Executive Director - Surgery, Women's Health, NICU, Pediatrics
Your Opportunity:
This exciting role provides a unique senior leadership opportunity to lead high quality, dynamic, innovative patient, and family centered care teams at the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) within the Calgary Zone. Reporting to the Senior Operating Officer of PLC, the Executive Director (ED) of Surgical Services, Women’s Health, Pediatrics and NICU is one of four ED leadership roles at PLC and is responsible and accountable for leading an operational team in the planning, delivery and evaluation of surgical health, inpatient, Women’s Health, and Pediatric Services. This role’s accountabilities are in support of the vision, mission and business plan of Alberta Health Services and the Calgary Zone’s strategic priorities. The ED will develop and maintain strong working relationships with physician dyad partners, key stakeholders, system partners, and leaders in order to provide operational leadership and oversight to all related programs and services.
Description:
The Executive Director’s major accountabilities include but are not limited to: Leading collaboratively with their physician dyads, to provide operational leadership and oversight to all related programs and services. In collaboration with physician dyads, this position provides direct support and expert counsel to the PLC SOO, Facility Medical Director, and the PLC Senior Management Team on all aspects of Surgical Services, Women’s Health, NICU and Pediatrics at the PLC. The ED is accountable for: Effective and efficient management and stewardship of human and fiscal resources. Engaging and consulting multiple stakeholders and system partners including patients and their families, staff, physicians, volunteers, and the community. Working in collaboration with physician colleagues on program related strategic and program planning, quality improvement initiatives, and service delivery implementation and evaluation. Providing leadership and promoting an environment of continuous improvement, supporting innovation, research and education, and a culture of safety for patients, staff, and physicians. Committing to continually improving health and safety performance through promotion of culture supporting hazard assessment, risk management, incident identification, reporting and correction, and compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and safe work practices.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Executive Director
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Administration
- Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 11-JUN-2025
- Date Available: 30-JUN-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $55.74
- Maximum Salary: $98.04
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
A minimum of Graduate level education in a Health Discipline or Health Leadership/Administration, preferably holding a Health Discipline Licensure. 10 years of health care experience with a minimum of 5 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 thinker, taking into account long-term goals assessing options and implications. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, client focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching, and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Demonstrated commitment to Patient and Family Centered Care.
Additional Required Qualifications:
As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to lead change and create innovative, cost-effective solutions for complex and diverse issues. Demonstrated ability to lead as a role model in the development of organizational culture. Ability to manage diverse human, financial and physical resources in a changing and multifaceted environment with diverse, complex, and sensitive issues. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization and managing within a unionized sector.
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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