Regional Practice Leader | Allied Health

Interior Health is hiring a Regional Practice Leader to join our team on a full-time basis. This position offers a flexible work location within the Interior Health Region. This role provides regional leadership to support professional practice excellence across allied health professions, with a particular focus on Anesthesia Assistants.

• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended health &dental coverage
• Work-life balance

The salary range for this position is $108,147 (min) to $135,184 (midpoint) to $155,461 (max) per annum, based on 1.0 FTE. Interior Health typically establishes salaries within the minimum and midpoint of the salary range based on qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

The Regional Practice Leader (RPL) collaborates with a wide range of individuals and groups within and outside Interior Health (IH) to lead the development, management, and communication of region-wide initiatives to support and enhance the quality of care delivered throughout the region.

The RPL engages in an IH-wide perspective to provide leadership and clinical support to practice initiatives across sectors and portfolios. The RPL leads and participates in the building and enhancement of a practice environment that promotes a culture of excellence and safety, respect and collaboration, accountability, and mastery and discovery. The RPL supports clinical practice in a way that is caring, innovative, scientific, and empowering, based on a foundation of leadership and entrepreneurial teamwork.

The RPL develops, enhances, and supports professional practice networks to promote the sharing of knowledge, monitoring practice trends, and identification of opportunities that promote innovation and partnerships for practice improvement.

The RPL is required to work in an environment that is often ambiguous and manage complex projects independently with little supervision. As a result, the RPL is required to possess considerable knowledge of both the health system and current issues that affect professional practice. Strong project management, change management, and facilitation skills are required for this forward-focused position. May manage staff as required.

• Scans the environment for emerging practice trends, working with administrators, directors, managers, and staff to plan and implement strategies to address identified needs for emerging issues based on best practice standards.
• Engages in an IH-wide perspective to provide leadership for clinical practice projects by seeking out and identifying best practices in patient care, ensuring the appropriate structures, system processes, and culture are in place to facilitate ongoing development of a best practice model of care. Acts as a change agent for clinical practice by fostering an environment of innovation and critical thinking.
• Leads and participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of effective authority-wide clinical practices. Collaborates and consults with IH decision-makers, external resources, and clinical staff.
• Develops and recommends budgets for projects; monitors expenditures, variance analysis, and reports; and recommends and implements remedial action.
• Develops, enhances, and supports professional practice networks to promote the sharing of knowledge, monitoring practice trends, and identification of opportunities that promote innovation and partnerships for practice improvement.
• Develops, supports, and participates in research and quality improvement activities that foster effective…