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Physician Engagement Leader |
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Job Summary
The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) is working on an initiative to implement local Divisions to support family physicians to work together to provide the best possible patient care and maximize professional satisfaction. We are currently recruiting for two contract positions of Physician Engagement Leader who are responsible for facilitating the development of Family Practice Divisions, engaging Division members, and using evaluation tools.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
1. Facilitating the development of Family Practice Divisions (Divisions) including:
· Supporting the vision, strategies, and goals of the Divisions of Family Practice.
· Facilitating meetings and interactions between Divisions and Health Authorities (HAs).
· Working with doctors to explain the process of becoming a Division.
· Drafting partnership agreements with doctors in order to build a common goal and purpose.
· Planning and developing program delivery strategies and providing consultation and advice to ensure effective program implementation.
· Facilitating the formation of Divisions by working with lawyers, patients, and the Business Systems Leader.
· Creating a model to involve patients in Division development.
· Implementing change management and educational strategies to assist physicians in adopting the Divisions model.
2. Engaging Division members including:
· Fostering and managing effective relationships with family physicians, HAs, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), the Ministry of Health Services (MoHS), and the BC Medical Association (BCMA).
· Recruiting and encouraging interested physicians to join Divisions.
3. Using evaluation tools including:
· Creating and using progress reports for partners.
· Assisting in the development and facilitating the assessment of policies, programs, and delivery mechanisms. Also providing objective data and analysis regarding the effectiveness of the Divisions for the HAs and GPSC.
· Using quality improvement methodology.
· Establishing a feedback system within the Divisions, HAs, and the GPSC in order to promote continuous improvement.
· Performing case studies and other qualitative evaluations.
Skills & Qualifications:
- A bachelor or master’s degree in a discipline related to health or community development and at least 5 years experience or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Knowledge of the BC primary health care system including a good understanding of health regions and acute based services.
- Demonstrated leadership skills.
- Experience leading complex and adaptive change.
- A solid track record in community development/community engagement.
- Experience with stakeholder engagement including patient and community engagement.
- Experience with quality improvement and popular evaluation skills (continuous quality improvement, case study, and other qualitative evaluation methodologies).
- Diplomatic negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Exceptional organizational, delegation, presentation, communication, facilitation, and relationship building skills.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Excellent computer skills required (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
- Must be willing and able to travel.
- Valid driver’s license required and access to a car preferred.
Please send your application to Larissa Oakey, Human Resources Advisor, at humanresources@bcma.bc.ca by Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Please contact her with any questions. The BCMA thanks all interested applicants for applying; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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Larissa Oakey |
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604-638-2870 |
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Health Care |
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Business Systems Leader |
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Job Description |
Job Summary
The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) is working on an initiative to implement local Divisions to support family physicians to work together to provide the best possible patient care and maximize professional satisfaction. We are currently recruiting for the contract position of Business Systems Leader who is responsible for creating the infrastructure for Family Practice Divisions and assisting in the development of business functions.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
1. Creating the infrastructure for Family Practice Divisions (Divisions) including:
· Supporting the vision, strategies, and goals of the Divisions of Family Practice.
· Facilitating meetings and interactions between Divisions and Health Authorities (HAs).
· Developing and implementing the legal and administrative setup of the Divisions as non-profit societies.
· Assist Division members to set up and launch Board of Directors meeting structure.
· Fostering and managing effective relationships with family physicians, HAs, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), the Ministry of Health Services (MoHS), and the BC Medical Association (BCMA).
2. Developing management and business functions including:
· In conjunction with the doctors, HAs, MoHS, and other partners, implementing a governance structure for the Divisions.
· Leading the development of a comprehensive range of support services and policies which provide assistance and advice to family physicians with respect to facilities and the creation of business and accounting systems.
· Developing processes for Divisions to establish bank accounts, budgets, and policies.
· Developing processes for Divisions to establish a Board of Directors, meetings, and related reporting requirements.
· Taking a lead role in the facilitation and support of policies, programs, and delivery mechanisms.
· Establishing a feedback system within the Divisions, HAs, and the GPSC in order to promote continuous improvement.
Skills & Qualifications
· A bachelor or master’s degree in a discipline related to health or business and at least 5 years experience or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
· Knowledge of the BC primary health care system including a good understanding of health regions and acute based services.
· Demonstrated leadership skills.
· Experience leading complex and adaptive change.
· Experience setting up and managing a non-profit society.
· Experience developing organizational policy and infrastructure systems.
· Diplomatic negotiation and problem solving skills.
· Exceptional organizational, delegation, presentation, communication, facilitation, and relationship building skills.
· Interest in and ability to work effectively with, physicians and administrators.
· Knowledge of the development and operation of budgets and accounting processes.
· Excellent computer skills required (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
· Must be willing and able to travel.
· Valid driver’s license required and access to a car preferred.
Please send your application to Larissa Oakey, Human Resources Advisor, at humanresources@bcma.bc.ca by Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Please contact her with any questions. The BCMA thanks all interested applicants for applying; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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Larissa Oakey |
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604-638-2870 |
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Public Relations-Community Outreach |
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Account Coordinator-Community Outreach Specialist |
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Company: Wilkinson Ferrari & Co.
Position: Public Relations Account Coordinator/Community Outreach Specialist
Description: Wilkinson Ferrari & Co., a leading Salt Lake City-based strategic communications agency, is seeking an account coordinator to join our team. The account coordinator will work closely with agency partners and key team members to carry-out public information and outreach activities related to road construction and other infrastructure projects.
This position offers the candidate an opportunity to work with an agency that has a significant presence in the community and works on initiatives around some of today’s leading issues. The position will also offer the candidate an opportunity to positively affect clients and the community that they are part of.
The candidate’s daily responsibilities will include developing relationships with businesses and residents impacted by the projects, coordinating the design and production of collateral materials and action plans, updating the project Web site with traffic impacts, tracking media coverage, answering busy project hotline, delivering fliers, maintaining a stakeholder database, writing press releases, coordinating promotions and special events; deepening relationships with clients and their audiences; and providing clients with results to meet their goals.
The ideal candidate will be bright, highly motivated, a creative and strategic thinker, must be detailed-oriented, possess strong verbal and written communications skills, be a self-starter and team player, and have the ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a client-service environment.
The candidate should have some public relations, community outreach or public involvement experience, and have a degree in communications or a closely-related field.
Contact: Angela Linford
Ph: 801.364.0088 x114
Email: angela@wfandco.com
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Angela Linford |
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(801)364-0088 |
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Community Leadership Development |
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Community Leadership Development Specialist |
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The University of Minnesota Extension is a major outreach arm of the University of Minnesota, a land grant institution with a mission to serve the public through applied research and education. The mission of the University of Minnesota Extension is: Making a difference by connecting community needs and University resources to address critical issues in Minnesota.
As one of four centers, the Extension Center for Community Vitality makes a difference by engaging Minnesotans to strengthen the social, civic, economic and technological capacity of their communities through the faculty and staff in its two program areas: Leadership and Civic Engagement (LCE) and Community Economics (CE). The center is led by the Associate Dean for Community Vitality and Public Engagement. LCE helps communities strengthen social capital, make informed decisions, encourage and develop local leadership and create productive public forums. CE helps communities retain and expand local business, know and grow the retail sector, make informed public finance decision and develop successful tourism opportunities.
The Community Leadership Development Specialist will (1) provide staff and professional development opportunities for Extension educators and (2) collaborate with the program leader in Leadership and Civic Engagement, other Center faculty and staff on evaluation, applied research, materials development, program development and other projects focusing on ensuring relevance and empirical support for community leadership development offerings at the individual and community levels.
This position will also be involved in designing, participating in and/or implementing community initiatives. Current examples include Horizons (funded by the Northwest Area Foundation) which is focused on reducing poverty through building leadership capacity.
This position reports to the Associate Dean, Extension Center for Community Vitality.
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Naaz Babvani |
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612-624-3717 |
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Leadership and Civic Engagement |
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Extension Educator |
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The University of Minnesota Extension is a major outreach arm of the University of Minnesota, a land grant institution with a mission to serve the public through applied research and education. The mission of the University of Minnesota Extension is: Making a difference by connecting community needs and University resources to address critical issues in Minnesota.
This Extension Educator will be based in the UMD Center for Economic Development in Duluth and will primarily serve a seven-county region in northeastern Minnesota, which also has an Extension educator from Community Economics assigned to it. The educator also serves as a member of a statewide program area and will serve on project teams outside the region and/or statewide as determined. Some clerical, technology and other support will be provided by support staff in the Cloquet regional Extension office, under the supervision of the office’s Regional Director. The educator will be expected to develop and maintain working relationships with staff at both the Center for Economic Development and the Extension regional office.
This Extension Educator meets program area outcome and impact goals through education, outreach, applied scholarship and leveraging University of Minnesota resources for and with communities in northeastern Minnesota. LCE programs currently include U-Lead, U-Facilitate and U-Connect, customer service for public agencies, Horizons and Farmer-Lender Mediation. Educators make these and other program resources available as they work to assess, develop, deliver and evaluate programs; consider and apply scholarly research; contract and establish partnerships; utilize technology; and continue their professional development. This position will also be involved in designing, participating in and/or implementing community initiatives. Current examples include Horizons (funded by the Northwest Area Foundation) which is focused on reducing poverty through building leadership capacity. This position reports to the Program Leader for Leadership and Civic Engagement (LCE).
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Naaz Babvani |
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612-624-3717 |
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