Program Medical Director - Indigenous Health

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Opportunities to attend gatherings and Indigenous-led events

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Canada is seeking a part-time Program Medical Director (PMD) for Indigenous Health to enhance cultural safety and address health disparities. The role involves leadership, collaboration with Indigenous communities, and driving systemic change. Ideal candidates will have a strong connection to Indigenous communities, medical degree, and extensive clinical experience. A competitive stipend and flexible work schedule are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong preference for candidates who self-identify as Indigenous including First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.
• Medical leadership experience preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to Indigenous cultural safety.
• Commitment to TRC Calls to Action.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives on Indigenous Cultural Safety and promote its importance.
• Establish key performance targets for cultural safety.
• Inform strategic planning for the Aboriginal Health program.
• Inform regional strategic planning for Aboriginal Health within Fraser Health and MOH.
• Provide leadership to weave Indigenous health concepts into practice.
• Engage Indigenous communities and stakeholders to reflect needs in regional plans.
• Participate in Aboriginal Health leadership tables and partnerships.

Skills

Lived experience or strong connection to Indigenous communities

Exceptional skills in developing relationships

Understanding of Indigenous health and cultural safety

Education

Medical degree

Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC

10 years of clinical practice experience

Job description

Program Medical Director – Indigenous Health

Job Summary

We are seeking a part‑time Program Medical Director (PMD), Indigenous Health to join us on our journey to strengthen cultural safety, humility, and reconciliation throughout all practice areas of our health authority. With the chance to lead change on a systemic scale, you will share responsibility to ensure high quality health services and continuous quality improvement for culturally safe service delivery, while working within a supportive team. Your commitment to action will enhance Indigenous cultural safety, address Indigenous‑specific racism, and eliminate health disparities between Indigenous and non‑Indigenous peoples.

This opportunity represents a meaningful partnership rooted in trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to transformative change.

Health Care Leadership

Your commitment to ensuring a culturally safe care environment across all FH sites will be of the utmost importance. Your voice will engage key partners to guide regional service goals and lead system change to positively impact Indigenous patients and providers. You will connect with appropriate Site and Departmental Medical Leaders regarding physician governance, as well as external partners.

As a relationship builder, your commitment to collaborative consultation with Indigenous communities, government and organizational leadership will enhance the delivery of culturally safe care by Fraser Health staff and medical staff.

Time Commitment

0.2 – 0.4 FTE. You will be supported by a team who will assist as needed and provided the flexibility required to complement your existing practice.

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

• Lived experience or strong connection to Indigenous and First Nations communities, with a demonstrated understanding of Indigenous health, cultural safety and the systemic barriers Indigenous people face in the health system.
• Medical degree and 10 years of clinical practice experience.
• Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC.
• Medical leadership within a clinical or community setting preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment to Indigenous cultural safety and Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action.
• Exceptional skills in developing relationships and communicating messages and ideas with humility and a cultural perspective in mind.

Strong preference will be given to candidates who self‑identify as Indigenous including First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.

Key Areas of Involvement – Role

• Be an ambassador for Indigenous Cultural Safety, delivering lectures with colleague physicians on the importance of Cultural Safety in a practice environment and coordinating with sites to promote the initialization of a Cultural Safety Committee.
• Establish program processes and outcome targets for physicians and clinicians to implement cultural safety and care into their practice, and develop key indicators for monitoring and reporting in support of meeting strategic goals and objectives.
• Facilitate discussions on the development of innovative strategies to facilitate clinical teaching, learning, and research opportunities with Indigenous academic and clinical research leadership.
• Inform regional strategic planning for the Aboriginal Health program within the context of the Ministry of Health and Fraser Health strategic plans, ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives.
• Provide leadership and support Fraser Health physician groups to weave Indigenous health and cultural safety concepts into their clinical practice.
• Partner with external stakeholders such as the Divisions of Family Practice, the BC College of Physicians & Surgeons, Medical Advisory Committees, the Medical Directors of BC and other physician leadership tables.
• Engage Indigenous communities, populations, patients/clients/residents and the broader public to ensure their needs are reflected in the development of regional Aboriginal Health program plans, particularly in areas with anticipated significant change. Actively participate as a member of joint Aboriginal Health leadership tables, including the Aboriginal Health Steering Committee, Aboriginal Health Operations Committee, and Partnership Accord Working Groups.
• Uphold and work in partnership with First Nations, Métis Chartered Communities, First Nations Health Authority, Métis Nation of BC and urban Indigenous organizations throughout the region.

We recognize the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical labour Indigenous leaders carry in this work. In recognition of that, we offer a flexible work schedule and opportunities to attend gatherings, ceremonies and Indigenous‑led events.

Compensation

Stipend

Qualifications

CM‑PA, CPSBC eligible.

Location

Corporate Office

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.

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 workforce. 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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