Clinical Specialist

Interior Health is hiring a permanent full-time Clinical Specialist who is passionate about making a difference in healthcare.

Location: This position is based at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C. A hybrid work arrangement may be available 2-3 days per week, subject to operational requirements.

What we offer:

• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP

The Clinical Specialist provides clinical expertise and leadership to the programs and services within the area of responsibility to support the success of the portfolio. The Clinical Specialist is the content expert for clinical best practice and develops and recommends program plans, standards, and guidance documents as aligned with program and health authority priorities. The Clinical Specialist ensures that all clinical and operational plans, standards, and guidance documents are person-centered, consistent with current evidence and best practice, and support the strategic objectives of the organization and Ministry of Health policy direction.

The Clinical Specialist provides clinical guidance to quality improvement and evaluation initiatives by assisting in design, interpreting data, and supporting change management and scale and spread of the outcomes.

What will you work on:

• Continuously review the clinical operating environment to identify opportunities and/or gaps, identifying solutions and recommending priorities within existing approved plans, strategies, and organizational priorities.
• Provides clinical expertise in the development of plans, policies, processes, procedures, strategies, and priorities, ensuring that proposals are robust, operationally feasible and can be expected to deliver a clearly described person-centered benefit and high quality service delivery.
• Maintains a strong working knowledge of current Ministry of Health policies, procedures, evidence based best practice and using that knowledge to inform planning and implementing initiatives.
• Participates in or leads the development of indicators for the assigned portfolio in collaboration with Clinical Operations and as required, other portfolios across IH.
• Monitors and responds to changing health status needs.
• Collects, compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data to monitor program outcomes, enhance performance and identify emerging issues and trends.
• Liaises with internal and external partners, programs, and portfolios.
• May develop clinical service goals and monitoring frameworks for contracted services and supports managers in reviewing contract performance.
• Provides clinical support and expertise to clinical educators when required.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces. Apply today!

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a health related field.
• Current practicing registration with the applicable professional college.
• Five to seven years of recent, related experience, including experience in developing clinical practice documents and developing, implementing, and evaluating clinical large-scale multi-portfolio projects.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge and ability to work with diverse populations, incorporating diverse perspectives, values, and approaches into planning.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze situations and problems, such that viable solutions are found.
• Approaches challenges and complexities from a systems perspective.
• Demonstrated ability to guide individuals toward a vision while maintaining group cohesion, motivation, commitment, and effectiveness.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to introduce and manage purposeful change that is consistent with the mission, vision, values, and operating principles of IH.
• Demonstrated ability to identify strategies and opportunities in a dynamic environment that lead to identified outcomes.
• Ability to critically analyze and synthesize evidence, and utilization/statistical data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing, including the ability to facilitate and negotiate.
• This includes the ability to work and collaborate virtually.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Ability to remain flexible and adapt to frequent changing needs and priorities.
• Hold a valid BC Driver’s license and the ability to travel.

Interior Health is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to creating an environment free from discrimination. Our goal is to cultivate a workforce rich in culture, experience, and knowledge to enable us to provide high quality, accessible and culturally safe health services to everyone in the Interior Health region.