Chief Medical Officer

3 weeks ago


Waterloo, Canada peopleCare Communities Full time

peopleCare Communities & Jarlette Health Services

ABOUT PEOPLECARE COMMUNITIES

peopleCare is a family owned, values-based organization that provides outstanding care and exceptional experiences for those who live and work in our long-term care and retirement homes. Our staff are engaged, enthusiastic and strive to exceed expectations. peopleCare is growing fast and continues to seek new opportunities to raise the bar in Changing the World of Senior Living

Named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for ten years in a row, peopleCare is also accredited with Exemplary Standing. These distinctions are thanks to our outstanding team of skilled and dedicated people working collaboratively with our partners to drive excellence in operations, care, and services. Our teams are committed to social impact and going Beyond Ourselves in our communities.

ABOUT JARLETTE HEALTH SERVICES

Jarlette Health Services is committed to excellence in care and innovation. Founded over 50 years ago by Alex and Roberta Jarlette, in Midland, Ontario, the organization's leadership includes the third generation of the Jarlette family. We continue to cultivate a standard of care for residents of long-term care and retirement communities across Ontario that is compassionate, resident-focused and family-oriented, in a warm and inviting setting. We aspire, each and every day, "to make an outstanding difference in the lives of others".

THE ROLE

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides leadership and support to Medical Directors in peopleCare & Jarlette Homes to provide and support exceptional service delivery and expert medical services to residents while demonstrating the mission, vision, and values of the organizations. This position requires strong leadership, clinical expertise, and a commitment to ensuring the highest standards of care and compliance with provincial regulations. This is a part time position approximately 8 hrs per week in support of the leadership of the Medical Directors across our organizations.

**Reports To**: Vice President, Quality, Research & Strategic Partnerships (peopleCare Communities) & Director of Long Term Care (Jarlette Health Services)

RESPONSIBILITIES

Medical Services Leadership
- Acts as a liaison between Medical Directors and Home teams by communicating expectations, and relevant medical policies and procedures.
- Leads and supports Medical Directors with implementation of home clinical policies and procedures.
- Provides leadership and collaboration with Medical Directors to ensure all legislative requirements, and clinical priorities are met.
- Participates in the recruitment, orientation, and training of new Medical Directors.
- Supports action planning for the Medical Director role when there is a vacancy in a home.
- Collaborates with pharmacy partners and other health care professionals on resident care matters.

Resident Care Clinical Leadership
- Supports Homes in establishing evidence-based clinical care policies and practices.
- Provides feedback and medical expertise in development of Nurse Practitioner (NP) role.
- Supports development, implementation and annual review with the goal of standardized medical directives, admission orders, and end-of
- life order sets.

Quality of Care
- Identifies quality improvement opportunities and supports improvement initiatives and strategic projects.
- Creates a monitoring program which monitors outcomes for high-quality resident-focused care, including publicly reported indicators.
- Partners with allied health services to enhance the resident experience.
- Supports the accreditation process as it relates to medical services.

Education and Community of Practice
- Acts as a liaison with the community partners E.g., Chief Medical Officer of Health, Public Health
- Completion of the Medical Director credentialling course offered by OLTCC, and active membership with OLTCC.
- Participation and facilitation of education for staff and other clinician
- Verifies credentials and registration of the Home’s Medical Directors annually with the college of Physician and Surgeon’s of Ontario.

Administrative Functions
- Remains current on best practices as it relates to medical services and makes recommendations for policy and practice development.
- Develops a community of practice with Medical Director team and meets with them at minimum quarterly.
- Participates in ethics committee and provides support with ethical decision-making as required.
- Authorizes medical directives for staff as required.
- Creates a standardized agenda for Medical Directors to share at Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings.

Professional Services
- Develops a process for standardized peer review of all attending physicians and Medical Directors.
- Ensures all Medical Directors complete Ontario Long Term Care Clinician’s Medical Director Course as per regulation, and any other annual education requirements.

Social, Regulatory, Political and Economic Factors
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