Manager, Primary Care

6 months ago


Nanaimo, Canada Island Health Full time

**Job Description**:
**NOTE**: This job applies to a manager responsible to provide clinical and operational leadership to a front-line clinical patient care department or health program that is delivered through multi-disciplinary health care teams in a hospital and/or community-based direct patient/client care setting. The departments are large with the Manager Clinical Services/Program Operations **directly supervising at a minimum Nurses at the Level 4 or 5 classification/wage rate.**

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

Reporting to the Director, Clinical Service Delivery, the Manager, Primary Care is responsible for operationalizing the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health's Primary Care Network (PCN) Initiative and overseeing primary care services for the designated service area. This includes supporting the implementation of the local PCN in accordance with the strategic direction of the Primary Care Network towards the achievement of the attributes of the PCN.

The PCN is a network of local primary care services working in partnership with Island Health, the Division of Family Practice, First Nations Health Authority, local First Nation(s), Metis, other Indigenous organizations and other community providers to meet the primary care needs of their population.

The vision for the integrated system of care is to create high quality, accessible, culturally safe primary care for everyone. PCNs are foundational to achieving this vision.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Education, Training And Experience**:
Master's Degree in Business Administration or Health Care discipline, plus a minimum of seven (7) years recent leadership/management experience in a health care setting or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

**Skills And Abilities**:

- Ability to integrate administrative, professional and operational aspects of the program in an effective and efficient manner.
- Ability to develop an environment where quality improvement principles are embraced and used on a continuous basis.
- Ability to work respectfully, knowledgeably and effectively with Indigenous people, adapting to cultural uniqueness in order to create a sense of safety for all.
- Capacity to learn from other leaders and elders, modelling the vision and encouraging others to commit to and champion the vision - inspires others into new ways of working together to provide excellent primary care.
- Ability to lead and manage, to motivate, delegate and operate in both structured and unstructured situations.
- Strong planning skills, strategic and operational.
- Ability to work with delegates to provide program services at multiple sites in a regional setting.

**Job Requirements**:


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