Senior Consultant
Your Opportunity:
This leadership position holds a high degree of independence to coordinate, facilitate, develop, implement and evaluate Chinook Regional Hospital surgical quality improvement and initiatives. This will require leadership application of quality improvement, change improvement and business methodologies. This position will coordinate initiatives with multiple stakeholders and across sites both within CRH and between South Zone, where required. The CRH Senior Surgical Consultant assesses requirements, identifies solutions to complex issues and requests, follows evidence- informed methodologies, and ensures Alberta Health Services (AHS) values, goals and principles are implemented and integrated in the delivery of Surgical Services across the Zone.
Description:
This role provides project management, change management, quality improvement, and leadership expertise for an interdisciplinary team of professionals and leaders (i.e., internal or external technical and content experts and/or consultants) assigned to support ongoing improvements in surgical care and outcomes. The Senior Surgical Consultant is also responsible for: Providing direction, facilitation, and coordinated support and management of the Surgery Program Improvement & Innovation (PIN) initiatives the Zone. Managing organizational infrastructure required to achieve specific project deliverables, including establishing and overseeing implementation of strategic and business plans, budgets, quality improvement initiatives, planning and progress reporting.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Senior Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Senior Surgical Consultant, South Zone
- Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Negotiable Location: Within South Zone
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 05-MAY-2025
- Date Available: 20-MAY-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $36.72
- Maximum Salary: $62.97
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
An undergraduate degree in social sciences, health profession, management and/or business is required. A master’s degree in health, Business, Leadership, Policy or Social Sciences. Equivalencies will be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
A minimum of five years’ experience in leadership/management in a complex health care setting or an organization of significant size. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development. Specialized expertise in planning methodologies, including quality improvement, project management and change management. Coordination experience in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. Experience managing physical and human resources and achieving results. Significant experience in problem solving, risk mitigation, concerns resolution, conflict resolution and negotiation. Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with leading a team, making decisions, coaching and teaching, and inspiring and building confidence in others in achieving results. Demonstrated ability to engage and foster relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve results. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influencing skills, interpersonal skills, client focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Experience in facilitating research, reviews and analysis, evaluations, and formal report development. Demonstrated ability to facilitate significant change. Extensive knowledge of surgical services, groups and professions and the processes that support changing clinical practice/processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
Certification/education in: Health systems leadership. Quality improvement. Change management. Project management.
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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