Job Summary:
Providing strategic consultation to operational leaders on clinical matters, you will coordinate communication with other Corridor Medical Leads and between sites within the corridor to ensure seamless integration of clinical services and serve as the medical voice of the corridor for items that span corridors and/or agencies. To succeed, you will need to build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, the Government of Alberta, other corridors, provincial services, and corporate services.
This 0.8-1.0 FTE position can be located anywhere within the Calgary Corridor.
The Calgary corridor is Alberta's largest metropolitan area, home to over 1.7 million people with six main hospitals offering specialized services to people across the Calgary corridor and providing specialized services to people from across southern Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. These facilities include the Alberta Children's Hospital, Arthur J.E. Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre and more. Calgary Corridor is supplemented by smaller local health care centres, primary care, and long-term care services in mountain communities such as Banff and Canmore and large towns on the plains such as Okotoks and High River.
Responsibilities / Accountabilities:
The Corridor Medical Lead, Calgary Corridor (CML) ensures alignment with provincial medical bylaws, supports clinical excellence, and maintains professional standards while enabling site-level decision making, autonomy, and accountability within AHS. Reporting to the Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, the CML leads medical leadership across sites within the corridor, provides strategic consultation to operational leaders on clinical matters and upholds and enforces provincial medical bylaws, professional standards, and disciplinary processes in support of delivery and evaluation of a safe, high quality, accessible, sustainable and integrated health system and improved patient experience.
The CML facilitates corridor-wide quality improvement initiatives and ensures consistent application of clinical standards across sites. You will support and coordinate corridor-level patient flow, including directing inter-site admissions and emergency management coordination across sites.
The CML establishes key partnerships and collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups. Collaborating with AHS and Acute Care Alberta, you will monitor site performance against key performance indicators, specifically focusing on clinical care metrics to ensure optimal service delivery and patient outcomes and support development and implementation of site-level report cards and performance reviews with a focus on clinical care. You will forge strong relationships with key partners, such the Government of Alberta, other corridors, and provincial and corporate services.
Required Qualifications
Certification by the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or an equivalent professional body is required. Progressive senior leadership experience in a healthcare environment, including a minimum of three (3) years' experience (5 years' preferred) in a senior management role in clinical services or healthcare operations. Medical leadership experience in a major urban hospital setting is also required. Successful record of achievement as a leader, including extensive experience in improvement and innovation in service delivery in large and diverse range of health functions. Must be a member of the AHS Medical Staff or eligible to become a member of the AHS Medical Staff.
Additional Required Qualifications
Proven success as an adaptive strategic leader who can be both resolute and flexible and be able to react strategically to environmental shifts. Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others.
Effective interpersonal communicator including accomplished emotional intelligence, organizational skills, client-focused orientation, and commitment to providing long term quality services. Ability to assist in the progression of medical leadership including development conversations, goal setting, and mentorship/coaching responsibilities. Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues.
Ability to manage diverse human, financial and physical resources within a complex environment. Proven success in working collaboratively, inclusively, and effectively by fostering solid relationships with key external stakeholders including public agencies, foundations, government, boards, committees, and other partners. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization.
Preferred QualificationsCanadian College of Healthcare Leaders' Certified Health Executive designation or similar an asset.
