Evaluation Lead, Integrated Primary & Community Care - Central City Tower

Why Fraser Health?

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

Position Details: 

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Full Time – Leader, Integrated Primary & Community Care to join our Primary Health Care - CARES Initiative team located in Surrey, B.C. We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service.

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a health related field, statistics, social science, economics, or business management including course work in evaluation design and qualitative and quantitative analysis, with a strong academic background in research methodology
• Five (5) years experience working in a health care environment

Come work with us!

Fraser Health is proudly recognized as a BC Top Employer. Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Effective October 26, 2021 all staff for all positions across health care in British Columbia are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and there are no exceptions.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives 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.

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Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Provides leadership in the evaluation of program service and design for Primary Health Care led programs and initiatives, in consultation with the Manager, Primary Health Care.

Responsible for the planning and development of evaluation frameworks, data analyses and reporting requirements by reviewing clinical, financial, human resource and operational data,  and the application of expert knowledge in health economics.  Integrates the implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System (MELS) for Primary Health Care led programs and initiatives. Prepares supporting documents, briefing papers, strategic and tactical reports for submission to FH leadership and other stakeholders.

Works collaboratively with members of the Decision Support Services team, the Department of Evaluation and Research Services, senior management, staff of various organizational units and other internal and external stakeholders in support of the mission, philosophies, and goals of FH.

1. Serves as the evaluation lead for the various initiatives and programs related to Primary Health Care requiring evaluation services, including the planning, coordination, and implementation of program evaluations. Works collaboratively with other programs, the Department of Evaluation and Research Services, and Decision Support.
2. Conducts assessments for feasibility of planning and conducting evaluations, by engaging with regional committee members and Chairs, including Fraser Health committees, and Divisions of Family Practice Collaborative Services Committees (CSC). Engages with Decision Support regarding feasibility of measurements, resource needs from the perspective of data collection, analysis, and reporting requirements.
3. Participates on regional committees and CSC''s providing advice, findings and evaluation information, as appropriate.
4. Reviews initiatives in development and already underway and works with program leads to develop an overarching evaluation plan, in collaboration with expertise within and external to FH.
5. Works in partnership with FH program evaluators to both align and maintain alignment between other health authorities, program and local community goals, objectives, measurement methods, and indicators, to ensure benefits realization through successful implementation of program (vertical) and continuum (horizontal) based initiatives in all phases, such as the plan, design, implementation, and evaluation.
6. Develops evaluation plans by reviewing evidence-based literature, identifying stakeholders, developing logic models, identifying meaningful key performance indicators for structure, process, and outcomes, developing the research design and data collection methods, specifying data collection instruments, and developing data analysis plans for both qualitative and quantitative data.
7. Conducts/co-ordinates the implementation of the evaluation plan and analysis of data. Provides regular progress reports as needed and requested.
8. Synthesizes and interprets data, develops written reports and presentations with stakeholder input, and presents final results to stakeholders as required.
9. Facilitates PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycles, data interpretation, and use, in ongoing development and refinement of the evaluation model.
10. Participates in planning and implementing learning sessions within FH and other health authorities, as appropriate.
11. Ensures evaluation program compliance with FH Privacy policies.

Education and Experience

Masters degree in a health related field, statistics, social science, economics, or business management including course work in evaluation design and qualitative and quantitative analysis, with a strong academic background in research methodology, plus five (5) years experience working in a health care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Demonstrated ability to lead system initiatives, including project planning and management methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and lead complex multi-disciplinary teams comprised of internal and external resources.
• Skilled in leading responsively in an environment of change and redefinition.  
• Excellent writing and verbal communication abilities and independent problem-solving and decision making skills.
• Ability to interact effectively with internal clients and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the delivery of care in a public health care system, government processes and health authority structures and responsibilities.
• Knowledge of evaluation processes including Logic Models, Performance Monitoring frameworks, and data analyses.
• Ability to work with all office software, manipulate large data sets, and generate reports and materials that communicate findings to various audiences in an effective written, visual, and spoken manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage priorities to meet tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of health care policies, procedures, regulations, and legislative environment.