Medical Leader: Physician Quality Leader; PQL General Hospital

Medical Leader:
Physician Quality Leader (PQL) - Chilliwack General Hospital

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Physician Quality Leader (PQL) - Chilliwack General Hospital role at Fraser Health Authority.

The Physician Quality Leader (PQL) role is an exciting medical leadership opportunity to provide direction to physicians and other healthcare providers on quality and patient safety initiatives. The primary goal is improving quality and supporting the reduction of medical/health care errors that contribute to adverse patient outcomes at each acute care site and within programs and networks. In this role, you will work with fellow physician leaders and other clinical staff to promote physician engagement and build capacity for quality improvement.

You will also collaborate with senior leadership and staff in identifying evidence‑based strategies to ensure best practices implementation at the site, within programs and networks.

• Partner with the local process improvement coordinator to explore opportunities for quality and process improvements.
• Review patient safety reports and Patient Safety Priorities data with the quality improvement consultant, coordinator, and site medical director.
• Support the development of quality improvement and safety projects identified in the Patient Safety Priorities, in collaboration with the quality improvement consultant and coordinator.
• Attend quarterly Patient Safety Priorities Update meetings.
• Produce a semi‑annual report focusing on project outcomes, submitted to the executive medical director and executive director of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety.
• Provide monthly status reports to the site medical director and site executive director regarding identified quality improvement and safety projects.
• Present updates on quality improvement projects at the Health Services Quality Operational Management Committee (HQOMC) every three months.
• Serve as a lead or advisor for physician‑driven quality improvement projects and initiatives.
• Work with the clinical quality and patient safety department, senior leadership, department leaders, regional leaders, and support systems to establish evidence‑based patient care models that increase safety for patients, clinicians and staff.
• Identify quality improvement learning needs and participate in educational activities aimed at developing physician skills in clinical quality and patient safety.
• Facilitate physician participation in patient safety activities.
• Promote a just safety culture, modeling and encouraging open and honest communication between physicians and other team members.
• Provide expertise to the critical incident and quality review process through identification of recommendations and follow‑up actions.
• Analyze patient safety indicators and recommend strategies to leadership to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
• Provide clinical representation and input at site quality committee meetings.

Stipend

Active Privileges, CMPA, CPSBC Full

Chilliwack General Hospital

Director

Part‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do.

Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of over 50,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers. We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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