EOI - Hospitalist Department Head - Western Zone

Nova Scotia Healthcare System; Canada; On-site; CAD 54,000 - 72,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Canada is seeking a Hospitalist Department Head for its Western Zone. The successful candidate will oversee patient care standards and administrative functions, coordinate medical staff, and ensure top-quality treatment and engagement with teams. Candidates must be MDs licensable in Nova Scotia and possess 3-5 years of experience in medical departments. This role offers a part-time opportunity to play a crucial leadership role in enhancing health services in the community.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a medical department member.
• Experience in engaging, mentoring and empowering teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the administrative functioning of the department.
• Advise the ZMAC on quality of care and treatment.
• Oversee scheduling practices and patient flow.
• Ensure enforcement of professional standards within the department.
• Lead recruitment/retention efforts and onboarding with Site Leads to support the zone.

Skills

Engaging and mentoring teams

Collaborative stakeholder engagement

Education

MD, licensable in Nova Scotia

Job description

EOI - Hospitalist Department Head - Western Zone

• Part-time
• Expected Hours: Part-time hours (0.3 FTE)
• Estimated Annual Salary: To Be Determined
• Zone: Western Zone
• Type of Remuneration: Other
• Incentive Programs Available: No

Reporting to the Zone Medical Executive Director and working within a co-leadership model with an Administrative Co-Lead, the Zone Department Head provides strategic and operational planning and service leadership, in collaboration with relevant administrative Department leaders.

The Hospitalist Department Head would have authority over and be responsible for the clinical care of patients within the zone department, including the scheduling of medical staff members and ensuring appropriate clinical coverage is provided; and in particular ensuring that all department members are compliant with Nova Scotia Health Policies, the Medical Staff Bylaws, and the Medical Staff Rules and Regulations of the Nova Scotia Health Authority;

The successful applicant can work at any site in the Western Zone.

Responsibilities

• hold responsibility for the administrative functioning of the department. He/she will hold regular department meetings and provide the Zone Medical Executive Directorwith meeting minutes
• work with Hospitalist Site Leads, Medical Site Leads and operational leadership as required to ensure service continuity is maintained through the Department and that key patient flow objectives are met. Such oversight would include overseeing scheduling practices, including but not limited to vacation requests, on‑call scheduling, and locum utilization.
• sit as an active member of Zone Medical Advisory Committee (ZMAC)where they will:
  • advise the ZMAC on the quality of care and treatment provided to the zone department’s patients
  • advise the ZMAC on the fulfillment of teaching and research responsibilities within the zone department
  • participate in developing, reporting on and overseeing the zone department’s objectives, planning, budgeting, resource allocation and utilization
  • make recommendations on physician resource needs of the zone department, including the number and type of physicians needed, after consulting with the Zone Medical Executive Director, the VP Medicine, and the Medical Site Leads
• hold responsibility for organization and implementation for the clinical and academic activities of the department, including ensuring overall alignment and support of NSHA organization and system priorities. This includes active monitoring of standards, quality, and utilization of resources of the department in the zone
• workwith co-lead, responsible for developing and implementing a plan focused on improving access and flow for the zone, including community hospitals and cross facility transfers
• attendmeetings of the Access and Flow Network Council and contributes to the Network by sharing local context and by participating in the development of strategies, policies and procedures that promote increased access and flow of patients
• ensure the continual maintenance and enforcement of professional standards within the department and to implement quality assurance and improvement within the zone department
• address and resolve medical staff issues, including those involving respectful workplace and interpersonal matters and where required oversee complaint and discipline management for all department members
• attend relevant committee meetings as assigned by the Zone Medical Executive Director
• provide co-leadership along with the Zone administrative director of the zone department for strategic and operational planning and budgeting
• monitorthe performance and effectiveness of the medical staff members of the zone department and acton issues identified as may be required
• review the performance of zone department members and provide performance management where required, at least annually
• coordinate medical students and residents in the Zone, including the supervision of resident'seducation requirement where applicable
• supportthe research agenda within the department
• participate in any clinical services planning for the Zone/NSHA
• work collaboratively with the Zone Medical Executive Directorand Medical Site Leads to leads recruitment/retention for the department for the Zone, ensuring that new hire and onboarding processes are completed with support from the Specialty Site Lead as required

Qualifications

• MD, licensable in Nova Scotia
• 3-5 years'experience as a medical department member with experience in engaging, mentoringand empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.