Medical Lead, Saanich Peninsula Primary Care Clinic (100-2166) (Medical Leadership)

The Medical Lead, Saanich Peninsula Primary Episodic Care Clinic, is a co-leadership position with operational decision-making responsibilities. With the position’s co-leader, the Medical Lead works proactively with others (including patients) to enhance teamwork (including collaboration between physicians and staff) and to facilitate continuous quality improvement of episodic primary care service at the Peninsula Health Unit in partnership with community physicians and physicians at SPH. This position reports to the Clinical Director, Saanich Peninsula, Salt Spring Island and Outer Gulf Islands.Main responsibilities of this position:1. Leadership: Co-leads activities to ensure physicians and staff work as a team to monitor and improve service delivery; Links with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff to address matters of physician governance, including professional medical practice issues.2. Operations & Quality: Implements processes and structures to engage physicians and staff in continuous quality improvement of service delivery; Monitors team budget and performance jointly with Co-Leader, and makes course corrections when necessary; Initiates investigations of team-related PSLS and PCQO events.3. Change Management: Acts as change management ‘champion’ to engage and support physicians and staff through change.4. Informatics: Leads team activities that advance technology and data use to improve service delivery using the electronic health records (EHR) in collaboration with the Quality Systems team.5. Planning: Assesses, monitors and anticipates team resource needs and works with medical leaders and administrative leaders to prioritize these needs within available resources.