Medical Leader : Physician Quality Leader (PQL) - Oncology

Fraser Health; Fraser; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend

Job summary

Fraser Health seeks a Physician Quality Leader (PQL) to guide physicians and healthcare teams in quality and patient safety initiatives across oncology. You will collaborate with Clinical Quality & Patient Safety, senior leadership, and site medical staff to advance evidence-informed cancer care and reduce errors.

You will engage oncology physicians, lead quality improvement projects, monitor outcomes, and contribute to governance forums.

Qualifications

• Active medical license and clinical privileges.
• Experience leading quality and patient safety initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate with physicians, leadership, and clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide physician leadership to advance quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Engage oncology physicians and interdisciplinary teams to promote evidence-informed practices.
• Support implementation, spread, and sustainability of quality initiatives through education and coaching.
• Collaborate with clinical/operational leaders to identify improvement opportunities using quality data.
• Monitor progress, evaluate outcomes, and share lessons learned across oncology services.
• Participate in regional governance forums to support alignment and shared learning.

Skills

Physician leadership

Quality improvement

Patient safety

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Active Privileges

CMPA

CPSBC Full

Member of the Department

Job description

Job Summary

The Physician Quality Leader (PQL) role is an exciting medical leadership opportunity to provide direction to physicians and other healthcare providers on quality and patient safety initiatives. The primary goal is improving quality and supporting the reduction of medical/health care errors that contribute to adverse patient outcomes at each acute care site and within programs and networks. In this role, you will work with fellow physician leaders and other clinical staff to promote physician engagement and build capacity for quality improvement. You will also collaborate with senior leadership and staff in identifying evidence-based strategies to ensure best practices implementation at the site, within programs and networks.

Overview:

The Physician Quality Leader (PQL) -Oncology is a physician leader committed to fostering a culture of safety and providing clinical leadership to support quality improvement, patient safety, and advancement of high quality, evidence informed cancer care across Fraser Health Oncology Services. This role involves collaboration with the Clinical Quality and Patient Safety Department, senior leadership, department heads, regional leaders, and support systems. The position reports to the Executive Medical Director (EMD), Quality and Patient Safety, and is part of the leadership team, which includes the Regional Medical Director/Regional Department Head, Local Department Heads, and other medical leads.

Major responsibilities for the role:

• Provide physician leadership to advance strategic quality improvement and patient safety initiatives aligned with Fraser Health Oncology priorities.
• Engage Oncology physicians and interdisciplinary teams to promote the adoption of evidence informed practices, standardization of care, and continuous quality improvement.
• Support the implementation, spread, and sustainability of quality improvement initiatives through education, coaching, and knowledge translation.
• Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to identify opportunities for improvement using quality, safety, and patient experience data.
• Monitor implementation progress, evaluate outcomes, and contribute to the dissemination of lessons learned and leading practices across Fraser Health Oncology Services.
• Participate in regional quality, patient safety, and governance forums as appropriate to support alignment and shared learning.

Work Schedule:

The hours are flexible - evening meetings and travel may be required.

Term:

One year.

Key deliverables:

• Develop a project charter that outlines the initiative's aim, scope, objectives, measures, and implementation plan.
• Establish process, outcome, and balancing measures to evaluate the impact and sustainability of the initiative.
• Provide regular progress updates to the Executive Director and Executive/Regional/Site Medical Director, Clinical Quality & Patient Safety (CQPS), Oncology.
• Present project findings and recommendations through appropriate Fraser Health Oncology governance structures.
• Submit a final summary report outlining project outcomes, key learnings, sustainability plans, and recommendations for spread, where applicable.

Compensation

Stipend

Qualifications

Active Privileges, CMPA, CPSBC Full, Member of the Department

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.