Provincial Medical Director - Provincial Medical Imaging Office

Provincial Medical Director

Provincial Medical Imaging Office

Part-Time

Vancouver, British Columbia

General Information

The Provincial Medical Director works in a dyad leadership model with the Executive Director, Provincial Medical Imaging Office, as part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). This role collaboratively provides provincial leadership and direction in establishing strategic partnerships with clinical, operational, and academic leaders, organizational strategies, prioritization frameworks, and clinical policy development.

The Provincial Medical Director uses executive-level leadership skills to provide strategic and clinical leadership with a specific focus on quality, clinical operations, innovation, academics, research, and health system advancement. Working in partnership with the ministries, PHSA, health authorities, academic, and health system partners, this role aims to optimize health outcomes, enhance clinical prevention, and improve the quality of services across the patient care continuum. Key functions of Provincial Medical Imaging Office include clinical policy development and implementation, health system planning, data management, analytics and reporting, quality standard development and improvement initiatives, innovation, education and research.

About the Provincial Medical Imaging Office

The Provincial Medical Imaging Office at PHSA aims to optimize health outcomes through improving access, improving the quality and coordination of services, and enhancing the experience for patients, families, and providers across British Columbia. Working collaboratively with regional health authority leaders, health organizations, interdisciplinary communities of practice, and patient partners, the Provincial Medical Imaging Office develops strategic priorities and align efforts to address ongoing improvement and designation of equivalent the needs across the system of care.

Qualifications 

This position requires a Medical Doctor degree with current licensure or eligibility for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, (RCPSC) or the Canadian College of Family Physicians (CCFP) and the Royal Collage of College of Physician and Surgeons (RCPSC). You will have demonstrated a commitment to clinical excellence in Radiology and Medical Imaging, with 10+ years practicing as a physician within this area, and 3-5 years of progressive leadership experience in a quality, health-care administration, epidemiology or related system-wide role.

As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understanding of the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes; a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.

Contact

Applications, accompanied by a cover letter, detailed curriculum vitae, and the name, title and contact information of four referees, should be directed to:

Rosy Cheng

Executive Assistant, Provincial Clinical Policy, Planning & Partnerships

Email: rosy.cheng@phsa.ca

About Provincial Health Services Authority 

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.

Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services

PHSA is committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.

One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at indigenous.employment@phsa.ca.

Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.