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Reporting to the Senior Program Lead of Children's Health Alberta (CHA), the Senior Consultant (SC) leads the provincial development, implementation and evaluation of processes and actions aimed at improving access, consistency, outcomes, and value of health care delivery in Alberta in the Program.The SC is a professional with a deep understanding of the provincial, integrated system within which they work and utilize their expertise and those of other partners to find solutions to issues of patient outcome and value. The incumbent works with a high degree of independence and in collaboration with the program team, Zone clinical and administrative operational leads, on priority areas of work as outlined by the program Leadership Committee via the CHA Leadership. The incumbent leads the development, identification, implementation and evaluation of complex clinical practice or system improvement priority initiatives in the program across the province. The SC leads functional teams or initiatives with a provincial scope that are complex in nature and provides coaching and mentorship to various operational groups in sustaining practice changes. The SC works closely with stakeholders internal and external to Acute Care Alberta (ACA), including primary care and others across the health continuum, and will establish, cultivate and sustain relationships with clinical, analytic, administrative, executive and academic partners, and provincial and national agencies when appropriate. The incumbent will utilize organizational approaches for improvement and innovation and coordinate with appropriate departments within the health system.
Description:

The SC provides leadership and subject matter expertise to operational teams in improving quality care and provides expert consultative services as a member of the CHA team. This involves developing clinical practice policy, protocols and standards. The work is of an advanced nature, and the SC will manage complex issues including quality improvement, change implementation and sustainment processes. The SC also provides focused leadership and project management skills to a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring activities are delivered with a view on seamless integration into operations and ongoing sustainment. The SC role has an impact on patient care by enabling care providers to maintain knowledge and skill necessary to delivering high quality, evidence-based care. The SC provides leadership to ensure CHA activities are delivered within scope, cost, time, and quality across the organization. The incumbent will identify, implement and where necessary, coordinate effective practices to support the evolving needs of the program and their areas of work.The SC will: Gather, analyze, synthesize and where necessary coordinate leading practices, quantitative and qualitative data to inform recommendations leading to the development of provincial strategic plans and new approaches to care delivery.Work with CHA team to complete program functions to support direction, implementation and evaluation of complex projects, capability assessment, mining for innovation and CHA committee requirements, as required.Lead, develop and implement innovative approaches to sustaining practice improvements while working closely with clinical operational leads and staff to address system issues with sustainable solutions that align with ACA priorities.Guide evaluation of program activities and development performance measures/targets in concert with others.

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