Medical Director, Family Practice Division at West Coast General Hospital

4 weeks ago


Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada Island Health Full time

Job Summary

The Medical Lead and Division Head, Family Practice, West Coast General Hospital is a senior leadership position responsible for overseeing the In-Patient MRP Program at West Coast General Hospital. This role involves co-leadership with operational and departmental governance responsibilities, working proactively with others to enhance teamwork and facilitate continuous quality improvement services.

Main Responsibilities

  • Leadership: Co-leads activities to ensure physicians and staff work as a team to monitor and improve service delivery, linking with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff to address matters of physician governance.
  • Operations & Quality: Implements processes and structures to engage physicians and staff in continuous quality improvement of service delivery, monitoring team budget and performance jointly with Co-Leader, and making course corrections when necessary.
  • 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.

Division Head Responsibilities

  • Credentialing and Privileging
  • Individual Practitioner Standards of Care
  • Professional Development
  • Professional Behavior
  • Medical Workforce Planning and Recruitment


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