Shared Care Encompass Pregnancy Clinic Project Lead - Contract

If you are interested in improving health care, gaining insights into a complex system, and helping make health care better for patients and providers, then we want to work with you!

As a Project Lead working across our organization, you can help to shape health system changes, and inform decision-making at both project and organizational levels.

You will promote health service and process improvements that we develop through partner collaborations. You will share findings and recommendations with the Executive Director and Board of Directors, support project teams to measure and implement improvements, build capacity for this work across the organization and lead and contribute to other activities within the organization.

Shared Care Encompass Pregnancy Clinic Project Lead - Contract

Type: Part-time Contract for two years

Based out of: Cranbrook

Contractor Qualifications:

• Project management experience (3+ years preferred) and an understanding of qualitative research methods
• Post-secondary education in a related field and/or project management training
• Healthcare industry experience
• Proposal writing and development experience
• Facilitation skills
• Superior networking skills and established local/regional networks an asset
• Must have class 5 driver’s license and reliable vehicle
• Fully operational home office
• Established Sole proprietorship or self-employed contractor experience (or willingness to set-up)

Contract Description:

This Shared Care Encompass Pregnancy Clinic project will support local communication and relationship network development between physicians and midwives in Cranbrook to develop an interdisciplinary model of care located in Encompass Pregnancy Care Clinic that meets the needs of both patients and providers.

The Shared Care Encompass Pregnancy Clinic Project Lead will be the key point of contact for family physicians, specialist physicians, midwives, stakeholders, funders, community, and other Division contractors and staff regarding the Shared Care project.

Contract Deliverables:

• Coordinate, organize, and lead meetings of committees and working groups
• Ensure adequate administrative, and other support staff to the projects
• Coordinate additional supports as required, i.e. meeting facilitators, guest speakers, etc.
• Provide regular project reporting to the Division and meet reporting requirements to funders
• Attend local and regional meetings, within budget, which support the project work
• Develop project communications for stakeholders, physicians and the public
• Collect and organize data as needed by any evaluation processes established for projects and contribute as needed to evaluation, assessment and PDSA reviews
• Develop work plans, and time lines, and budgets in collaboration with the project committees, working groups, funder, and the Executive Director.
• Review and monitor budget, and administer budget with fiscal responsibility in collaboration with the Operations Lead.
• Identify and recommend additional support as needed as projects progress, in coordination with Executive Director.

Working Relationships

• Provide support to the EK Division’s member physician(s) in their involvement with the SC project.
• Liaise with SC funding partners, Interior Health, municipal and other community stakeholder groups, as well as any developed regional collaborative teams.
• Maintain positive and close working relationships with the staff and contractors of the EK Division of Family Practice and other project team member organizations.

We thank you for your application. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: $50.00-$60.00 per hour

Expected hours: 12 – 14 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Contractor must be local to attend in-person meetings. Are you located in the East Kootenays?

Experience:

• Project management: 3 years (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Class 5 Licence (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Cranbrook, BC V1C 3W3

Application deadline: 2024-01-22