Director, Health Services-primary Care

**GENERAL**

**Description**:

- Director, Health Services-Primary Care

**Competition #**:

- IERHA PrH 297/25

**Posting Date**:

- 02/03/2025

**Status**:

- Active

**Type**:

- External

**DESCRIPTION**

**The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority**
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

**Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service**

**Director, Health Services-Primary Care**
**Director Hlth Services_06**

**Closing Date**:

- 02/17/2025

**Facility / Site**:

- To Be Determined

**Posting Type**:

- Permanent

**Position Type**:

- Full-Time

**Hours of Work**:

- Days

**Term Dates**:
**FTE**:

- 1

**Union Group**:

- Non-Union

**Wage / Salary**:

- To commensurate with experience & qualifications

**Position Summary**:The Director Health Services - Primary Care as a member of the Regional Leadership Team, is responsible for providing leadership and direction for Primary Care programs and services. The Director Health Services - Primary Care is responsible for program planning, development, management, and evaluation, fiscal and human resource management, policy development, professional standards and quality care with additional priority/focus on cultural competence, culturally safe and trauma informed care practices.

Key areas of responsibility include health services management and delivery, staff and resource management, financial/resource stewardship, and performance management.

The position of Director Health Services, functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.

Interlake-Eastern RHA is committed to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and to creating working environments free of racism for both clients and employees. All staff members are encouraged to seek and identify patterns of harm toward Indigenous, black, and marginalized clients and employees and to take actions to disrupt any form of racism. Collectively and individually, we are growing cultural competency capacity by implementing the region’s anti-racism action plan.

**Qualifications**:

- Baccalaureate degree in a clinical discipline (E.g. BN, RPN, BSW) from a recognized post-secondary educational institution.
- A postgraduate degree in related clinical health area is an asset.
- Advanced educational preparation in Health Services Management and/or leadership.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Active member in good standing of the college or association that accredits their professional designation, governed by the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Manitoba Health Care system including broad understanding of the issues in rural health service delivery.
- Awareness of cultural competence/culturally safe care practices and trauma informed care
- Demonstrated knowledge of program area including an understanding of trends, initiatives and issues within local, provincial, and national health care systems. i.e. MyHealth Team, primary care clinic models, inter-professional scope of practice and care teams.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of data driven planning, improvement, and accountability.
- Knowledge of/experience with risk management and patient safety.
- Knowledge of/experience with quality improvement/LEAN design.
- Understanding of community development principles.
- Familiarity with health labor relations and collective agreements.
- Familiarity with digital integration and optimization.
- Five (5) years of progressive management experience leading a broad spectrum of health services including:

- Experience working with and supporting Inter-professional care teams to work collaboratively
- Experience participating in operational planning, implementing operational directives, and achieving formal quality, patient safety, service integration and partner collaboration goals and objectives.
- Experience building and leading a high-performing, interdisciplinary team
- Experience in proposal writing, budget development, policy development and contract management.
- Five (5) years of direct clinical services delivery
- Achieving outcomes in data driven process optimization and improvement.
- Exemplifying leadership through words, actions, and results.
- Building and maintaining positive worki