Senior Consultant
Your Opportunity:
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced healthcare leader to drive operational excellence and patient flow efficiency across multiple sites, including Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAAC), Sylvan Lake Health Care Centre, and Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC). As a Senior Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring high-quality patient care, optimizing site operations, and leading change initiatives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This position offers the chance to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, engage with key stakeholders, and contribute to innovative solutions that enhance service delivery and patient outcomes.
Description:
The Senior Consultant provides operational leadership for Sylvan Lake Advanced Ambulatory Care Service (SLAAC) and Sylvan Lake Health Care Centre while also supporting patient flow management at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC). Reporting to the RDRHC Site Director, this role ensures efficient, high-quality patient care by collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, overseeing site logistics, and implementing quality improvement initiatives. The consultant plays a key role in fostering relationships with physicians, staff, and community partners, ensuring smooth communication and stakeholder engagement. Responsibilities include supervising daily operations at SLAAC, supporting complex patient flow decisions at RDRHC, and managing site-based challenges such as overcapacity and emergency response. The role requires leadership in staff development, onboarding, and conflict resolution while promoting a high-performance workplace culture. Additionally, the consultant leads change management initiatives, implementing strategies to enhance operational efficiency, patient care, and overall service delivery. Risk management is a critical component, ensuring compliance with workplace health and safety standards, emergency preparedness, and quality assurance protocols. The consultant actively contributes to workplace safety initiatives, policy development, and continuous improvement efforts. This role requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills to navigate complex healthcare environments, support strategic goals, and enhance patient outcomes across SLAAC, Sylvan Lake Health Care Centre, and RDRHC.
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Senior Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Patient Placement Liaison
- Primary Location: Red Deer Regional Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Negotiable Location: Within Central Zone
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 11-MAR-2025
- Date Available: 24-MAR-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $36.72
- Maximum Salary: $62.97
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Baccalaureate Degree in Healthcare.
Additional Required Qualifications:
4-5 years of progressive Leadership experience in healthcare, including Management roles.
Preferred Qualifications:
Nursing Degree preferred; College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA). Proficiency in clinical leadership, team management, capacity planning, and patient flow coordination. Current Clinical Experience and substantiated experience on one or more of the following areas: Medicine, Surgery, Emergency or Critical Care.
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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