Co-Regional Division Head - Vascular Surgery

Fraser Health Authority; Abbotsford; On-site; CAD 17,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Fraser Health is seeking a Co-Regional Division Head of Vascular Surgery to lead the Regional Division and drive annual objectives and standards of clinical practice. The role emphasizes communication within the division, promotion of continuing medical education, and organizing division meetings to maintain high-quality care.

The appointment spans three years with active staff privileges required. Fraser Health acknowledges the importance of a collaborative, inclusive workplace and ongoing

Qualifications

• Active Privileges

Responsibilities

• Develop annual operating objectives for the Regional Division.
• Serve as the communication channel to and from the Regional Division to keep members informed regarding Division objectives, policies and activities.
• Develop standards of clinical practice for the Regional Division and ensure members work within established standards.
• Encourage and facilitate programs for continuing medical education of Regional Department members.
• Arrange and chair Regional Division meetings as required.

Job description

Job Summary

Regional Department of Surgery is seeking a Co-Regional Division Head- Vascular Surgery. The responsibilities of the Regional Division Head include (but are not limited to):

• developing annual operating objectives for the Regional Division;
• functioning as the channel of communication to and from the Regional Division to keep members of the Regional Division informed regarding Division objectives, policies and general activities;
• developing, with the members of the Regional Division, standards of clinical practice for the Regional Division, recommending those standards to the Regional Department and ensuring that the Regional Division members work within established standards;
• encouraging and facilitating programs for the continuing medical education of Regional Department members;
• arranging and chairing Regional Division meetings as required in these Rules;
• if applicable, working with universities to ensure that education programs and research activities are being sufficiently promoted and supported;
• promoting health and wellness amongst Members;
• encouraging a healthy, respectful workplace;
• investigating and documenting complaints regarding care provided by Members within the Regional Division under the direction of the relevant Regional Department Heads or Program or Regional Medical Directors;
• reviewing with the Regional Division and the Regional Department Head and /or Program or Regional Medical Director, the human resource requirements of the Regional Division;
• contributing to the search and selection of applicants for vacancies in the Regional Division;
• establishing a quality assurance/quality improvement structure and program for the Regional Department, which carries out the functions of review, evaluation and analysis of the quality of Medical Care and utilization of Fraser Health resources.

Eligibility

• Member of the Active Staff

Term Of Appointment

• Three years

Compensation

• Annual stipend of $18,408 based on 0.08 FTE presence in the role or 00 hours per week.

Closing date: October 8, 2026

Anticipated Start date: December 14, 2026

Contract

Qualifications

Active Privileges

Locations

Fraser Health

About Fraser Health

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 50,000+ 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.