Regional Program Medical Director, Maternal​/Child – Perinatal Health

Job Summary

Come work as a Regional Program Medical Director, Maternal/Child – Perinatal Health with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is seeking an engaging and collaborative physician leader to join our team as the Regional Program Medical Director, Perinatal Health.

The Regional Program Medical Director, Perinatal Health reports directly to the Vice President of Medicine and Academic Affairs, receiving program direction from the Regional Executive Sponsor to the Senior Executive Team. As a requirement of the role, the Regional Program Medical Director must be a practicing active medical staff with clinical responsibility and expertise in the area of perinatal health. Working in a co-leadership role with the Regional Executive Director, this position provides strategic senior medical leadership, related to the planning and evaluation of the designated regional program and associated services.

This is done in accordance with the vision, mission, values, and goals of the organizations involved in delivering care, and in alignment with VCH and PHC Strategic Plans, Ministry of Health (MoH) mandated deliverables, PHSA, and best practice quality standards.

In partnership with the Regional Director, this role is responsible for coordinating a regional approach to perinatal health, developing quality improvement and evaluation programs, and supporting care providers to utilize best practices for perinatal health. Additionally, this role will develop strategic partnerships and support innovation and research activities that build capacity and enhance the quality and efficacy of perinatal programming in the region.

This role works through partnerships with other operational and medical leaders across the Region to achieve regional service goals, implement regional policies and procedures, optimize resources, align services, evaluate quality improvement initiatives, and standardize protocols and guidelines across the program.

Co-chairs the Regional Program Committee with the Regional Executive Director to ensure consultation, engagement and close collaboration with Communities of Care (CoC) leadership and other partners responsible for delivering health care services, achieving service quality, and meeting volume and metrics standards. Also ensures consultation with academic leadership to support research and innovation within the program.

Guided by a population health approach, regional program leadership designs and evaluates services to meet the diverse needs of the VCH/PHC population across life stages, securing a high-quality, safe, and integrated continuum of care. This work aligns with VCH’s commitment to Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health.

Key Accountabilities

Note:

This role works closely with other Medical and Operational Leaders, often working through influence and relying on staff and resources outside of their direct supervision to deliver high quality programming in alignment with CoC priorities(capabilities) and a regional strategy. We will continue to review, learn and develop these accountabilities over the life of the contract.

As a member of the Medical Staff Leadership Team reporting to the VP Medicine and Academic Affairs, and with direction from the Executive Sponsor of the Regional Program, this role is jointly accountable with the Regional Program Executive Director to:

Ensure Equitable and Timely Access to Culturally Safe Care Across VCH and PHC

• In close collaboration with the Indigenous Health teams and other key partners such as FNHA, continue to build and enhance culturally safe and trauma-informed care across the continuum of care.
• Create an overview of the services provided by the regional program, summarizing key patient/client/resident services, physical infrastructure, and provider resources for all sites.
• Engage communities, populations, patients/clients/residents, and the public to reflect their needs in the development of Regional Program plans, particularly where significant change is anticipated.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, coordination, access and integration of services along the continuum of care across the region.
• Review and implement the tiers of service across the region in partnership with PHSA.
• Participates in the development and successful management of capital and operating budgets to complement strategic directions

Ensure Consistent, Low-Carbon, and High-Quality Standards of Care

• Co-lead key strategic projects and initiatives including:
  • Inter-regional capacity management in partnership with PHSA.
  • Leading cross-regional quality improvement initiatives.
  • Facilitating regional safety event reviews.
  • Facilitating equity through team-based models of care, outreach, and virtual care across the region, including rural and remote communities.
• Consistently identify opportunities to improve health outcomes and quality standards, matching services against needs.
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