Regional Medical Director - Rehabilitation

Fraser Health•Abbotsford, BC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Regional Medical Director provides regional leadership to support the successful delivery of a care and service program within Fraser Health from a medical staff perspective. This senior leadership position reports to the Executive Medical Director (EMD), and is accountable for defining medical care and practice standards, supporting standardization across the program, and monitoring performance against standards. This role supports the Vision, Values, Purpose, and Commitments of Fraser Health, including service delivery centered around patients/clients/residents and families.

Requirements

Master’s degree in health administration, business administration or related discipline, supplemented by five (5) years’ recent, related leadership experience within the healthcare sector, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Eligible for membership on the Fraser Health Medical Staff.
Demonstrates the LEADS capabilities of Leads Self, Engages Others, Achieves Results, Develops Coalitions and supports Systems Transformation.
Acting with integrity and trust; building a team environment; communicating clearly; and fostering the potential of others (Leading People).
Striving for personal mastery; leading with Vision; inspiring and engaging; and promoting innovation (Leading Change).
Focusing on customers and engaging stakeholders (Partnering).
Understanding and demonstrating accountability (Achieving Results).
Managing resources; possessing health environment and political awareness (Business Acumen).
Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and can work effectively with a diversity of personalities, being approachable and showing respect for others.
Demonstrated ability to interact with and lead the broader physician community.
Demonstrated leadership in roles to lead and move forward complex organizational change issues across health service programs to support broad transformational objectives.
Demonstrated ability as an effective consensus builder able to work through influence rather than formal authority.
Demonstrated leadership abilities to incorporate program/hospital needs within the broader context of the health delivery system and multiple program requirements.
Demonstrated ability to work and lead within a matrix reporting structure.
Sound working knowledge of planning concepts related to service delivery, budgetary, staffing, quality and strategic initiatives.
Proven verbal and written communication and presentations skills within a senior leadership capacity.
Proven proficiency leading practice of the field of health program leadership.
Possesses a good grasp of clinical workflow, including in-patient, ambulatory, community health and primary care settings, and health information systems and outcomes measurement.
Active Privileges
CMPA
CPSBC Full
FRCPC

Responsibilities

Setting standards and guidelines of healthcare delivery and develop systems for monitoring compliance with those standards.
Meeting regularly with the senior clinical administrative team and the Executive Medical Director regarding ongoing issues of patient care and Member practice.
Ensuring that Member activities are consistent with the overall direction of the Fraser Health service delivery plan.
Liaising with other Regional Medical Directors, Program Medical Directors, and Site Medical Directors to ensure the services provided are coordinated among other Programs to provide a spectrum of care to the patients, residents, and clients.
Meeting regularly with inter-disciplinary clinical leaders and administrators to ensure that Member practices are aligned with other activities and initiatives within the inter-disciplinary team.
Maintaining a high degree of visibility by regular visits to each facility in which the service is active.
Assisting Regional Department Heads in the identification of human resource needs and in the active recruitment of practitioners.
Assisting Regional Department Heads in dealing with quality-of-care issues including issues regarding performance, availability, and the behaviours of individual Regional Department Members.
Investigating and documenting complaints regarding care provided by Members within the Department at the Facility in collaboration with the Site Medical Director and/or Regional Department Head where appropriate.
Representing the Medical Staff in public on an as requested basis on issues of Medical Staff policies, procedures, and quality of care.
Ensuring that Member academic activities (including education and research) are compliant with Fraser Health policies.