Zone Program Head - Perioperative

. A senior leadership role has been created to help develop a Zone -wide approach.  This role reports to and is supervised by the Zone Medical Director, but for issues specifically relating to a particular site, it is expected that the individual in this position will primarily work with local site leadership.

Main responsibilities

· Promote high quality and safe patient care at all times

· Chair the North Zone Surgical Services Planning Committee, strategic + operational

· Regular meetings with operational leadership 

· Triad meetings with Perioperative/Surgical ZCDH regularly

· Regular section chief meetings/ leadership development

· Contribute to special projects and initiatives-IHO , etc.  to advance quality improvement initiatives across the Zone.

Informal support of physicians, including medical leadership, and operational staff in resolving issues relating surgical services delivery.

· Provide oversight of more formal concerns/complaints addressed through the medical bylaws

· Contribute to development of medical leadership across departments relevant to perioperative medicine

· Collaborate with counterparts from other zones

· Act as a connection point for provincial initiatives through the Surgical PIN 

· Attend OR committee, site management committee, new technology committee, ZMAC meetings

· Help manage and develop surgical outpatient services, together with operational leadership