Medical Director – Port Alberni, West Coast

2 weeks ago

Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada Island Health Full time
Medical Director – Port Alberni, West Coast (200-1334)

Reference Number: 200-1334

The Medical Director - Port Alberni, West Coast is a co-leadership position that shares responsibility for ensuring high quality services. With the respective Co-Leader, the Medical Director works proactively with others (including patients) to ensure continuous quality improvement of service delivery. This position reports to both an Executive Medical Director and an Executive Director.

Main responsibilities of this position:

  • Leadership: Co-leads and oversees activities to ensure program service delivery is efficient, effective and integrated across Island Health sites; Links with appropriate Departmental Medical Leaders to address matters of physician governance, including professional medical practice issues.
  • Operations & Quality: Establishes processes and structures to engage physicians and staff in continuous quality improvement of service delivery; Monitors program budget and performance jointly with co-leader, and makes course corrections when necessary; Ensures appropriate investigation and resolution of program-related Patient Safety Learning System and Patient Care Quality Office events.
  • Change Management: Co-develops and implements change management plans to engage and support physicians and staff through change.
  • Informatics: Oversees activities that advance technology and data use to improve service delivery using the Electronic Health Records (EHR) in collaboration with the Quality Systems team.
  • Planning: Assesses, monitors and anticipates program resource needs and works with medical leaders and administrative leaders to prioritize these needs within available resources.

Community Information

Port Alberni, a coastal city with a population of 18,000, is situated in the majestic Alberni Valley surrounded by breathtaking scenery. This temperate valley climate offers an array of year-round outdoor activities. The gateway to the Pacific Rim communities of Tofino & Ucluelet, and Long Beach, the top Canadian surfing destination, Port Alberni enjoys easy access to the best recreational opportunities on Vancouver Island. Port Alberni is now the official "Ultimate Fishing Town" in Canada. All this and world-class skiing on Mt. Washington is only a short drive away

Port Alberni is a family-friendly community with affordable housing and strong public schools. Community spirit abounds and is evident by the abundance of activities for children including programs in music, dance, gymnastics and all team sports: soccer, baseball, hockey, lacrosse etc. Sproat Lake, located just outside of the city is the ideal location to base your family home.

Located within a 60 minute drive from Nanaimo and offering easy access to Vancouver and Victoria, Port Alberni provides access to big-city amenities with all the charm and character of a rural community.

Job Types: Medical Leadership

Department: Medical & Academic Affairs

City: Port Alberni

Contact:

For more information please contact:

Darsey Batchelor, Medical Staff Recruiter

Active member of the Island Health Medical Staff

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