Site Medical Leader Home Type A, Continuing Care Home

Location(s): Age Care Dawson,  Age Care Shawnee , Sagewood-Strathmore, Seton Seniors Community, Skypointe, Walden Heights (Calgary)

Site Medical Lead (SML) – ALA: Provide site-level medical leadership for Type A Continuing Care homes, support clinical governance and quality improvement, engage physicians, and align site activities with ALA priorities. 

Alignment with ALA Strategy, Priorities & Initiatives
• Improve access and continuity of medical care in the CCHs
• Advance clinical governance and QI initiatives (e.g., stewardship, deprescribing, transitions of care)
• Promote resident- and family-centred care, safety, and equity
• Strengthen physician engagement, coverage models, and accountability
•    Ensure a system is in place to maintain 24/7 medical coverage for residents in the Type A CCH.
(i)    Support staff by providing interim medical care where the attending physician is unavailable.
(ii)    Facilitate patient movement by admitting patients until an attending physician is identified.
•    Ensure a process is in place for addressing medical staff who are non-compliant with policies, procedures and/or standards.
Attend monthly meetings of the SLM Group as an executive member:
•    The SLM meetings are the main conduit for effective and timely communication and information sharing between the Medical Directors and Directors of Care at the facilities.
•    Actively participate in discussion of Calgary corridor initiatives such as guidelines for policy and clinical issues in residents living in facilities.
•    Provide the Medical Director Integrated Facility living with a monthly activity report at the end of each month that includes physician and clinical issues, brief committee reports and site-specific information.
•    Address the Question of the Month in the best possible way, including all Age Care Facilities.

Quality Assurance & Reporting (QAR) 
• Participate in ALA area/site QI and safety structures; report on key indicators
• Lead corrective actions following audits, reviews, and critical incidents
• Ensure MRP/coverage models support safe, timely care; escalate risks appropriately
• Quarterly QAR updates to ALA area leadership; participation in CCH quality forums; alignment with local scorecards
Actively participate and contribute to the monthly Site Medical Lead Meetings. Disperse information as appropriate to Medical Directors, Physicians and Directors of Care at their sites.