Band 4 - Victoria, Canada - BC Public Service
Description
Posting Title- BAND - Director, Payment Schedule and Systems- Position Classification- Band 4- Union- N/A- Work Options- Hybrid- Location- Victoria, BC V9B 6X2 CA (Primary)- Salary Range- $102, $136,700.
11 annually- Close Date- 4/15/2024- Job Type- Regular Full Time- Temporary End Date- Ministry/Organization- BC Public Service -> Health- Ministry Branch / Division- Compensation Policy and Programs- Job SummaryBring your strong leadership skills to this dynamic team environment
The Health Sector Workforce & Beneficiary Services (HSWBS) Division is responsible for provincial health care workforce strategies that enable and support the Ministry of Health's (MOH) overall strategic direction for the health system.
The HSWD portfolio includes education, training, and professional development; recruitment and retention; forecasting and modelling; workforce optimization; professional regulation and oversight; negotiations and agreements; beneficiary and diagnostic services, compensation policy and programs; and workforce analytics.
The Compensation Policy and Programs Branch (CPPB) in HSWBS is responsible for the stewardship of approximately $45 billion in annual expenditure by MOH on compensation for physicians and other health care workers.
CPPB works closely with key stakeholders such as Doctors of BC, the Medical Services Commission, health authorities, the Health Employers' Association of BC, professional associations, alternative service delivery (ASD) providers, and other organizations to ensure that these programs provide real and measurable value for both patients and taxpayers.
The Payment Schedules and Systems team works with Doctors of BC and other stakeholders to develop, implement, and administer more than 4,000 fees and $3 billion of fee-for-service (FFS) payments to physicians and other health professionals each year; as well as develop, implement and administer the new Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director provides overall leadership and oversight of payment Schedules and other FFS payments to physicians, as well as encounter reporting systems for other healthcare workers across the province.
It sets the strategic direction for the portfolio, and oversees the development, negotiation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of related policies, programs, and systems in support of a patient-centred health care system that is accountable, sustainable, and cost-effective.
The Director exercises significant spending authority, approving physician payments totaling approximately $160-$200 million twice per month.The Director is the CPPB's lead on the ministry's vested relationship with Health Insurance BC.
The position provides stewardship and oversight for the ministry's health benefits operations for physician payments, working closely with HIBC to ensure that the practitioner payments are accurate and timely, business processes and technologies meet current and future needs, and for meeting Treasury Board targets.
Job Requirements:
- Degree in public or business administration, finance, health service/administration, economics, or accounting and
related experience
- An equivalent combination of education and
related experience may be considered.
Five (5) years or more in each of the following:
- Senior level experience leading policy development, research, and implementation and/or evaluation of complex programs.
- Experience managing issues, including reviewing, and identifying complex (multifaceted) issues, analysis, identifying options and developing resolution strategies.
- Experience working cooperatively, effectively, and productively with internal and external stakeholders, including leading consultations with executive, managers, staff, and external stakeholders in a collaborative forum.
- Experience drafting and reviewing briefing materials for ministry executive and/or Cabinet committees, making presentations and representing the branch/ministry position in committees and meetings that may include ministry, government ministries, other government agencies and/or external stakeholders.
Related experience includes two (2) years in each of the following:
- Experience leading organizational change associated with implementation.
- Experience leading projects, operations, and teams in a complex matrix environment.
- Experience in negotiation and/or contract management.
- Health sector compensation experience.
About this Position:
This position is excluded from union membership.
Flexible work options are available; this position may be able to work from home a few days a week as per the Telework Agreement.
Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.An eligibility list may be established.
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