Specialty Site Lead - Anesthesiology - Aberdeen
IWK Health Centre
- New Glasgow, NS
- $10,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensures that medical staff of the Department are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA;
- Brings forward issues and perspectives of Department Medical Staff at the applicable site to the Zone Executive Director and/or Zone Department Head for consideration and/or resolution;
- Serves as Physician Lead for Emergency Preparedness activities;
- Assists in managing site overcapacity issues from Department’s perspective by being the point of contact for Department medical staff;
- Ensures service continuity is maintained through Department scheduling practices, including but not limited to establishing an equitable on-call schedule, approving and managing vacation, and utilizing locums;
- Chairs, regular department meetings and attends other committee meetings as required, or assigned by the Zone Medical Executive Director or Zone Department Head;
- Participates in the monitoring of standards, quality, and utilization of resources of the Department in the zone; including all the necessary reporting and auditing as required;
- Participates in any clinical services planning for the Department;
- Participates in respectful workplace responsibilities as needed in conjunction with relevant Department Head;
- Participates in recruitment/retention activities for the Department; this includes providing an up-to-date roster of Department medical staff;
- Participates in new hire and onboarding processes as needed in conjunction with the Department Head;
- Participates in Leadership development and shows a commitment to lifelong learning and acquisition and refinement of leadership capabilities;
- Leads the incident review process for the site, in liaison with Quality and Patient Safety representatives, including all required family meetings.
- MD licensed in Nova Scotia and privileged with Nova Scotia Health.
- Evidence of past and ongoing leadership training.