Consultant, Physician Services-surrey

1. Provides physician services expertise and consultation to assigned clients by utilizing comprehensive contract management and administration principles.
2. Reviews Alternative Payments Program (APP) services and sessional utilization, provides input into the development of the Health Authority annual plan, operates and assigns the Medical On?Call Availability Program (MOCAP), and develops and maintains hybrid contracts.
3. Provides project and/or change management services on physician related transformation initiatives. Coordinates and collaborates throughout all phases of the transformation initiative. Provides input into the development and implementation of assigned transformation initiatives to ensure a strategic change context is contemplated and an optimal plan/structure is in place to achieve the desired outcomes and benefits.
4. Leads negotiations with contracted service providers, program areas, and external stakeholders, provides professional advice and guidance, facilitates consensus and resolves problems.
5. In conjunction with Director, represents Physician Services and FH in negotiations with physicians and the Ministry of Health for the provision of designated clinical services.
6. In conjunction with the Director, represents Physician Services and FH on provincial committees and working groups to improve the effective management of physician contracts and ensure consistent application of provincial standards. Represents the Director, as required.
7. Maintains current knowledge of Ministry policy and legislative changes, and ensures understanding of the impact of negotiated agreements between the Government and the BC Medical Association with respect to physician contracting.
8. Provides expertise, interpretation and guidance to the Director, senior executive, medical leadership, physicians and other relevant stakeholders.
9. Provides expert advice to assigned program managers, relevant leadership and Executive on various physician programs, payment models, contract deliverables, as well as FH and Ministry of Health policy and negotiated agreements.
10. Provides progress monitoring and reporting to assigned clients and/or operational contract managers by articulating quality measures within contracts. Provides Contract Managers with data so they may evaluate the achievement of contracted service deliverables.
11. Prepares and presents briefing papers, policies, business cases, tracks issues and reports on resulting decisions/actions.

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Health Administration or Business Administration plus a minimum five (5) years recent related experience in healthcare at a high degree of complexity in an area related to medical practitioners, leadership, relationship building, quality assurance, strategic initiative development and implementation, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid BC Driver's Licence and access to a personal vehicle for business related purposes.

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Demonstrated understanding of medical and surgical services as well as knowledge of medical education pathways.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and highly developed interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Superior written and presentation skills including ability to prepare and deliver concise analyses, reports, briefing notes, and recommendations to multidisciplinary audiences.
• Ability to function autonomously and within political environments exercising a high level of judgment to facilitate consensus and persuade/negotiate with a variety of local, municipal, and provincial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated commitment to client focused services and teamwork.
• Direct experience working collaboratively and effectively with medical practitioners.
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex contractual, financial and regulatory issues and ability to adapt readily to a rapid and changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate teamwork in a geographically diverse population with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to integrate administrative, professional and operational standards and expectations of the department to a team with multiple reporting structures throughout Fraser Health in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ability to lead, participate and facilitate inter-disciplinary groups to foster cultural change.
• Ability to effectively manage operating budgets, interpret and report financial information.
• Valid driver's license and use of a personal vehicle to facilitate travel within a multi-site organization.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

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.

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