Director of Employee Wellbeing - Health System

Summary:

The Director of Employee Wellbeing - Health System will lead the strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive wellness initiatives across the UTMB Healthcare enterprise. This role will focus on fostering a culture of well-being for employees. The Director will collaborate across departments to promote physical, mental, and emotional wellness, address burnout, enhance resilience, and support a positive, engaging work environment. The Director will be part of the team that supports the UTMB Nursing Excellence, Magnet Recognition journey.

Scope: Healthcare Services Enterprises

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a long-term vision and strategic plan for the wellness program, ensuring alignment with the UTMB’s broader goals. 

• Partner and collaborate with leaders to create strategic initiatives, programs, and enterprise-wide resources.

• Deliver training and workshops on wellness-related topics.

• Promote awareness of available wellness resources through campaigns, seminars, and events.

• In support of UTMB’s Nursing Excellence, Magnet Recognition journey, fosters and promotes advocacy for and acquisition of resources specific to nurses' well-being.

• Advocate for policy and practices promoting:

  • Work-Life Balance

  • Health and Safety

  • Employee Growth and Development

  • Employee Recognition

  • Employee Engagement

• Establish metrics and benchmarks to evaluate the effectiveness of wellness initiatives.
• Measure impact and progress toward goals and reports wellness data to leadership.
• Integrate efforts with other relevant departments, including, but not limited to, human resources, patient experience, and patient services, chief medical, and nursing officers.
• Collaborate with UTMB Director of Wellness – Academic Enterprise and University of Texas system counterparts for best practices and alignment.
• Accountable as a leadership team member for setting and advancing wellness initiatives, driving program innovation and impact, fostering a high-performance culture, and ensuring seamless communication and collaboration. 
• Represent wellness program priorities in discussions with stakeholders to successfully influence and advance organizational objectives and policy initiatives.
• Effectively drive a high-performance culture.
• Ability to track progress against project plans, generate status updates, and communicate progress and issues to management.
• Coordinate resources to meet program goals.
• Maintain a continuing knowledge of scientific advances within the industry and academic community.
• Provide strong leadership skills when working with UTMB leaders. 
• Develop relationships with external organizations.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of well-being models, drivers of burnout and well-being, and programmatic approaches.
• Knowledge of best practices for academic health institutions.
• Strong knowledge of evidence-based wellness practices, occupational health, and mental health promotion.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative partnerships with subordinates, peers, and leaders.
• Ability to utilize data to make strategic and operational recommendations and decisions.
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills.
• Expertise in program development.
• Experience in coordinating complex initiatives across a highly matrixed organization.
• Sophisticated understanding of organizational culture and principles of culture change.
• Strong leadership abilities for project teams and management responsibilities, and an ability to bring together diverse skill sets to form a cohesive team.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Allied Health, Public Health, Health & Wellness, Healthcare Administration, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field plus five (5) years of progressive experience in wellness program development, employee health, or a related field.
• Related professional experience may be considered in lieu of the stated educational requirement on a year-for-year basis. This substitution applies only to the educational requirement and does not replace or count toward the separately stated minimum years of experience required for the position.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare environments.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams and driving culture change.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, etc.).
• Certification in wellness coaching, mental health first aid, or related wellness certifications.