Leadership Advocate for appropriate funding in all aspects of LTC, educational support, etc Conduct research

Administrative Serve as liaison between medical staff, nursing staff, and administration* Work with the interdisciplinary team and administrator to develop tools for communication with community resources (eg, acute hospital, pharmacy) Serve as liaison with health authorities or regions, Ministry of Health, etc Act as a liaison with community clinical resources on behalf of the facility Train medical residents interested in working in residential care Undertake CME planning and provisioning Promote and participate in ongoing training of medical and nonmedical staff related to their functional requirements Serve as a member of the facility’s senior management team*

Quality improvement Attend Quality of Care Committee meetings* Work with the facility administrator and interdisciplinary team to develop risk management policies (eg, complaints process, critical incident policy)

Medical staff management Provide orientation for new physicians Monitor attending physicians’ performance Assist with physician recruitment and resource planning* Grant credentials and privileges to physicians

Services for residents of facility Act as consulting physician to staff and other physicians* Lead care conferences; summarize care issues and communicate these to attending physicians

CME—continuing medical education, LTC—long-term care.

^*These functions were added to the role description by the national advisory group, based on their experience and the criteria provided to them, in order to make the role description as comprehensive as possible.