Physician Advisor, Medico-legal Services

1 month ago

Ottawa, Canada Canadian Medical Protective Association Full time

**PHYSICIAN ADVISOR, MED**I**CO-LEGAL SERVICES **(Obstetrics experience preferred)**
- **Please note that this is a permanent, full-time position located in Ottawa, ON.**

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**CONTRIBUTING TO THE CMPA**

Medico-legal Services’ (MLS) core function is to provide members with general medico-legal advice, and assistance in responding to College and hospital matters and legal actions arising from their medical professional work. The department delivers services in keeping with the CMPA’s commitment to members, aligned with offering caring and meaningful support and providing an outstanding member experience. The department is also responsible for coordinating the Council Committees related to case management: Case Review Committee, Case Review Committee - Quality Assurance.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

As a Physician Advisor, you will contribute to the Medico-Legal Services team by providing professional physician to physician medical-legal advice and support to CMPA members. This includes the provision of one to one medico-legal advice and education and collegial support to members; professional case management on medical-legal files; medical opinion to the Association’s legal counsel and CMPA Committees; and other related activities. On occasion, some Physician Advisors may also participate in the delivery of Department of Safe Medical Care Learning products and services, including educational presentations, authoring, and collaborating on medico-legal research inquiries.

As an employee of the CMPA, the Physician Advisor will participate in effective team, departmental and cross-departmental communications, and work to promote a member-focused, professional and ethical culture and work environment.

**POSITION ACTIVITIES**

**Provide support t**o members and one to one medico**-legal advice and education**
- Recognize and acknowledge the member’s stress, and provide support as appropriate
- Provide one-to-one medico-legal advice and education to members capitalizing on the “teachable moment”

**Provide professional case file management on Association files/cases**
- Effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) to the member the legal process including the member’s role in the process
- Review the case file, and analyze and assess the appropriateness of actions taken by the member
- Complete case assessment reports
- Liaise with General Counsel and Provincial Counsel to arrange legal assistance when necessary
- Maintain on-going liaison and advice on the medical aspects of the case to ensure that the case is managed in a timely manner and that medical input is provided as the case progresses
- Respond to concerns arising from the professional practice of our members.
- Provide authorizations and formal case review

**Provide medical opinion to legal counsel and CMPA committees, management and staff**
- Provide medical opinion to legal counsel, CMPA physician colleagues and staff on Association files/cases and services
- Provide input to CMPA management to improve services to members and the systems supporting these services
- Receive coaching, mentoring and performance feedback from Senior Physician Advisor, Safe Medical Care Learning
- May include work in one or more of the following:

- Providing face-to-face medico-legal education to members
- Developing content for various CMPA communication channels
- Collaborating on medico-legal research inquiries to produce valuable and credible content

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**Participate in other related services and work as required**
- Identify trends and notify colleagues and management
- Keep abreast of Association policies and practices, and developments in the medical profession to ensure the provision of appropriate advice:

- Actively participate in department/team meetings and activities, and support department/team decisions, goals and objectives
- Participate in identifying and implementing improvements to processes and practices
- Perform project work and/or participate on departmental/cross-departmental working groups
- May participate in stakeholder relations activities as delegated by senior management
- Perform other related tasks as assigned by CMPA management

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Degree in medicine, with licence to practice medicine in Canada
- Minimum of 10 years clinical experience

**SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English are mandatory
- Ability to provide advice and support to physician members with empathy and diplomacy
- Ability to organize time and work effectively, and to manage multiple and diverse priorities
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and the ability to assume responsibility and accountability for actions
- Well-developed interpersonal skills, and the ability and willingness to create and support a professional and positive workplace culture
- Ability to identify and contribute to conflict resolution in the workplace
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary, te

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