Project Leader, Clinical Operations

Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health continues to be recognized as one of BC's Top Employers, are you someone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

We have an exciting
**Relief Full Time** opportunity for a
**Project Leader, Clinical Operations** to join our team at
**Central City Tower** located in
**Surrey, BC.**

Effective October 26th, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Come work with dedicated health care providers who are enthusiastic and committed to provide quality healthcare to our clients/patients/residents. We invite you to find out why more than 95% of new employees recommend Fraser Health as an excellent place to work. Work hard and have fun while you do it.

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Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
The Project Planning Leader leads, plans, coordinates and implements assigned projects related to the preparation and movement of a specialized clinical program area(s); works with clinical and facilities planning teams, including other project leaders and stakeholders, to develop transition, integration and implementation strategies that will achieve optimal outcomes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provides coordination and project management within a change management and clinical service context and functions as a strategic resource for the management team to ensure that an optimal structure, design and implementation of the change(s) is/are in place to achieve desired outcomes and benefits; coordinates and aligns program and service delivery activities among the assigned clinical areas to avoid duplication.
- Coordinates the functional programming and design phase of project development by assessing and identifying clinical and user needs in consultation with the program managers and clinical experts; coordinates the review of clinical needs, products and systems ensuring that there are detailed specifications of products/systems/structure; supports clinical decision making and problem resolution to assist in the design and transformation of existing programs.
- Leads, plans, develops, implements and/or evaluates new or redesigned clinical services/programs to support care improvement priorities while ensuring alignment with operational requirements and provincial mandates; incorporates current evidence-based clinical practice with change and/or project management methodologies in the new or redesign of existing clinical programs to transform service delivery, culture and system structure.
- Establishes project charter, plan and objectives to outline operational improvement timelines and deliverables; executes project methodologies to ensure completion and coordination of assigned initiatives; facilitates consensus with stakeholders as required and manages project resources including preparing and monitoring project budgets and expenditures; identifies, negotiates and/or resolves issues encountered to ensure the new or redesigned clinical programs are ready for implementation.
- Develops and/or recommends tools and mechanisms to measure, monitor and evaluate the progress and identify the outcomes of the clinical initiatives to improve care, service delivery and utilization; provides support to those with operational accountability in the design and/or redesign of processes, systems and tools to collect information to aid in decision making, planning and continuous improvement; monitors outcomes and produces regular reports on the status of various clinical initiatives for review and follow up.
- Provides leadership to assigned project teams by identifying, establishing and managing the appropriate team structure, complement and membership required for assigned initiative such as project sponsorship, champion, steering committee and implementation team utilizing current FH staff and external resources; manages project deadlines and tasks and provides support to clinical leadership by identifying opportunities for improvement in organization