Your Opportunity:

Help Alberta Health Services (AHS) fulfill its commitment to deliver high-quality, accessible, and sustainable health care for all Albertans in Edmonton Zone and province-wide. We are seeking an accomplished and innovative health leader for the role of Executive Director (ED), Community Health Services for the Edmonton Zone, population 1.4 million. In this role, you will work in a dyad partnership to lead and manage a varied and complex portfolio encompassing Edmonton Zone Public Health, Allied Health Community, Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, SCOPE (colorectal cancer screening), a Family Care Clinic, and an Urgent Care Centre. As the ED, you will oversee 785 employees, and be responsible for a budget of $110M. Edmonton Zone encompasses the City of Edmonton and several surrounding communities, with their outstanding urban amenities, shopping, lively local arts and music, and professional sports teams, and the largest urban parkland in North America. Among Edmonton Zone’s world-renowned healthcare facilities, the community care portfolio has been nationally recognized for its patient-focused PCN website. The robust Community Care portfolio encompasses patients across the spectrum, including prevention, health maintenance, care, and rehabilitation supported by the world-class teaching, research, and learning facilities at the University of Alberta and Glenrose hospitals. AHS is Canada’s first and largest province-wide, fully-integrated health system and a top employer nationally and provincially, as well as a top employer for young people and diversity. Come expand your senior leadership skills with a supportive employer and boundless growth opportunities. If you’re ready to make a difference throughout the Edmonton Zone and across the province, apply today!

Description:

The Executive Director (ED), Community Health Services (CHS) brings an operations perspective and works in close dyad partnerships with the Associate Zone Medical Director, Public Health & Primary Care, and Associate Zone Medical Director – Primary Care, Continuing Care, Community Care and Suburban Hospitals, to manage the CHS portfolio, including service planning, implementation, and evaluation. In this key leadership role, you will be responsible and accountable for leading the effective oversight of CHS programs, services and activities within the Edmonton Zone. You will contribute to the development of innovative approaches, policies, frameworks, and operational plans and strategies which support the service delivery model, operational goals, strategic goals, and philosophy of the Edmonton Zone and organization. As the ED, you will maintain awareness of external factors/trends, identify challenges and opportunities, and strategically position the portfolio accordingly. This will entail building and sustaining effective communication and positive working relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and community partners and agencies. You will also ensure information and receipt of feedback for the continuous improvement of high quality, patient-focused clinical care for Albertans. The ED will ensure responsible stewardship of financial, human, capital and equipment resources, in accordance with the AHS policies and guidelines. You will allocate resources (time, people, budgetary, etc.) and manage risks to meet program delivery and policy objectives, manage large contracts with external agencies, and identify and advocate for additional funding where needed. This includes providing justification for budget decisions and forecasts to staff, physicians, and Executive Leadership.