Interim Provincial Medical Director, Deceased Donation
BC Transplant
0.2 FTE (May 1, 2026 – July 31, 2026)
Vancouver, BC
BC Transplant is an integrated provincial program that is responsible for all aspects of organ donation and transplantation as well as the provincial organ donor registry.
BC Transplant is seeking an Interim Provincial Medical Director, Deceased Donation with executive-level leadership skills, and a desire to provide strategic, programmatic, and clinical leadership, with a specific focus on program quality, clinical policy, and clinical operations.
The position works collaboratively with BC Transplant’s Executive Director and the Organ Donation Manager. In partnership with health authorities and health system stakeholders, aims to optimize access to the end-of-life option of organ donation and transplants for those in need.
BC Transplant provides provincial oversight, planning, and coordination of organ donation and transplantation in British Columbia. This includes direct responsibility for clinical services required to identify and support potential organ donors in partnership with the Critical Care Unit teams of BC and allocation and organ recovery with the surgical recovery teams and transplant programs.
As the successful candidate for this position, you will have demonstrated a commitment to academic and clinical excellence in patient and family-centered care. You will have practiced as a physician within the clinical specialty area of Critical Care, including extensive experience in deceased donation, for a minimum of eight (8) years with at least three to five (3-5) years of progressive leadership experience in quality, health-care administration, epidemiology or related system-wide experience.
You will have passed or be eligible for membership with Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and the College of Physician and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC). The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to work successfully in a multidisciplinary team environment.
Applications, accompanied by a cover letter, detailed curriculum vitae, and the name, title, rank and contact information of three referees should be directed to:
To: Eric Lun, Executive Director, BC Transplant: [email protected]
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Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
PHSA is committed to employment equity, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply. We recognize that our ability to provide the best care for our diverse patient populations relies on a rich diversity of skills, knowledge, background and experience, and value a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment.
The successful candidate will also demonstrate a commitment to beginning and continuing their personal learning journey related to Indigenous-specific racism and dismantling systems of oppression, as well as addressing racism more broadly. Shows willingness to articulate and share their learning experiences to contribute to a culture of motivation and inspiration among peers.
As a strong asset for consideration, we are looking for our successful candidate to have: Foundational knowledge of the social, economic, and political realities of settler-colonialism and its impacts on Indigenous peoples and equity-deserving groups within social and health contexts. Understands the impact of social determinants of health-on-health outcomes. Shows a commitment to learning about and upholding legislative obligations and provincial commitments outlined in foundational documents such as the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan, Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study, the BC Human Rights Code, Anti-Racism Data Act, and the Distinctions Based Approach.
What we do
BC Transplant (BCT) provides oversight for all aspects of organ donation and transplantation across BC.
PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include: Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Create equity – Be courageous.
Learn more about PHSA and our programs: jobs.phsa.ca/programs-and-services
PHSA and BC Transplant are committed to anti-racism and equity in our hiring and employment practices. With learning and compassion, we are addressing existing inequities and barriers throughout our systems. PHSA is seeking to create a diverse workforce and to establish an inclusive and culturally safe environment. We invite applications and enquiries from all people, particularly those belonging to the historically, systemically, and/or persistently excluded groups identified under the B.C. Human Rights Code.
One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes ongoing commitments to Indigenous recruitment and employee experience as well as dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and/or contact the Sanya’k̓ula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at [email protected].
Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and exclusion faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and title of BC First Nations and self-determination of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. PHSA is mandated to uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents including the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study.
