Co-Medical Director

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Co-Medical Director, Public Health Focus

BC Centre on Substance Use

Position Summary:

The BC Centre on Substance Use’s (BCCSU’s) Co-Medical Directors provides addiction medicine and public health leadership within the centre and collaborate with relevant external stakeholders and health system partners, including health care providers, health authorities, ministries, regulatory colleges, and academic institutions. As we have hired an addiction medicine focused Co-Medical Director, we are currently seeking a public health focused candidate. Co-Medical Director’s role will focus on developing strategies in coordination with BCCSU leadership in planning, delivering, improving, and evaluating BCCSU’s clinical and education programs, including the development of clinical care guidance and companion materials.

• Co-chairs BCCSU’s Health Expert Committee
• Attends relevant BCCSU leadership meetings, as required
• Provides advice on BCCSU’s organizational strategy and its shared work plan with government, and brings issues to the Health Expert Committee, as required
• Represents BCCSU at meetings with government, health authorities and key stakeholders.
• Escalates issues through the BCCSU Executive Director and governance channels as outlined in the BCCSU’s governance framework
• Supports and collaborates with relevant leaders in the clinical and education programs
• Organizes, oversees and mentors/supports physicians and other health professional committee members engaged in BCCSU clinical and education activities, including the following:

POATSP committee and online course/preceptorship

Flex

Clinical practice support tools and alerts

ACTOC

Interdisciplinary Fellowships

24/7 Addiction Support Line for Clinicians

Seminar Series

Enhanced Skills

ECHO and related activities

Clinical guidelines

Government or other stakeholder priorities which require addiction medicine expertise (e.g. UBC Health)

• Collaborates with Clinical and Education Leadership to:
  • develop targeted promotion strategies to increase clinician uptake of clinical guidelines and education programs, leading to improvements in provider metrics for the province.
  • to identify and support the development of innovative resources based on patient, family and clinician needs that compliment current or planned BCCSU’s clinical resources and education programs.
  • reviews education delivery modalities to ensure they are current, easily accessible, clinically accurate, and support the educational needs of clinicians across the province.
  • Provide advice on relevant tools and mechanisms to measure, monitor and evaluate progress of clinical initiatives
• Shares information with senior leadership and relevant stakeholders to aid in decision making, planning and continuous improvement.

Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• A medical degree recognized in Canada
• Eligible for a license to practice medicine in BC, and in good standing with relevant regulatory bodies
• Relevant speciality training in public health
• Currently practicing or in-depth knowledge in the area of addiction medicine in an asset
• An understanding of the BC health system is an asset
• Proven experience in an interdisciplinary leadership capacity
• Experience in and academic/research setting is an asset

Estimated Time Commitment:

• 1.5 days/ week for each co-medical director

Expression of Interest:

Expressions of Interest, including a cover letter and CV, should be forwarded to Priya Patel ([email protected])

For additional information, contact Ms. Cheyenne Johnson, Executive Director of the BBCCU ([email protected]