Flexible

This position may be based in any location within the Interior Health region. For more information please visit 'Our Communities' pages.

Practice Details:

Provides regional medical leadership for palliative care, end-of-life care, and MAiD services across IH West, ensuring high-quality, patient-centered care, service integration, physician engagement, and alignment with Interior Health's strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Service Development
• Leads and supports the delivery, quality, and continuous improvement of palliative, end-of-life, and MAiD services across the region.
• Promotes integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary palliative care services.
• Provides leadership and direction to physicians delivering palliative and end-of-life care in both community and facility settings.
• Collaborates with clinical leaders, operational partners, Divisions of Family Practice, MAiD teams, and regional palliative care programs.

Clinical Quality & Safety
• Ensures care decisions align with patient needs and evidence-based best practices.
• Participates in audits, chart reviews, incident investigations, accreditation activities, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Develops and supports standards, protocols, policies, and monitoring processes for palliative and end-of-life care.
• Reviews practice concerns, patient issues, and sentinel events, and supports region-wide MAiD providers.

Strategic & System Leadership
• Contributes to regional and provincial palliative care strategies and aligns physician practice with organizational and government priorities.
• Identifies and addresses system-level issues affecting service delivery.
• Supports a palliative approach for individuals with advancing life-limiting illness and fosters interprofessional research and innovation.

Education & Physician Support
• Promotes physician education, continuing medical education, and best practices in palliative and end-of-life care.
• Assists with physician recruitment, retention, credentialing, privileging, performance evaluation, and professional practice concerns.
Accountability & Term
• Accountable, in partnership with the Senior Medical Director, for planning, operations, performance, and quality of regional PCEOL services.
• Appointment is up to two years, renewable based on satisfactory annual performance reviews.


Applications being accepted until October 16, 2026.

Qualifications:

• • Eligible for Medical Staff privileges at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital. • Current licensure in British Columbia as a Physician, Nurse Practitioner, Dentist, or Midwife. • Master's degree in health administration, business administration, or a related field preferred. • Minimum five years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.

Call Schedule:

Hours of work: 0.2 FTE
On call requirements: NA

Compensation:

Flexible: