Co-regional Medical Director / Regional Department Head - Medicine

The co-Regional Medical Director/Regional Department Head (RMD/RDH) of Medicine will work alongside the current co-RMD/RDH to build and support a culture of clinical effectiveness and patient and care-team safety where the patient and family are at the centre of clinical system design.

The Regional Medical Director role provides regional leadership to support the successful delivery of a medicine service and network within Fraser Health. This senior leadership position is accountable for supporting standardization across the network, recruitment, and monitoring performance against standards. With two RMD’s the portfolio would be split with one RMD supporting the general services and the other supporting the subspecialty services.

The Regional Department Head role is responsible for regional medical care and practice standards, departmental credentialing, quality and utilization monitoring/improvement, departmental operations, academic affiliation, and regional physician resource planning. With two RDHs the portfolio would be split equally in a fashion agreed upon by the Executive Medical Director and the two RDHs.

This position reports to the Executive Medical Director, Wellness and Partnerships.

Key Areas of Involvement:

• Setting standards and guidelines of healthcare delivery and develop systems for monitoring compliance with those standards.
• Meeting regularly with the senior clinical administrative team and the Executive Medical Director regarding ongoing issues of patient care and Member practice.
• Ensuring that Member activities are consistent with the overall direction of the Fraser Health service delivery plan.
• Liaising with other Regional Medical Directors, Program Medical Directors, and Site Medical Directors to ensure the services provided are coordinated among other Programs and Regional Departments to provide a spectrum of care to the patients, residents and clients.
• Meeting regularly with inter-disciplinary clinical leaders and administrators to ensure that Member practices are aligned with other activities and initiatives within the inter-disciplinary team.
• Maintaining a high degree of visibility by regular visits to each facility in which the service is active.
• Assisting Regional Department Heads in the identification of human resource needs and in the active recruitment of practitioners.
• Assisting Regional Department Heads in dealing with quality-of-care issues including issues regarding performance, availability, and the behaviours of individual Regional Department Members.
• Investigating and documenting complaints regarding care provided by Members within the Department at the Facility in collaboration with the Site Medical Director and/or Regional Department Head where appropriate.
• Representing the Medical Staff in public on an as requested basis on issues of Medical Staff policies, procedures, and quality of care.
• Ensuring that Member academic activities (including education and research) are compliant with Fraser Health policies.

You will also participate in dispute resolution / mediation, promote research and training, and provide advice on medical legal issues.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Eligibility for membership on the Fraser Health Medical Staff
• Five (5) years’ leadership experience within the healthcare sector and experience in hospital-based leadership
• A Master’s degree in health administration or business administration is an asset
• Additional leadership training is preferred
• Experience with budgetary and operational planning is desirable

Time Commitment:

It is expected the role will require 0.3 FTE (11.25 hours/week). With limited time-specific meetings and a team that provides flexibility, this role is designed to compliment an existing practice with more ease.

We encourage taking the next step and applying online.

This position is open until filled.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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