Position Summary
Are you interested in an opportunity to grow professionally within a positive and progressive culture? Northern Health is seeking a champion with significant management and leadership experience to join our Primary and Community Care department.

The Lead, Measurement & Metrics, Primary Care a collaborative role responsible for leading the coordination of measurement and performance across primary care services. This includes optimization of organizational data requirements for clinical, planning, and reporting purposes within primary care. The incumbent provides collaborative leadership to the development and use of data quality reports and dashboards, relevant policies, and standard operating procedures across all relevant primary care program areas.

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
• Master's degree in business or a health-related discipline plus five (5) to seven (7) years of recent related experience;
• Training and experience in using quality improvement methodologies (e.g. Model for Improvement, Lean)
• Demonstrated experience in effectively influencing leaders and implementing organizational change;
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities:
• Leading People: acting with integrity and trust, building a team environment, communicating clearly, fostering potential.
• Leading Change: striving for personal mastery, leading and vision, inspiring and engaging, promoting innovation.
• Cultural Safety: knowledge and appreciation of current Indigenous health topics and cultural safety for all people to feel respected and safe when interacting with the health system.
• Partnering: focusing on the person and family and engaging stakeholders.
• Achieving Results: conceptualizing and demonstrating accountability.
• Business Acumen: managing time and utilizing existing resources.
• Ability to guide, coach, teach, and promote a continuous quality improvement learning environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead system initiatives, including project planning and management methodologies.
• Skilled in leading responsively in an environment of change and redefinition.
• Comprehensive knowledge of quality improvement principles, theory, and practice including the application in healthcare settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage complex multi-disciplinary teams comprised of internal and external resources.
• Ability to plan, organize and manage priorities to meet tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of health care policy, procedures.
• Proficiency in the use of office software applications as effective tools to achieve results.
• 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.