Team Lead

Your Opportunity:

The Stollery Children’s Hospital serves people from across Northern Alberta and into the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. For Indigenous patients from small, remote communities, the experience of having a loved one in the hospital can become better with someone who can understand their experience and provide help and support in a good way. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is seeking a people-focused, resourceful, and creative Indigenous person for the role of Awasisak Team Leader. Awasisak is a team of Indigenous staff who assist patients and families when they come to the Stollery Children’s Hospital, while they are in hospital, and when preparing for the journey home. Awasisak supports Indigenous patients and families by providing culturally sensitive services and helps build bridges for Indigenous children’s services. In a refocused healthcare system, AHS plays an integral role in delivering high-quality acute care services to more than 4.5 million people living in Alberta as well as occasionally to some residents of other provinces and territories. We are a nation-leading hospital-based service provider operating 106 facilities across the province and we are dedicated to excellence in patient care. Showcase your leadership skills at AHS where we strive to foster an environment where patients, clients, and staff feel safe, healthy, valued, and supported. If you’re ready to work with and alongside Indigenous people to improve the Indigenous healthcare experience and ensure culturally appropriate care, read on for full details and apply below.

Description:

The Awasisak Team Lead is a key leadership role and reports directly to the Manager. This position is accountable for the management, planning, and organization of the Awasisak Indigenous Healthcare Program and overall performance for best practice to ensure clinical practice is evidence based and meets clinical practice standards. The Team Lead ensures alignment with Senior Leadership strategies and initiatives and complies with relevant regulations and standards. In this role, the Team Lead is responsible for program planning and setting strategic initiatives based on Indigenous ceremony and protocol. To support this, you will also be responsible for procuring and managing equipment and supplies, prudently managing fiscal, financial, and human resources. The Awasisak Team Lead is responsible for maximizing scope of practice for all roles within the portfolio to support utilization of all indigenous resources in a clinical role throughout the Stollery and extended to the rural and remote communities. As the Team Lead, you will lead, train, and supervise the Indigenous Health team in providing patient-and family-centered care that is both safe and timely. As Team Lead, you will develop and implement metrics to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the program and Services. In addition to Awasisak staff, you will facilitate Indigenous learning and cultural awareness education for Stollery employees and volunteers. You will facilitate quality improvement, education, and research activities as they relate to the Awasisak program issues and practice standards. This includes resolving complex and challenging problems, concerning human resources management and staffing levels in a unionized environment to ensure adequate service levels are maintained.