Director Provincial Medical Labour Relations & Medical Compensation Services

Shared Health-Soins Communs; Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Shared Health in Winnipeg seeks a Director to lead medical labour relations, including negotiations with bargaining agents and support for physician compensation strategies. The role partners with executives, employees, and government bodies to align labour relations with clinical priorities and regional health needs.

The successful candidate will bring strategic leadership, extensive negotiation experience, and the ability to influence policy in a complex public health system, while guiding a

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in Labour Relations, Public Administration, Business Administration, Health Administration, Law, Economics, or equivalent.
• Five years of leadership experience in medical labour relations and negotiations.
• Experience with physician compensation and contract negotiations in a large public sector.

Responsibilities

• Leads delegated medical labour relations duties including negotiations with Doctors Manitoba and other bargaining agents.
• Provides support to Chief Medical Officers on physician services and compensation frameworks.
• Oversees medical remuneration analysis and modeling to inform workforce planning.
• Completes analysis and costing for annual operating plans and contract negotiations.
• Engages with stakeholders to address medical workforce challenges.

Skills

Labour relations

Negotiation

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Team leadership

Education

Post-secondary degree in Labour Relations, Public Administration, Business Administration, Health Administration, Law, Economics, or equivalent

Job description

Requisition ID: 413489

Position Number: 20091929

Posting End Date: Open Until Filled

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Shared Health

Site: Shared Health - Newport Bldg 330 Portage Ave.

Department / Unit: Provincial Health Human Resources

Job Stream: Non-Clinical

Union: Non Union

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient- centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.

Position Overview

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Director:

• Leads delegated medical labour relations duties including relationship management and negotiations with Doctors Manitoba and other bargaining agents, in collaboration with Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care, in accordance with direction provided by the Government of Manitoba.
• Provides support to Chief Medical Officers on matters related to medical labour relations, interpretation of the Physician Services Agreement, compensation frameworks, and physician workforce retention and recruitment.
• Liaises with the Compensation and Medical Remuneration Strategies Branch, Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care, related to physician workforce issues.
• Serves as Shared Health`s representative on sub-committees of the Joint Physician Services Agreement Advisory Committee overseeing the administration of the Physician Services Agreement.
• Oversees medical compensation analysis and modeling including assessment of compensation impacts as it related to clinical model changes.
• Completes the analysis and costing for annual operating plans and contract negotiations.
• Monitors the competitiveness of Manitoba’s medical compensation, incentives, and benefits.
• Engages with key stakeholders and works with various areas of the health system to identify and develop effective solutions to address medical workforce challenges.
• Provides medical remuneration analysis in support of modeling for HHR plans and strategic advice necessary for effective implementation.

Experience

• Five (5) years of leadership experience, preferably related to medical labour relations and negotiations including stakeholder management, preferably in the health sector, compensation analysis, and/or health workforce planning.
• Experience with physician compensation (both fee-for-service and alternately funded arrangements) is an asset.
• Experience with the development, evaluation and implementation of contract negotiations, preferably in a large public sector environment.
• Experience negotiating with professional associations and unions.
• Demonstrated experience in leading a high-performing team preferably in a shared service environment including influencing and collaborating with executives, service partners, labour relations specialists, human resources generalists, and legal counsel.
• Extensive knowledge of the provincial healthcare system, including clinical service needs within an interprofessional team-based environment, physician compensation, and related workforce dynamics.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• Post-secondary degree in Labour Relations, Public Administration, Business Administration, Health Administration, Law, Economics, or equivalent.

Qualifications And Skills

• Proven leadership experience in a strategic role supporting clinical direction using labour relations strategies.
• Strong collaboration, diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of working effectively with diverse teams and
• Required to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings.
• senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated success in leading teams and driving change in a complex organizational environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex labour relations concepts in a clear and compelling manner.
• Proven senior leadership skills. Shared Health has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework .

Physical Requirements

• Required to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings.
• Some evening/weekend work will be required.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions in Shared Health that combine to equal more than 1.0 FTE.

Shared Health values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. We thank all applicants but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.