Director, Health Services - Primary Care at Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority

GENERAL

Description: Director, Health Services - Primary Care
Competition #: IERHA 2403/25
Posting Date: 11/05/2025
Status: Active
Type: External

DESCRIPTION

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service

Director, Health Services - Primary Care
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Closing Date: 11/19/2025

Facility / Site:
To Be Determined

Posting Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full-Time

Hours of Work: Days

Term Dates:
FTE: 1

Union Group: Non-Union
Wage / Salary: To commensurate with experience & qualifications

Position Summary: The Director Health Services – Primary Care as a member of the Regional Leadership Team, is responsible for providing leadership and direction for Primary Care programs and services. The Director Health Services – Primary Care is responsible for program planning, development, management, and evaluation, fiscal and human resource management, policy development, professional standards and quality care with additional priority/focus on cultural competence, culturally safe and trauma informed care practices.

Key areas of responsibility include health services management and delivery, staff and resource management, financial/resource stewardship, and performance management.

The position of Director Health Services, functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.

Interlake-Eastern RHA is committed to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and to creating working environments free of racism for both clients and employees. All staff members are encouraged to seek and identify patterns of harm toward Indigenous, black, and marginalized clients and employees and to take actions to disrupt any form of racism. Collectively and individually, we are growing cultural competency capacity by implementing the region’s anti-racism action plan.

Qualifications:

• Baccalaureate degree in a clinical discipline (E.g. BN, RPN, BSW) from a recognized post-secondary educational institution.
• A postgraduate degree in related clinical health area is an asset.
• Advanced educational preparation in Health Services Management and/or leadership.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Active member in good standing of the college or association that accredits their professional designation, governed by the Regulated Health Professions Act (RHPA).
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Manitoba Health Care system including broad understanding of the issues in rural health service delivery.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations and demonstrated experience in applying same.
• Awareness of cultural competence/culturally safe care practices and trauma informed care
• Demonstrated knowledge of program area including an understanding of trends, initiatives and issues within local, provincial, and national health care systems. i.e. MyHealth Team, primary care clinic models, inter-professional scope of practice and care teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of data driven planning, improvement, and accountability.
• Knowledge of/experience with risk management and patient safety.
• Knowledge of/experience with quality improvement/LEAN design.
• Understanding of community development principles.
• Familiarity with health labor relations and collective agreements.
• Familiarity with digital integration and optimization.
• Five (5) years of progressive management experience leading a broad spectrum of health services including:
  • Experience working with and supporting Interprofessional care teams to work collaboratively
  • Experience participating in operational planning, implementing operational directives, and achieving formal quality, patient safety, service integration and partner collaboration goals and objectives.
  • Experience building and leading a high-performing, interdisciplinary team
  • Experience in proposal writing, budget development, policy development and contract management.
    
• Five (5) years of direct clinical services delivery
• Achieving outcomes in data driven process optimization and improvement.
• Exemplifying leadership through words, actions, and results.
• Building and maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external operational and strategic partners.
• Team building, including healthy conflict resolution.
• Facilitate cross program integration and collaboration.
• Problem-solving including creating and implementing innovative solutions to historical problems, and solution finding across-jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated commitment to Reconciliation actions, including anti-racism.
• Solution-focused and action-oriented approach to understanding health equity and to closing health equity gaps.
• Commitment to the vision, mission, and values of the IERHA.
• High level of integrity, confidentiality and accountability.
• Experience achieving fiscal targets including preparation and management of budgets.
• Self-directed and creative with experience in developing programs and facilitating change.
• Ability to work independently and appropriately manage multiple tasks within a dynamic environment.
• Ability to consider the continuum of health services in decision-making/planning process.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to, be flexible, manage and facilitate change.
• Must be competent with Microsoft Windows based programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Demonstrated record of commitment to ongoing professional development and life-long learning.
• Valid Manitoba driver’s license and use of a personal motor vehicle.
• Mental and physical ability to meet the demands of the position.
• Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset.
• Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
• Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
• Satisfactory employment record.

Internal applicants must include a current resume with application upon change of department, site, program and or classification.

As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people at all levels within our workforce. We encourage successful Indigenous individuals to self-declare by completing a voluntary self-declaration as part of the application process.

Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. Accessibility accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.