Position Summary
Interior Health is hiring a permanent full-time Lead, Primary Care who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare.
Location: This position is flexible within the Interior Health Authority region.
What we offer:
• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP
Salary range for the position is $88,990 to $127,923. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.
How will you create an impact:
The Lead, Primary Care, under the leadership of the Manager, Primary Care Strategy and Clinical Support will design strategy and set standards of a regional nature, which will enable the work that falls within the portfolio of Primary Care Clinical Network. The Lead will collaborate with other portfolios within Interior Health and key partners, such as providers and Clinical Operations and other enabling departments, to ensure the seamless integration of patient-centered services within the full Integrated System of Care. By assessing and identifying critical issues and strategic opportunities during primary and community care transformation, the Lead will develop strategic recommendations for the Primary Care Clinical Network portfolio. Recommendations, resources, policies, and directives developed by the Lead will require an analysis and consolidation of Ministry policy and strategy as well as Interior Health (IH) objectives, evidence-based practice, emerging best practices, standards, and existing or new regulations.
The Lead will focus on the planning and development of Primary Care throughout the health region with the local primary care teams. In addition, the Lead will support the linking of Primary Care with specialized community services. The Lead will provide leadership to the teams to meet the attributes of Primary Care Networks and primary care services, with a focus on patients and family centred care.
The Lead is expected to contribute to and maintain a vision of the Integrated System of Care.
What will you work on:
• Leads and contributes to planning and implementation of Primary Care Networks by leveraging research and knowledge on Canadian and international standards, existing and emerging regulatory direction, evidence-based practices, and emerging innovative practices. Develops core and supplementary planning documents for a diverse range of programming areas consistently within the Primary Care Planning portfolio and occasionally across IH portfolios.
• Fosters and maintains effective relationships with a broad range of internal partners and external organizations, agencies, institutions, interest groups, Ministries, and Municipalities to achieve the Primary Care Clinical Network, Health Authority, and Ministry of Health goals, objectives, and performance measures.
• Keeps pace with changes by scanning the environment for relevant trends, alignment, and integration opportunities with other portfolios and developments affecting the portfolio’s programs.
• Plans and develops IH-wide Primary Care policy and practice standards that align with the redesign vision. Specifically developing processes and procedures with enabling portfolios to support population level assessment, standardization, implementation, and evaluation of a range of Primary Care services.
• Identifies strategic issues and collaborates with appropriate partners across IH to assess the situation and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensures the strategic alignment of all activities related to Primary Care with provincial and Health Region vision and strategy and the full Integrated System of Care. This includes the support for patient and family centred care and the seamless transition of care between acute, community, and tertiary care including services provided by physicians and community partners.
• Creates innovative solutions and designs complex integration frameworks that affect multiple programs and services. Researches, develops, and implements plans to address emerging priorities of care for issues where no current program or structure exists.
• Provides support for Regional Knowledge Coordinators in the development and delivery of education across the Health Authority and provides a “policy interpretation” for operational leaders as required.
• Contributing to the development and implementation of primary care performance measurement and continuous quality improvement.
• Responds to changes in the global healthcare environment and participates in or leads various ad-hoc projects as directed including guiding on process and methodology.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
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Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).
Qualifications
Education, Training and Experience
• Master’s Degree in Healthcare, Leadership, or Business Administration
• Five years of recent, related experience
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Skills and Abilities
• Has the knowledge and ability to work with diverse populations, incorporating diverse perspectives, values, and approaches into planning.
• Is able to identify and analyze situations and problems such that viable solutions are found. Approach challenges and complexities from a systems perspective.
• Is able to guide individuals toward the vision while maintaining group cohesion, motivation, commitment, and effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse groups and teams.
• Is able to identify strategies and opportunities in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment that leads to strategic outcomes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of change and organizational theory and principles.
• Ability to lead individuals and teams while maintaining cohesion, motivation, commitment, and effectiveness.
• Ability to effectively introduce and manage change that is consistent with the vision, purpose, and operating principles of IH.
• Ability to plan, develop, implement, manage, and evaluate programs.
• Effective negotiation skills to address the needs of teams, internal and external partners, and physicians.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate at the organization-wide level.
• Ability to utilize research and experiential knowledge to question and create change and innovation.
• Ability to recognize, appreciate, and incorporate differences in work and pursue own professional growth.
• Skills in group facilitation, conflict resolution, and group dynamics.
• Demonstrated analytical problem-solving to develop progressive, creative, and innovative enterprise-wide solutions.
• Ability to make sound decisions, work well under pressure, and meet deadlines in an environment subject to constantly changing priorities.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills, including effective presentation and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage staff and budgets.
• Knowledge and experience working with healthcare union leadership.
• Attentiveness to organizational politics and tensions.
• Proficient computer skills.
Comments
Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region. We are committed to addressing existing inequities and barriers to achieving a diverse workforce, one that is representative of the communities we serve. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently marginalized groups.