Liaison, Joint Collaborative Committee Initiatives

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**DEPARTMENT: Engagement & Quality Improvement**

The Engagement and Quality Improvement (EQI) Department works in large part to support the Joint Clinical Committees (JCCs) which include the: General Practices Services Committee (GPSC), Shared Care Committee (SCC), and Specialist Services Committee (SSC). EQI is comprised of four centres of expertise: Primary & Community Care Transformation, Quality Impact, Facility and Community Engagement and JCC Alignment. Driven by collaborative relationships between the Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC, and captured under the Physician Master Agreement, they are a group focused on developing and leveraging relationships, sharing knowledge and lessons learned and working together towards common goals to support improved patient outcomes, increased professional satisfaction and decreased system costs.

**THE TEAM: JCC Alignment & Operations**

EQI includes a **JCC Alignment Team** that is responsible for preparing for and documenting meeting proceedings and coordinating strategic plans of each JCC. In its alignment role, the team will maintain a central line of sight into each JCC’s agendas and initiatives and surface linkages and dependencies between initiatives. The JCC Alignment Team will partner with EQI leaders that lead relationships with JCC co-chairs and strategy execution to increase alignment across JCCs and ensure a progressive partnership between Doctors of BC and the provincial government. The JCC Alignment Team also houses the Learning and Development team.

**THE JOB: Liaison, Joint Collaborative Committee Initiatives (12 Month Contract)**

Reporting to the Manager, JCC Measurement & Planning, the Liaison, JCC Initiatives, takes primary responsibility for leading the design and oversight of JCC jointly sponsored initiatives and activities including the Health System Redesign Initiative and BC Physician Integration Program. This role works with internal and external partners, including health authorities, BC Patient Safety Quality Council, UBC Continuing Professional Development, and provides direction to ensure that initiatives funded by the JCC’s are implemented and evaluated to ensure that deliverables are achieved. The Liaison plans and is responsible for overseeing a cross committee staff and physician working group to ensure the delivery of the annual JCC conference. The Liaison prepares initiative status, financial and outcome reports and presents reports to the JCC Co-Chairs.

**WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE**

**Relationship Building (A)**
- Proven ability to set objectives necessary for obtaining feedback and assistance.
- Maintains effective communication by sharing ideas and exploring opportunities with members of committees and partners.
- Seeks referrals from others with relevant expertise and influence.
- Attends and maintains relationships with relevant formal and informal professional groups and organizations.

**Change Advocate (A)**
- Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical functions and processes.
- Partners with other resource managers and change agents to identify opportunities for significant process enhancements.
- Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction.
- Proven ability to set expectations for monitoring, feedback systems and reviews performance trends.
- Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance.
- Improves efficiency by spearheading pilots and planned functional change initiatives.

**Strategic Thinking (A)**
- Identifies and considers emerging development opportunities and risks when articulating new options and recommendations.
- Maintains a broad, strategic perspective while identifying and focusing on crucial details.
- Analyzes project inputs from various elements (e.g., budgetary, technical, compliance, policy) and correctly prioritizes issues and solutions in support of goal accomplishment.
- Conceives likely scenarios and recommends effective courses of action to others.
- Integrates input from sophisticated models and tools to predict outcomes and identify issues that may not be obvious to others.

**Negotiating (I)**
- Demonstrates more than one preferred negotiating style (e.g. competing, co-operative, avoiding, compromise, accommodating) and adapts depending on the counterpart and context.
- Negotiates in a constructive manner when tackling difficult issues, making realistic compromises during negotiat