Clinical Specialist | MHSU Clinical Network

Interior Health is seeking a permanent full time Clinical Specialist, MHSU Clinical Network who is passionate about driving meaningful change in healthcare. This role offers the opportunity to join a dedicated team leading region wide systems improvements and standardization for MHSU community services, with a focus on advancing equitable, accessible, safe, effective, and person centered care.

The position’s clinical focus will include, but is not limited to, MHSU Counselling & Treatment and Access services (subject to change over time). The Clinical Specialist will support service optimization and continuous quality improvement, partnership development and health system integration, service planning, performance measurement, reporting, and evaluation to improve client health and wellness outcomes across the region.

Location: This position offers flexibility within the Interior Health region.

What we offer:
• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP

Salary range for the position is $90,770 to $130,481. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How will you create an impact:
The Clinical Specialist provides clinical expertise and leadership to the programs and services within the area of responsibility to support the success of the portfolio. The Clinical Specialist is the content expert for clinical best practice and develops and recommends program plans, standards, and guidance documents as aligned with program and health authority priorities.

The Clinical Specialist ensures that all clinical and operational plans, standards, and guidance documents are person-centered, trauma informed and culturally safe, consistent with current evidence and best practice, and support the strategic objectives of the organization and Ministry of Health policy direction. The Clinical Specialist provides clinical guidance to quality improvement and evaluation initiatives by assisting in design, interpreting data, and supporting change management and scale and spread of the outcomes.


What will you work on:
• Works closely alongside clinical operations, focused on building strong local relationships. This includes active involvement in team meetings and operations to maintain alignment and continuity between transformation goals and day-to-day operational needs.

• Continuously reviews the clinical operating environment to identify opportunities and/or gaps, identifying and recommending solutions and setting priorities that align transformation projects with operational needs, current strategies, and organizational goals. Acts as a bridge between operational practices and transformation initiatives, facilitating the integration of best practices and guiding the adoption of standards that support both ongoing operations and transformative goals.

• Provides clinical expertise in the development of plans, policies, processes, procedures, strategies, and priorities, ensuring that proposals are robust, operationally feasible and can be expected to deliver a clearly described person-centered benefit and high quality service delivery. This includes the regional guidance and development of clinical decision support tools, clinical operational standards, and creation and execution of clinical educational frameworks for clinical practice standardization within the assigned portfolio.

• Maintains a strong working knowledge of current Ministry of Health policies, procedures, evidence based best practice and using that knowledge to inform planning and implementing initiatives. This includes working with provincial leaders from other Health Authorities and participating in work with the Ministry of Health.

• Uses a clinical lens to participate in or leads the development of indicators for the assigned portfolio in collaboration with Clinical Operations and as required, other portfolios across IH. Monitors and responds to changing health status needs. Collects, compiles, analyzes, and interprets statistical data to monitor program outcomes, enhance performance and identify emerging issues and trends.

• Liaises and is able to form collaborative relationships with internal and external partners, programs, and portfolios.

• May develop clinical service goals and monitoring frameworks for contracted services and supports managers in reviewing contract performance.

• Leads the implementation of new services, including supporting the development of implementation plans, working with Business Operations to ensure planning remains within the allotted funding envelope, and ensuring new services are built on principles of equity, access, sustainability, and person-centered care.

• Applies change management principles to guide MHSU transformation efforts within operational settings, focusing on achieving sustainable improvements.

• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.

• Provides clinical support and expertise to clinical educators when required.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of ! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work?

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).