Medical Lead, Addiction Medicine Cowichan Valley

7 months ago


Duncan, Canada Island Health Full time

The **Medical Lead, Addiction Medicine Cowichan Valley **is a co-leadership position with operational decision-making responsibilities. Reporting to and working collaboratively with the Medical Director of Addictions Medicine, the **Medical Lead** role works in co-leadership with operational decision makers, to optimize the quality and operations of Addiction Medicine service in the Cowichan Valley. In collaborative partnerships, the Medical Lead works proactively with others to enhance teamwork and to facilitate continuous quality improvement of Addiction Medicine services within the Geography.

Main responsibilities of this position:

- ** Leadership**: Co-leads activities to ensure physicians and staff work as a team to monitor and improve service delivery; Links with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff to address matters of physician governance, including professional medical practice issues.
- **Operations & Quality**:Implements processes and structures to engage physicians and staff in continuous quality improvement of service delivery; Monitors team budget and performance jointly with Co-Leader, and makes course corrections when necessary; Initiates investigations of team-related PSLS and PCQO events.
- **Change Management**:Acts as change management ‘champion’ to engage and support physicians and staff through change.
- **Informatics**: Leads team 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 team resource needs and works with medical leaders and administrative leaders to prioritize these needs within available resources.



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