Executive Director, Patient Safety
- Classification: Executive Director
- Union: Exempt
- Department: Corp AHS.Patient Safety
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 01-OCT-2018
- Date Available: 12-NOV-2018
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $50.87
- Maximum Salary: $89.48
- Vehicle Requirement: N/A
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a healthcare related discipline. Diploma, certificate, or courses in quality improvement and patient safety. Professional license, certification, or registration in related field. A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in a clinical discipline such as nursing or an allied health profession. Minimum five (5) years’ management experience with progressive leadership responsibilities, preferably within a large and complex healthcare setting.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Leadership skills, including a demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities. A demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. An ability to manage resources in a complex environment. An effective communicator with strong organizational skills, customer-focused orientation, and a commitment to providing a quality services. The ability to inspire and build confidence in others, to coach and teach your teammates, and foster cooperation amongst and build solid relationships with internal and external key stakeholders, including public agencies, government, boards, committees, and other partners. Proven track record of anticipating future opportunities and challenges and proactively positioning the organization to respond accordingly.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in healthcare related field or business administration.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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Communities. Together.
We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.
Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.
We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
