BreastCheck Medical Lead
About the role
Description Job Description
CancerCare Manitoba is a provincial agency which provides clinical and academic services and leadership for cancer control and the treatment of blood disorders. Our shared vision of a world free of cancer drives every member of our team.
The Medical Lead is responsible for clinical issues related to the operation of the BreastCheck, Manitoba’s provincial breast cancer screening program. This includes activities associated with recruitment, testing, result reporting, and follow-up, as well as the radiological aspects of the program. The Medical Lead provides direct support, advice, and training to the staff and radiologists at BreastCheck.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
- Assist with program planning, design, implementation, and delivery activities. Participate in strategic planning and in the implementation of new technologies for the program.
- Assist with the development of literature reviews and knowledge products (e.g., guidelines, referral processes, education materials, standard operating procedures) and review educational resources to ensure medical accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate and build consensus with health system administrators and health care providers.
- Ensure follow-up of abnormal cases is completed appropriately by reviewing selected cases and corresponding with providers as necessary.
- Support compliance with relevant legislation, including accreditation requirements.
- Maintain liaisons with relevant stakeholders and professional organizations. Participate in or chair committees and attend meetings as required.
- Monitor the screening program by reviewing performance indicators.
- Participate in or deliver educational activities for health care providers and staff (e.g., CME presentations, training).
- Establish and coordinate quality assurance activities for radiology practice, including but not limited to, developing program guidelines, reviewing cases, reviewing and acting on key performance indicators, and supporting quality assurance and monitoring activities.
- Provide clinical expertise. Respond to medical and patient-related concerns and inquiries.
- Stay current on the evidence, literature, and practices related to the natural history of breast cancer, organized screening, testing, and follow-up of breast cancer.
- Act as a spokesperson when required.
Qualifications
- Must be licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
- Must meet the eligibility requirements of the Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Mammography Accreditation Program (CAR-MAP) and the Manitoba Quality Assurance Program (MAQAP).
- Understanding of population screening principles, breast cancer screening, and breast cancer work-up and treatment.
- Team player with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes non-clinical experts.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Maintain compliance with relevant legislation (eg, Personal Health Information Act).
Assets
- Experience training health care providers.
- Management or administrative experience.
- Experience working with colleagues across the country.
- Experience working on health care system issues.
- Up-to-date on breast cancer screening literature.
Primary Site Location: CCMB BreastCheck, 5-25 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2B1
Contact Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and current resume to:
Kelly Bunzeluk
Director of Prevention & Screening
E-mail: kbunzeluk@cancercare.mb.ca
Phone: (204) 788-8636
About Shared Health-Soins Communs
Shared Health was founded in values that celebrate the diversity of our province and pursue equity of access to health services for all Manitobans by bringing together clinical experts from across the province to deliver a patient-centred, accessible and responsive health system.
We work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible. Shared Health’s scope and services continue to evolve as part of Manitoba’s broader health system transformation.
We are committed to ongoing innovation in delivering health care services and recruiting, developing, and retaining dedicated employees. As health care providers, it is essential to understand and acknowledge that people experience and access health care in different ways. Shared Health strives to create inclusive environments that welcome and value the diversity of all Manitobans.
As a health system, we deliver services to diverse patient populations on the original lands of First Nations and Inuit peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. This acknowledgement is an important part of our continued efforts to identify, develop and implement culturally safe environments, practices and health-care services.
Respect for every individual, accountability, value and continuous improvement and learning are four pillars guiding Manitoba’s Quality and Learning Framework. A deep and ongoing commitment to this framework and its principles are key to creating a health care environment that is free of judgement, equally safe and inclusive.
To find out more visit sharedhealthmb.ca/careers/ or https://healthcareersmanitoba.ca/.
This page is intended for informational purposes only. We do not provide clinical advice. Account not monitored 24/7. Emergency: Dial 911 or go to the emergency department.
BreastCheck Medical Lead
About the role
Description Job Description
CancerCare Manitoba is a provincial agency which provides clinical and academic services and leadership for cancer control and the treatment of blood disorders. Our shared vision of a world free of cancer drives every member of our team.
The Medical Lead is responsible for clinical issues related to the operation of the BreastCheck, Manitoba’s provincial breast cancer screening program. This includes activities associated with recruitment, testing, result reporting, and follow-up, as well as the radiological aspects of the program. The Medical Lead provides direct support, advice, and training to the staff and radiologists at BreastCheck.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities
- Assist with program planning, design, implementation, and delivery activities. Participate in strategic planning and in the implementation of new technologies for the program.
- Assist with the development of literature reviews and knowledge products (e.g., guidelines, referral processes, education materials, standard operating procedures) and review educational resources to ensure medical accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate and build consensus with health system administrators and health care providers.
- Ensure follow-up of abnormal cases is completed appropriately by reviewing selected cases and corresponding with providers as necessary.
- Support compliance with relevant legislation, including accreditation requirements.
- Maintain liaisons with relevant stakeholders and professional organizations. Participate in or chair committees and attend meetings as required.
- Monitor the screening program by reviewing performance indicators.
- Participate in or deliver educational activities for health care providers and staff (e.g., CME presentations, training).
- Establish and coordinate quality assurance activities for radiology practice, including but not limited to, developing program guidelines, reviewing cases, reviewing and acting on key performance indicators, and supporting quality assurance and monitoring activities.
- Provide clinical expertise. Respond to medical and patient-related concerns and inquiries.
- Stay current on the evidence, literature, and practices related to the natural history of breast cancer, organized screening, testing, and follow-up of breast cancer.
- Act as a spokesperson when required.
Qualifications
- Must be licensed with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.
- Must meet the eligibility requirements of the Canadian Association of Radiologists’ Mammography Accreditation Program (CAR-MAP) and the Manitoba Quality Assurance Program (MAQAP).
- Understanding of population screening principles, breast cancer screening, and breast cancer work-up and treatment.
- Team player with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes non-clinical experts.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Maintain compliance with relevant legislation (eg, Personal Health Information Act).
Assets
- Experience training health care providers.
- Management or administrative experience.
- Experience working with colleagues across the country.
- Experience working on health care system issues.
- Up-to-date on breast cancer screening literature.
Primary Site Location: CCMB BreastCheck, 5-25 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2B1
Contact Interested candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and current resume to:
Kelly Bunzeluk
Director of Prevention & Screening
E-mail: kbunzeluk@cancercare.mb.ca
Phone: (204) 788-8636
About Shared Health-Soins Communs
Shared Health was founded in values that celebrate the diversity of our province and pursue equity of access to health services for all Manitobans by bringing together clinical experts from across the province to deliver a patient-centred, accessible and responsive health system.
We work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible. Shared Health’s scope and services continue to evolve as part of Manitoba’s broader health system transformation.
We are committed to ongoing innovation in delivering health care services and recruiting, developing, and retaining dedicated employees. As health care providers, it is essential to understand and acknowledge that people experience and access health care in different ways. Shared Health strives to create inclusive environments that welcome and value the diversity of all Manitobans.
As a health system, we deliver services to diverse patient populations on the original lands of First Nations and Inuit peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. This acknowledgement is an important part of our continued efforts to identify, develop and implement culturally safe environments, practices and health-care services.
Respect for every individual, accountability, value and continuous improvement and learning are four pillars guiding Manitoba’s Quality and Learning Framework. A deep and ongoing commitment to this framework and its principles are key to creating a health care environment that is free of judgement, equally safe and inclusive.
To find out more visit sharedhealthmb.ca/careers/ or https://healthcareersmanitoba.ca/.
This page is intended for informational purposes only. We do not provide clinical advice. Account not monitored 24/7. Emergency: Dial 911 or go to the emergency department.