Manager - Chronic Disease and Serious Illness
Top Benefits
About the role
About Us FNHA Overview The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.
FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here .
Title: Manager, Chronic Disease and Serious Illness
Salary: $112,090 – $131,870 – $151,650 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday (core hours 9am – 3pm)
Location: Park Royal, West Vancouver – Hybrid (50% in office) & Remote work available
About The Role As Manager, Chronic Disease and Serious Illness, you will – provide leadership to a team of clinicians with specialty knowledge and expertise in chronic disease, serious illness, palliative and end of life care. Additionally, to support care in these areas of speciality practice, you will lead provincial consultation, practice support and education for the home and community care programs, palliative and end of life care in First Nations communities.
You are also responsible for leading the collaborative strategy development and support to FNHA Regional teams and First Nations Communities for clinical services for clients with chronic disease, serious illness and who are receiving home and community care services and/or palliative or end of life care. You will work in partnership with regional and provincial partners, you will lead with a focus on culturally safe and innovative inter-professional team-based quality care and you will support the ongoing design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of services that enable innovative, evidenced based, best practice care.
About You To be successful in this role you will have/be –
- A master’s degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Relevant professional development in areas of specialty clinical practice, leadership, process improvement, change management.
- Recent, relevant experience, of at least 8 years, at a senior level working within a complex healthcare setting with a focus on Chronic Disease, Serious Illness, Home and Community Care, Palliative and End of Life Care.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability in leadership, strategic and systems level planning, clinical health care practice, program planning, development, implementation and evaluation.
Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details. You may have experience in; Chronic Disease Management and Serious Illness.
Working at FNHA Benefits As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits from day one, including:
- Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
- 4 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 5 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
- And more!
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis. Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting.
The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours.
Incumbents are typically hired, transferred, or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements.
The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.
How To Apply If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date: July 28, 2025 (at 23:59)
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements
If you have any inquiries or issues, please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
Follow us at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram
About First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is the first and only provincial First Nations Health Authority in Canada. Dedicated to transforming health services for First Nations and Aboriginal people in BC, the FNHA is improving the health of communities by advancing the quality of health care delivered to BC First Nations and Aboriginal people.
Manager - Chronic Disease and Serious Illness
Top Benefits
About the role
About Us FNHA Overview The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.
The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.
FNHA is proud to have been named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Learn more about why we were selected here .
Title: Manager, Chronic Disease and Serious Illness
Salary: $112,090 – $131,870 – $151,650 per year (pay range explained below)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours, Monday – Friday (core hours 9am – 3pm)
Location: Park Royal, West Vancouver – Hybrid (50% in office) & Remote work available
About The Role As Manager, Chronic Disease and Serious Illness, you will – provide leadership to a team of clinicians with specialty knowledge and expertise in chronic disease, serious illness, palliative and end of life care. Additionally, to support care in these areas of speciality practice, you will lead provincial consultation, practice support and education for the home and community care programs, palliative and end of life care in First Nations communities.
You are also responsible for leading the collaborative strategy development and support to FNHA Regional teams and First Nations Communities for clinical services for clients with chronic disease, serious illness and who are receiving home and community care services and/or palliative or end of life care. You will work in partnership with regional and provincial partners, you will lead with a focus on culturally safe and innovative inter-professional team-based quality care and you will support the ongoing design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of services that enable innovative, evidenced based, best practice care.
About You To be successful in this role you will have/be –
- A master’s degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Relevant professional development in areas of specialty clinical practice, leadership, process improvement, change management.
- Recent, relevant experience, of at least 8 years, at a senior level working within a complex healthcare setting with a focus on Chronic Disease, Serious Illness, Home and Community Care, Palliative and End of Life Care.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability in leadership, strategic and systems level planning, clinical health care practice, program planning, development, implementation and evaluation.
Please refer to Job Specification section of the Job Description for more details. You may have experience in; Chronic Disease Management and Serious Illness.
Working at FNHA Benefits As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits from day one, including:
- Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
- 4 weeks’ vacation, which increases with service to 5 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People’s Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
- And more!
The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis. Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training. We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting.
The Pay Range is the minimum and maximum annual salary based on full time equivalent hours.
Incumbents are typically hired, transferred, or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the range based on their knowledge, skills, abilities and experience in relation to the role requirements.
The top 10% of the pay range is for the incumbents who are industry experts in the job with the combination of exceptional experience and competencies needed to perform all duties and responsibilities at a superior capability level. Internal employee compensation will be determined as per the FNHA Employee Total Compensation Policy.
How To Apply If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button.
Closing date: July 28, 2025 (at 23:59)
For more information about us, please visit: www.fnha.ca/about/work-with-us
For information about Cultural Safety and Humility (fnha.ca) and for information about Land Acknowledgements
If you have any inquiries or issues, please contact FNHA Recruitment at careers@fnha.ca
Follow us at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram
About First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is the first and only provincial First Nations Health Authority in Canada. Dedicated to transforming health services for First Nations and Aboriginal people in BC, the FNHA is improving the health of communities by advancing the quality of health care delivered to BC First Nations and Aboriginal people.