Job Title: Administration
Job Location: Surrey, UK
Job Location Type: Hybrid
Job Contract Type: Full‑time
Job Seniority Level: Director
Role and Facility Information
We are seeking an innovative physician to join our team as a Medical Director (MD) for the Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC), Cloverdale, Surrey. The MD will build and support a culture of patient and care‑team safety and clinical effectiveness, where the patient and family are the centre of the clinical system design. As a consensus builder, you lead by example and understand how to address site needs within the broader context of the health delivery system and multiple service delivery requirements. The successful candidate will have the flexibility to work partially on‑site as required. If this work sparks excitement within you, we welcome you to join our collaborative team.
This position reports to the Regional Medical Director (RMD) for Primary Care Integration.
Community: Surrey – Known as the City of Parks, Surrey has over 6,000 acres of parkland and 15 golf courses and driving ranges. Despite rapid growth, Surrey has held onto the rural flavour of its past, with about 35 per cent of its land designated as agricultural and still actively farmed.
Key Areas Of Involvement
* Effective Delivery of Clinical Services – Ensure that Clinic physicians deliver services appropriately within the remit of the Urgent and Primary Care Centre.
* Quality and Utilization Monitoring/Improvement – Engage physician members of the clinic in multidisciplinary quality improvement and utilisation management activities; ensure Family Physicians review activities regarding expected standards of medical practice; investigate complaints regarding care provided by physicians, collaborating with the RMD when appropriate.
* Administration – Attend meetings of the UPCC Medical Directors as coordinated by the RMD; provide a communication channel to and from Fraser Health leadership regarding regional and local objectives, general activities and other clinic relevant issues; recommend and contribute to policies and guidelines relating to medical/clinical matters that are consistent with agreed goals; promote health and wellness among department members; encourage a healthy, respectful workplace; review physician resource requirements of the clinic with clinic management, the local Collaborative Services Committee and the RMD; contribute to the selection of new physician staff members joining the clinic; mediate disputes involving clinic physicians.
* Medical Legal Issues – Identify potential liability issues and legal problems within the clinic and provide advice for specific cases/files to the RMD and/or Legal Counsel as required.
Qualifications & Experience
* Current licensure with CPSBC and Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP) plus two (2) years leadership experience within the healthcare sector.
* Additional training in management is preferred and prior academic leadership experience is an asset.
* Demonstrated leadership in roles to lead and move forward organizational change in primary care.
* Sound working knowledge of running a primary care clinic including staffing, budgeting, quality improvement activity and service delivery.
* Proven verbal and written communication and presentation skills within a leadership capacity.
Term
The term of appointment as UPCC Medical Director shall be for three (3) years, renewable by the RMD. In recommending re‑appointment of a UPCC Medical Director, the RMD shall consider the results of annual performance reviews.
Expenses
The Physician, upon presentation of receipts, shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while providing the Services, in accordance with FH’s Travel and Business Expenses Policy.
Time Commitment: 0.2 FTE
Interested candidates may submit a letter of interest and CV. If you have questions or are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Dawn Benson, Director, Primary Care.
Compensation
Compensation Type: Clinical Service Contract
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