Sr. Director - Provincial Medical Services

Hours: 70 bi-weekly (8 hour days)

Salary: HL-29 (CAD96,046 - CAD124,860 per annum)

Competition Number: VAC0022495

Posted Date: 2026-03-13

Closing Date: 2026-03-20

Are you interested in shaping the future of health care in Newfoundland and Labrador? Are you ready to work with a dynamic team to redesign the delivery of health care services to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Newfoundland and Labrador?

The Role

Reporting to the Vice President Vice President of Medical Services, Sr. Director - Provincial Medical Services is a member of the senior leadership team with the primary focus on providing consistent administrative leadership and support to recruit, develop, manage, and engage physicians. within Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services. They will work closely with other senior leaders to support the clinical and academic mandates of the NLHS and enable the ongoing delivery of fully integrated medical services in the province, and provides leadership in the development and execution of strategic and operational plans, managing budgets, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met to deliver the best possible quality of care and service.

The Sr. Director - Provincial Medical Services will have responsibility for areas that include:

• Strategic Planning: Serving as a member of senior management, leads region-wide strategic planning efforts and addresses organization-wide policy and management issues for the Medical Services in alignment with their provincial and regional counterparts. Ensures the credentialing and privileging of Medical Staff uses a standardized provincial approach which ensures the provision of high-quality medical care across the organization.
• Talent Recruitment and Retention: Developing a talent management strategy for Medical Services across the province that involves close collaboration with physician leaders to develop tools and approaches to attract, recruit and retain physicians.
• Thought Leadership: Managing and developing people. You are a dynamic individual who has an ability to drive consensus, resolve conflict and facilitate solutions. You are an excellent communicator. Working closely with the members of senior leadership team to facilitate effective lines of communication across the organization on all issues related to Medical Services.

• Stakeholder Relationship Management: Building strong partnerships both provincially and nationally with specific linkages to the Department of Health and Community Services, the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Faculty of Medicine, as well as championing and incorporating patient and family centered care within the Medical Services Program.

• Service Delivery and Quality Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to safety, and partner with all team members to improve employee and patient safety by integrating safety into daily work practices, identifying risks, and implementing improvements. Quality and risk management, including developing and maintaining a quality assurance program.

• Leadership and Culture: Establishing and maintaining a positive working relationship with physicians to ensure effective ongoing relations and whereby physicians feel a part of the organizational culture. Provides leadership and guidance to the Zone Medical Service teams and Clinical Chiefs on operational and administrative issues.

• Financial Stewardship and Accountability: Support sound financial management through accurate business planning and forecasting within assigned operational mandates.
• Provide leadership to promote a healthy, safe, diverse and respectful workplace by championing and practicing sound human resources management by attracting, recruiting and retaining high calibre talent; promoting teamwork, and ensuring employees have the tools and resources they require to perform at their best.

Transforming our health system is a collective responsibility. Senior leaders will be expected to play a variety of roles and adapt to changes as we progress through the process of integration. All senior leaders will share responsibility for culture which includes a commitment to safety and physiological wellbeing. Members of the Senior Management Team may be assigned responsibility for programs, departments, or projects within the organization, as determined by the VP of Medical Services.

Requirements of the Role

The ideal candidate will draw on 5 years of experience at a senior leadership level involved in a health care setting as well as familiarity with the bylaws respecting Medical Staff, the Physician Memorandum of Agreement, organizational policies, and procedures. Demonstrated experience in human resource management, the development of standardized policies and procedures, and program planning is essential. The successful candidate will have extensive credentials as a senior administrator, strategist, and policy developer and have exceptional communication skills both with internal and external stakeholders. Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience, and independence, in complex decision making in a health system setting. Candidates should be Masters prepared or demonstrate an equivalent combination of education and experience.

The successful candidate is a passionate, empathetic leader with exceptional business acumen, and interpersonal skills, as well as a commitment to the LEADS Framework. They must also demonstrate the key skills, behaviors, abilities, and knowledge outlined in the five domains of the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.

Our Commitment

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Service?values the diversity of the people it hires and serves. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at our organization means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person?s talents and strengths.

We are committed to providing a safe, healthy, and inclusive work environment that inspires respect. Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ2+ persons. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards and goods and services.

Note

We have made every effort to reflect the intent, duties and accountabilities of the role outlined; however, each are subject to change and be modified in accordance with the future needs of the organization as needed. Thank you for your anticipated patience and understanding as we travel this journey together to improve the health of the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Successful candidates will be expected to reside within the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and may be required to reside in a specific community dependent upon their assigned responsibilities.

A resume, proof of qualifications, and the names of two references are required. Applicants who do not provide the necessary documentation as outlined on this job posting will not be considered.

Thank you for your interest in Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.