Medical Leader: Physician Quality Leader; PQL - Queen's Park Care Centre

Medical Leader:
Physician Quality Leader (PQL) – Queen's Park Care Centre

Job Summary

The Physician Quality Leader (PQL) role is a medical leadership opportunity to provide direction to physicians and other healthcare providers on quality and patient safety initiatives. The primary goal is improving the 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.

Overview

The Physician Quality Leader is a physician passionate about fostering a culture of safety in clinical services and establishing evidence-based patient care models to enhance patient safety at the respective acute care site. This role involves collaboration with the Clinical Quality and Patient Safety Department, senior leadership, department heads, regional leaders, and support systems. The position reports to the Executive Medical Director (EMD), Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, and is part of the leadership team that includes the Regional Medical Director/Regional Department Head, Local Department Heads, and other medical leads.

Time Commitment:
Approximately seven (7) hours per month.

Key Areas of Involvement

• 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 development of quality improvement/safety projects in areas identified in the Patient Safety Priorities as needing improvement.
• Attend quarterly Patient Safety Priorities Update meetings.
• Produce a semi-annual report focusing on project outcomes, to be submitted to the executive medical director and executive director of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety.
• Provide a monthly status report to the site medical director and site executive director regarding identified quality improvement/safety projects.
• Present updates on quality improvement projects at the Health Services Quality Operational Management Committee (HQOMC) every three months.

Support Physician Related Quality Reviews / Critical Incident Reviews

• Promote a just safety culture and model open, honest communication between physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
• Provide expertise to the critical incident/quality review process through the identification of recommendations and follow‑up actions.

Strategic Decision-Making Support

• 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.

Compensation

Stipend. Flexible hours; evening meetings and travel may be required. One-year role.

Qualifications

• Active privileges, CMPA, CPSBC Full.

Location

Queen's Park Care Centre.

About Fraser Health

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 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.

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