[P-466] - Facility Medical Director, Villa Caritas

[P-466] - Facility Medical Director, Villa Caritas

Covenant Health invites applications to join our senior medical leadership team as Facility Medical Director for theVilla Caritas (VC) site in Edmonton, Alberta in a 0.2 FTE capacity.

The Facility Medical Director (FMD) is a key medical leader in Covenant Health with five primary accountabilities in their role as a Covenant Health Medical Leader:

· Leadership – Medical Advisory Committees, communication, coaching and mentoring.

· Operational Expectations – working with Dyad partner(s) in areas of program management, and organizational initiatives such as Mission Inspired Culture (MIC) and Accreditation.

· Quality Councils – participation in quality councils and quality initiatives.





· Patient Concerns – conducting Triggered Reviews as per the Medical Staff Bylaws.

· Recruitment and Retention of Medical Staff.

The FMDwill assist and support in developing and maintaining a skilled and educated medical staff aligned with the vision, mission, and values of Covenant Health. The FMD will facilitate the engagement and integration of site medical staff into Covenant Health initiatives as well as local and Zone planning and decision-making. In doing so, the FMD will ensure Covenant Health strategic directions are considered in all decision-making.

The FMD shall be a respected practicing physician who will assist in establishing and coordinating a medical presence for Covenant Health, and as such will:

- Collaborate as part of the portfolio leadership team.
- Assist in providing the administrative function for the Covenant Health Medical Affairs portfolio.
- Assist the medical staff by providing a link for the Covenant Health and Recovery Alberta administration structures and initiatives.

The FMD’s primary accountabilities will be largely site based. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:





1. Supporting the ACMO from a medical leadership perspective, to promote clinical practice changes deemed necessary by the site to ensure quality patient care.
2. Developing and fostering a strong working dyad relationship with Senior Director/Site Administrators and managers within the site to facilitate physician understanding of and participation in site service delivery plans.
3. Providing leadership and support to advance the perspectives and advice of site medical staff.
4. Coaching and working with site medical staff to maintain harmonious relationships.
5. Collaboratively leading site medical staff in organizational initiatives such as Mission Inspired Culture, Accreditation, Connect Care roll out. Supporting site, and zone initiatives.
6. Acting as a liaison between medical leaders,



medical staff and Covenant Health and Recovery Alberta.
7. Having horizontal accountability for initiatives across Covenant Health i.e. Quality and Access and Flow.
8. Participating in the completion of physician Periodic Reviews.
9. Conducting Triggered Reviews in response to patient and/or staff concerns, as requested by the Covenant Health CMO.
10. Ensuring continuous quality improvement by working with medical staff to enhance and monitor the quality of clinical care. The FMD will ensure that evidence informed clinical standards of care and defined health outcomes are realized at the site.
11. Chairing MAC meetings and representing the site at Covenant and/or Recovery Alberta meetings. The FMD will keep medical staff apprised of the discussions, outcomes, and zone initiatives.





The successful applicant will be a respected practicing physician and must be eligible for and obtain appointment to the AHS Medical Staff and Covenant Health clinical privileges at Villa Caritas.

Additional Information

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The original job offer can be found in Kit Job:
https://www.kitjob.ca/job/89773899/p-466-facility-medical-director-villa-caritas-edmonton/?utm_source=html