Medical Lead - Community Based Programs – Child, Youth and Young Adult

Fraser Heath is seeking to fill a Medical Lead position which provides support to regional leadership in maintaining high standards in Fraser Health’s community based programs within the division of Child, Youth and Young Adult, in both current programs and in the development and implementation of new community based programs.

Currently, Community Based Programs consist of the following:

• Short-Term Assessment, Response and Treatment (START)
• Youth Concurrent Disorders (YCD)
• Integrated Child and Youth Teams (ICY)
• Emergency Response Teams (ERT)
• Child and Youth Transition Teams
• Adolescent Day Treatment Programs (ADTP)
• Outpatient Psychiatry (Neuropsychiatry and Infant Psychiatry)
• Foundry

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Regional Division Head – Child, Youth and Young Adult, the responsibilities of the Medical Lead, Community Based Programs will include, but are not limited to:

• Physician leadership and decision making as part of all community based services and outpatient clinics (excluding EPI), including START, Youth Concurrent Disorders, and any new community based services
• Quality initiatives in the community
• Governance, physician oversight, partnership with managers with shared leadership roles
• Quality Assurance of all Community based services (excluding EPI)
• Case based discussions for complex client concerns
• Cross-boundary partnerships with allied services (eg. MCFD), crossover leadership with Foundry groups
• Ensure the requirements of programs operating within the department are coordinated
• Maintain regular communication with operational leaders, other physician leads and staff physicians within the department
• Attend the MHSU regional meetings
• Monitor and optimize key Mental Health and Psychiatry performance indicators
• Oversee a program of quality monitoring and improvement
• Ensure continuous adequate medical staffing in community programs (as applicable)
• Promote health and wellness amongst Members
• Investigate complaints regarding care provided by Members within the Department at the Facility under the direction of the appropriate Regional Department Head(s)
• Encourage a healthy, respectful workplace
• Contribute to the search and selection of applicants for vacancies in the Regional Department

Qualifications

The successful candidate must:

• Have current licensure with CPSBC and current CMPA coverage
• Have RCPSC certification in Psychiatry
• Subspecialty certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Be an active medical staff member of the Fraser Health Authority Mental Health and Psychiatry Program

Term: Two years, renewable by the Program Medical Director/Regional Department Head

Recruitment will proceed as per the FHA Medical Staff Bylaws.

Closing Date: June 30, 2026 

Interested candidates are asked to submit a current CV and letter of interest (indicating the position for which you are applying).

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
 
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
 
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
 
Together, we are the heart of health care.
 
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