Regional Medical Director - Acquired Brain Injury and Concussion Services

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend

Job summary

Fraser Health Authority is seeking an exceptional physician leader to join our team as Regional Medical Director for Acquired Brain Injury and Concussion Services. You will provide regional leadership to support the delivery of our care and service program, define medical care standards, and monitor performance against standards.

The role is a five-year appointment renewable by the Executive Medical Director and offers the chance to shape brain injury care across the Fraser Health region.

Qualifications

• Five years of leadership experience in the healthcare sector.
• Eligibility for Fraser Health Medical Staff membership.
• Experience with budgetary and operational planning is desirable.
• Active privileges with CMPA and CPSBC Full are noted in qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide regional medical leadership to ABI and concussion services.
• Develop and standardize medical care and practice standards across the program.
• Monitor performance against medical standards and drive quality improvements.
• Mentor, coach, and model collaborative working style with the team.
• Engage with inter-disciplinary clinical leaders and program teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strategic thinking

Collaborative leadership

Education

MHA/MBA (optional)

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional physician leader to join our team as a Regional Medical Director (RMD), Acquired Brain Injury and Concussion Services. You will provide regional leadership to support the successful delivery of a care and service program within Fraser Health from a medical staff perspective. This senior leadership position is accountable for defining medical care and practice standards, supporting standardization across the program and monitoring performance against standards. This is a five (5) year term of appointment, renewable by the Executive Medical Director. If you are an engaging leader with a passion for brain injury care and ready to collaborate with your strategic lens for care and service, we welcome you to take your next step with us.

Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional physician leader to join our team as a Regional Medical Director (RMD), Acquired Brain Injury and Concussion Services. You will provide regional leadership to support the successful delivery of a care and service program within Fraser Health from a medical staff perspective. This senior leadership position is accountable for defining medical care and practice standards, supporting standardization across the program and monitoring performance against standards. This is a five (5) year term of appointment, renewable by the Executive Medical Director. If you are an engaging leader with a passion for brain injury care and ready to collaborate with your strategic lens for care and service, we welcome you to take your next step with us.

Key Areas Of Involvement

Quality, Standardization and Performance

• Ensure appropriate regional standards of care and practice are developed and implemented across the program for Medical Staff.
• Ensure effective quality improvement, patient safety and risk management activities in relation to Medical Staff members are in place and are achieving intended results.

Recruitment and development

• In collaboration with ABI leadership, conduct physician resource planning for the program.
• Work collaboratively with Executive Medical Directors to ensure that all contracts with physicians are managed effectively and in compliance with FH policies and procedures credentialing and discipline of members of the medical staff.

Leadership and Regional Coordination

• Provide leadership through mentoring, coaching, and modeling a collaborative working style and leading by influence and respect.
• Maintain a high degree of visibility with the ABI team and service providers.
• Meet with inter-disciplinary clinical leaders, administrators, and program team members to support the alignment of Medical Staff practices with other activities and initiatives/activities of the inter-disciplinary program team.

Strategic and Policy Advice

• Provide senior medical administrative leadership and decision making, in relation to professional and strategic matters related to the program.
• Provide Medical Staff leadership for the planning and development of policies that support the integration and standardization of the program; ensure a systems perspective to link individual program needs to the wider health system.
• Attend HAMAC and provide advice and consultation on strategic and policy matters.
• Promote research and training.
• Provide advice on medical legal issues.

Qualifications & Experience

• Neuro-Psychiatrist/Psychiatrist or Physiatrist with experience in moderate to severe acquired brain injury.
• Eligibility for membership on the Fraser Health Medical Staff.
• Five (5) years’ leadership experience within the healthcare sector and experience in hospital based leadership.
• A Master’s degree in health administration or business administration (optional).
• Additional leadership training is preferred.
• Experience with budgetary and operational planning is desirable.

Time Commitment: 0.3 FTE

This position is open until filled.

Compensation: Stipend

Qualifications

Active Privileges, CMPA, CPSBC Full

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.