Job Description

Your Opportunity:Alberta Health Services (AHS) has an opportunity for an individual with experience in management and a passion for helping others. This is a key position for someone who can provide leadership to improve the health and well being of patients and residents receiving care in the Bow Island Health Centre and Alfred Egan Home and to ensure that staff have the opportunity to thrive and enjoy coming to work. Bow Island Health Centre is a busy rural hospital with an Emergency Department, a 10 bed acute care unit, a 19 bed long term care and also includes Alfred Egan Home that provides that is a 30 bed unit providing specialized care to individuals with development disabilities under Persons for Development Disabilities. Bow Island has a population of just over 2000 people and is located a short 40 minute drive from Medicine Hat. It offers small town living located close to amenities and services of the larger city of Medicine Hat. Enjoy essential amenities and a small-town lifestyle with local services including public and Catholic schools, and sports and recreation facilities to support a family-friendly community. If you can remain calm and adaptable with competing priorities and have a passion for rural health care this may be the fulfilling career you\'ve been looking for. You can have a significant impact on the lives of rural Albertans with your compassion and skills in leadership and communication. Want to escape the rat-race in exchange for a more peaceful, quieter, calm lifestyle? Come join our highly-skilled friendly team!Description:As the Site Manager, you will be responsible for providing leadership to healthcare professionals dedicated to providing leading care to Albertans at the Bow Island Health Centre and Alfred Egan Home. Your leadership and direction will help to support the vision, mission and business plan of AHS. As the Site Manager, you will be making key decisions and establishing and contributing to the achievements and goals of the site. You will promote effective communication between staff, across programs and services, and within the South Zone. Using effective change management practices, the manager will manage initiatives to improve the overall clinical operations, and act as the primary point of management for issues that relate specifically to the site. The role requires the ability to maintain strong working relationships with key leaders and stakeholders to provide operational and interdepartmental leadership that integrates the site, as well as managing relationships with both internal and external operational partners (e.g., civic representatives, Emergency Services, post-secondary institutions/programs, Alberta Health). In conjunction with the Director, Rural East, the site manager responsible for leading the clinical operations of the Bow Island Health Centre and Alfred Egan Home, including overseeing the site operational plan and priorities. The Site Manager will ensure the effective deployment of human resources, and create a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace where staff can reach their full potential. The Site Manager also ensures the appropriate allocation of fiscal and capital resources and manages and reports on the operating budget.

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Site Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Emergency Department, Acute, Long Term Care and Alfred Egan Home
• Primary Location: Bow Island Health Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-SEP-2024
• Date Available: 30-SEP-2024
• Temporary End Date: 03-MAR-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $42.89
• Maximum Salary: $73.49
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:Completion of an accredited health professions education program. Additional Required Qualifications:Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, and resident-focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. Effective leadership abilities including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Proven ability to manage human, financial and physical resources within an operating environment. Preferred Qualifications:Bachelor\'s level education in Nursing, Health Administration, Public Health, Leadership, and/or Business. Three (3) to Five (5) years of management experience. Understanding of Continuing Care Health Service Standards for Long Term Care.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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