Job Summary Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is looking for one Co-Regional Medical Directors, Quality and Safety. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Medicine and Academic Affairs, the Co-Regional Medical Director, Quality and Safety (RMDs) provide senior medical leadership for clinical quality, patient safety, and related clinical governance across Vancouver Coastal Health. The role is structured as a Co-Regional Medical Director model, with two individuals jointly sharing accountabilities at 0.4 FTE each. Working in a dyad leadership framework with the Executive Director, Quality, Safety & Patient Experience, the Co-Regional Medical Directors support the advancement of VCH’s enterprise-wide quality and safety strategy by ensuring the integration of evidence-based clinical standards, quality improvement methodologies, accreditation and regulatory standards, use of data and analytics in advancing quality and safety, and patient safety principles within medical practice across the organization. The roles engage medical staff and Credentialed Medical Providers (CMP) and leaders in advancing system-wide quality priorities and strengthening accountability for quality outcomes. The Co-Regional Medical Directors collaborate closely with the Vice President, Medicine and Academic Affairs, the Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Clinical Information Officer, Senior Medical Directors, and operational and clinical leaders to ensure alignment between medical staff and CMP practice, interprofessional professional practice standards, and organizational quality and safety priorities. The roles also work collaboratively with other medical leaders responsible for specialized safety domains, including the Regional Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC).



The Co-Regional Medical Director provide medical leadership across key domains including:
- Clinical Quality and Clinical Governance
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement and Clinical Performance
- Accreditation and Regulatory Standards
- Data and analytics to advance Quality and Safety
- Patient and Family Experience
- Medical Staff and CMP Engagement in Quality and Safety Through the dyad leadership model, the Co-Regional Medical Directors ensure that quality and safety initiatives are effectively integrated into medical practice and clinical governance structures, supporting Vancouver Coastal Health’s commitment to high-quality, protected, equitable, and patient-centred care. Strategic Mandate The Co-Regional Medical Directors play a key leadership role in the development, implementation, and advancement of VCH’s Quality Plan in collaboration with the Executive Director, Quality, Safety & Patient Experience. The Co-Regional Medical Directors are accountable for:
- Co-leading enterprise-wide quality and clinical transformation initiatives in partnership with the Executive Director, ensuring alignment between organizational priorities and medical practice.
- Providing leadership for the implementation of the Quality Plan, ensuring quality and patient safety principles are embedded in clinical decision-making and care delivery.
- Leading the integration of evidence-based clinical standards into medical practice across programs and Communities of Care.




- Providing strategic leadership to ensure medical staff and CMP contribute to and align with accreditation and regulatory standards, supporting system readiness, compliance, and continuous quality improvement across the organization
- Leveraging clinical performance data and analytics to drive improvement, reduce unwarranted variation, and strengthen accountability for outcomes.
- Championing provider-led quality improvement and clinical innovation that improves patient outcomes and system performance.
- Strengthening clinical governance, ensuring clear accountability for quality and safety outcomes within medical leadership structures.
- Leading clinical transformation initiatives that improve quality, safety, and patient outcomes across Vancouver Coastal Health. This work is grounded in VCH’s commitments to Indigenous Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Planetary Health. Key Accountabilities Medical Quality & Clinical Governance
- Lead medical staff and CMP engagement in clinical quality improvement initiatives across programs and Communities of Care.
- Establish and advance consistent clinical quality standards and best practices in partnership with medical leadership.
- Identify opportunities to improve quality outcomes and reduce practice variation.
- Lead the integration of evidence-based medicine into clinical practice across the organization.
- Advise executive leadership on clinical quality performance and improvement priorities.
- Work collaboratively with the Vice President, Professional Practice and Chief Clinical Information Officer to ensure alignment of medical staff and CMP practice standards with interprofessional professional practic

📌 Co-Regional Medical Director, Quality and Safety (Vancouver)
🏢 Vancouver Coastal Health
📍 Vancouver