Position Summary
Are you looking for that career that will allow you to combine your clinical expertise and your proven leadership skills? If you feel, you can deliver success by implementing strategies that focus the efforts of individuals on business goals, individual goals, team goals and translating them into positive outcomes - we want to hear from you.

The Lead, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is responsible for leading, planning, developing, and implementing new or redesigned systems, strategy, policy, and processes related to Northern Health's (NH) MAiD services. This role is responsible for providing leadership and subject area expertise for the operations management, risk management, and quality improvement activities of the MAiD program. In collaboration with the Medical Co-Lead, the Lead sets a vision, communicates priorities, and facilitates consensus among diverse parties, including patients/families and organizational leadership. This role serves as the central contact and provides oversight of the MAiD Care Coordination Centre, managing services provided by physicians, site leads and other health care providers, ensuring continuous improvement in accessing timely, appropriate services that are consistent across the Northern Health Authority.

Starting salary will be approximately from $88,990 to $111,237 and will be based on education, training, experience, and salaries of similar positions.

This position is flexible to any community in the Northern Health region. Explore these communities northern communities.

What Northern Health has to offer you!
• Comprehensive benefit packages including extended health/dental and a municipal pension plan for part-time and full-time employees. Casuals have the option of paying for benefits.
• Four weeks vacation with one year of continuous service
• Financial Support for Moving Expenses is available for eligible positions
• Employee referral program
• Employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Spectacular outdoor activities and the shortest commutes in BC
• "Loan Forgiveness Programs" are offered through the Federal and BC Government for eligible professions.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
As part of your application process, you will need to upload the following documentation:
• Registration number (if you are part of a regulated profession)
• Any supporting documents regarding education/qualifications for this position.
Examples may include:
• Program certificates or diplomas
• High school/college/university transcripts etc.
• It is also recommended to provide a cover letter and resume

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Qualfications
• Bachelor's Degree in a health-related discipline or similar field, supplemented with seven (7) to ten (10) years' recent related clinical experience in end-of-life care including two (2) years' experience in a leadership/management role, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities:
• Extensive knowledge of service requirements, applicable legislation, regulations, standards of practice related to end-of-life services.
• Understanding of services and resources related to end-of-life health issues.
• Extensive knowledge of the healthcare system as it pertains to end-of-life services and interdependency with other clinical program/services.
• Anticipates future changes in service delivery and develops transition strategies that optimize resource utilization and ultimately improve efficiency and quality of patient care.
• Applies conflict management skills and expertise to persuade and negotiate effective resolution of issues/disputes.
• Excellent communication skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary environment.
• Ability to coordinate, plan, develop, implement, organize, evaluate and problem solve tasks and objectives.
• Ability to implement and evaluate projects including knowledge of project management principles.
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Who we are
Northern Health covers an area of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and offers health services in over two dozen communities and 55 First Nation's communities. We deliver hospital and community-based health care for a population of 300,000.
Employing more than 7,000 staff throughout the region, Northern Health provides exceptional health services for Northerners, through the efforts of dedicated staff and physicians, in partnership with communities and organizations in Northern BC.
There is a wide variety of career opportunities available in our two dozen hospitals, 25 long-term care facilities, public health units and many other offices providing specialized services.