This exciting role provides a unique senior leadership opportunity to lead high quality, dynamic and innovative patient and family centric care within the Calgary Zone. Reporting to the Senior Operating Officer of the Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) the Executive Director (ED) of Inpatient Medicine and Ambulatory Care is responsible for leading an operational team in the planning, delivery and evaluation of medicine inpatient and outpatient services at the FMC.
Description:
The Executive Director’s major accountabilities include: leading collaboratively with physician dyads to provide operational leadership and oversight to all related programs and services; providing direct support and expert counsel to the FMC SOO, Facility Medical Director and the FMC Senior Management Team; managing human and fiscal resources efficiently; engaging multiple stakeholders including patients, families, staff, physicians, volunteers and the community; collaborating on program-related strategic planning, quality improvement initiatives, and service delivery implementation and evaluation; promoting a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, research, education and safety for patients, staff and physicians; and continually improving health and safety performance through hazard assessment, risk management, incident identification, reporting and compliance with applicable regulations.
Required Qualifications:
A minimum of graduate-level education in a Health Discipline or Health Leadership/Administration, preferably holding a Health Discipline Licensure. Ten years of healthcare experience with a minimum of five years in progressive leadership positions demonstrating increasing responsibility and accountability. Practical experience in strategy, policy development, leadership, and project and program management. Knowledge and demonstrated application of business planning, modeling concepts, and program and project management theories, principles and practices. Strategic innovative thinking, effective communication, strong organizational and client‑focused orientation, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. High performance in verbal and written communication, issue management and conflict resolution. Demonstrated commitment to Patient and Family‑Centred Care.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Ability to lead change and create innovative, cost‑effective solutions for complex and diverse issues; leading as a role model in developing organizational culture; managing diverse human, financial and physical resources in a changing and multifaceted environment; forging partnerships and achieving organizational goals within a large, diverse organization and managing within a unionized sector.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
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. All employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with Alberta Health Services.
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