About us
The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.
Title: Primary Care Lead
Salary: $ 86,778- $102,091 - $114661 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Term- Until July 2025
Hours: Standard Hours - 37.5 hours per week
Location: Chilliwack, Matsqui, or Surrey
About the role
The Lead, Primary Care, is responsible for leading collaborative establishment, coordination and implementation of primary care services, supports and initiatives with Fraser Salish First Nations communities such as the Joint Project Board initiatives and End-to-End Integration programs and services. The Primary Care Lead helps to enhance the provision of primary care services in collaboration with Fraser Health Authority, Ministry of Health and other partners.
About you
Education
• A Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent clinical background and equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• A Master’s Degree in Health Administration, Public Health, Leadership and/or Informatics is an asset.
Experience
• Recent, relevant and significant experience (usually acquired over a period of 3-5 years) in a health care environment with a primary care or acute care planning, delivery, project management, strategic planning and community and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working with First Nations communities or organizations including political leadership.
• Experience and knowledge in Regional Health Authority and First Nations Primary Care and virtual health processes, workflows, referral patterns, program delivery models and electronic medical records.
Knowledge
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to foster collaborative partnerships utilizing a team approach
• High level motivation with a positive attitude and high degree of flexibility in a rapidly changing environment
• Strong organizational skills and experience in Project leadership/management; ability to organize and prioritize work and balance multiple activities concurrently
• Strong computer skills and ability to work comfortably with spreadsheets, presentations, diagramming and word processing software (e.g. Microsoft excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Word.
Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details.
Working at FNHA
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits from day one, including:
• Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
• 3 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 4 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
• Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
• And more!
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry who chose to identify (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).
Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal setting.
The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours.
Incumbents are typically hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements.
The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level.
As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021. We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date: July 11 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held in June and July
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
If you have any inquiries or issues please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
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