Employment type: part time Job Summary Come work as a Provinical Medical Director with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)! Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for a Medical Director, Resident Doctors Employment Affairs. The Provincial Medical Director, Resident Doctors Employment Affairs provides strategic medical leadership for the integration, coordination, quality, and advancement of Resident Doctor training environments across VCH, British Columbia’s partner Health Authorities (HA) and affiliated academic institutions, recognizing the dual nature of Resident Doctors as employees of VCH for the employment record and authorized clinical learners within VCH. Reporting to the VP Medicine and Academic Affairs VCH, the role works in close partnership with provincial Health Authority leadership, VCH People team, academic institutions, operational leaders, physician educators, and Resident Doctors. In a dyad partnership with the Director, Resident Doctors Employment Affairs, the Provincial Medical Director provides strategic leadership to support alignment between healthcare delivery, postgraduate medical education, workforce planning, and Resident Doctor employment frameworks across British Columbia. Through this shared leadership of the Resident Doctors Employment Affairs Office (REAO), the Provinical Medical Director provides provincial medical leadership related to clinical training environments, physician engagement, Resident Doctors wellbeing, employment experience, and alignment between healthcare delivery systems and postgraduate medical education. The role supports the development of a VCH coordinated and provincially integrated approach to Resident Doctor employment-related operational matters, while ensuring alignment with academic partners, patient safety principles, physician workforce priorities, and organizational strategic objectives. The Provincial Medical Director serves as a senior physician advisor to provincial leadership and provides clinical and strategic oversight relating to Resident Doctors integration within healthcare delivery systems across VCH, and through HA partnerships across British Columbia. The Medical Director plays a key provincial leadership role in advancing the quality, consistency, safety, and integration of postgraduate medical education within British Columbia’s healthcare system. The role directly influences Resident Doctors’ experience, physician workforce sustainability, patient safety, and the future development of the physician workforce across the province. This role operates within a model of shared accountability and partnership, recognizing the distributed nature of medical staff governance and the intersection with operational, academic, and corporate functions. The work is grounded in VCH’s commitment to our pillars of Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health. Key Accountabilities Provincial Medical Leadership Provides physician leadership and advice regarding the evolution and sustainability of British Columbia's provincial Resident Doctor employment model, supporting alignment between employment obligations, educational requirements, operational service needs, and physician workforce priorities. Provides provincial medical leadership relating to Resident Doctor employment, integration, and clinical training environments. Leads development of provincial strategies supporting high-quality, safe, and consistent Resident Doctor training experiences across VCH and partner Health Authorities and clinical training sites. Advises VCH leadership and partner Health Authorities and academic partners on emerging issues, opportunities, and risks affecting Resident Doctors. Supports alignment between healthcare delivery priorities, postgraduate medical education, and physician workforce needs. Contributes to provincial physician workforce planning initiatives related to Resident Doctors and future physician supply. Quality, Safety and Resident Doctor Experience Provides medical leadership related to Resident Doctor professional practice, wellness, professional conduct, supervision, fatigue management and psychological safety. Advises on complex matters involving Resident Doctors where clinical practice, workplace culture, education, and patient safety intersect and serves as a point of escalation for related matters and concerns. Supports HA wide, and provincial consistency in approaches to Resident Doctors integration as employees and authorized clinical learners within clinical care environments. Collaborates with academic institutions and Health Authorities to support matters related to accreditation, including risks, concerns, and quality improvement opportunities. Promotes high-quality clinical teaching environments, culture, and physician engagement in medical education. Collaboration with Academic Institutions & Health Authorities Develops strong collaborative relationships with postgraduate medical education leadership at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), Health Authorities, and affiliated teaching sites. Participates in provincial committees, governance structures, and strategic initiatives relating to Resident Doctors clinical placements and employment environments. Supports integration and coordination between academic and operational leadership structures. Acts as a physician liaison between academic institutions, operational leadership, and the Offices of Medical Affairs in the Health Authorities. With the Director, Resident Doctors Employment Affairs as dyad, provides leadership of REAO and the Council on Resident Education in Medicine (CORE-Med). Governance, Policy & Strategic Improvement Provides physician leadership in development of provincial standards, policies, procedures, and governance frameworks relating to Resident Doctors and clinical training and employment environments. Supports physician supervisors and operational leaders in managing Resident Doctor-rel