital status.

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