Job Description

Your Opportunity:The Senior Consultant, Capacity and Flow performs a leadership role in the Suburban Hospitals Edmonton Zone (SHEZ) portfolio, which includes 6 hospitals in the Edmonton Zone (Devon General Hospital, Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital, Leduc Community Hospital, Northeast Community Health Centre, Strathcona Community Hospital, and WestView Health Centre). This position is responsible and accountable for effectively and efficiently monitoring site capacity activity, and through working with site wide teams, guide patient access and throughput in the system. The Senior Consultant, Capacity and Flow also provides leadership and support in identifying, developing, and implementing initiatives to meet the goals of capacity management planning across the Zone.Description:The Senior Consultant, Capacity and Flow will be a decision maker within bed management protocols and staffing guidelines and to follow them through. Participation in the on-call structure is a requirement and the successful candidate may be required to adjust their schedule to accommodate occasional weekend and evening shifts. The Senior Consultant, Capacity and Flow will be required to work closely with staff and physicians from all programs and services within the SHEZ portfolio, EZ Integrated Operations Center, as well as various other AHS Zone personnel to successfully coordinate patient access to zone and SHEZ site inpatient beds, patient transfers for admission, or medical consultations. Using the guidance of bed management protocols, staffing guidelines, consultant protocols, infection control guidelines, medical necessity criteria and service/unit admission discharge criteria the Capacity and Flow Manager works with team members to organize and coordinate safe patient throughput. The Senior Consultant, Capacity and Flow is subject to operational/budget constraints that affect limits in bed availability (i.e. critical care areas unable to staff all beds available, chartering flights for out of regional patients, staffing shortages). These scenarios all limit bed unit capacity.

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Capacity and Flow
• Primary Location: Strathcona Community Hospital
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Within Edmonton Zone
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 03-SEP-2024
• Date Available: 21-OCT-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 20
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $36.72
• Maximum Salary: $62.97
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver\'s License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:Current College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) registration. Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider registration required. Five (5) years of experience in a complex acute care hospital setting. Minimum of three (3) years in a supervisory or managerial role required.
Additional Required Qualifications:As required.
Preferred Qualifications:Baccalaureate in Nursing required/Masters.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.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We\'re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it\'s about putting patients\' and families\' experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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