Job Description

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.

Classification:

Team Lead

Union:

Exempt

Unit and Program:

Awasisak Indigenous Health Program

Primary Location:

Stollery Children's Hospital

Location Details:

As Per Location

Negotiable Location:

Within Edmonton Zone

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

22-DEC-2025

Date Available:

19-JAN-2026

Temporary End Date:

03-AUG-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$37.82

Maximum Salary:

$64.86

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of an accredited post-secondary health care-related (e.g. nursing), human services or leadership program. Active registration and practice permit with CRNA or an alternate health professions college/registering body. A combination of relevant education and experience will be considered. As a bona fide occupational requirement, and under Section 11 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, only Indigenous applicants will be considered. We encourage Indigenous candidates to self-identify. Combination of experience and education in Indigenous cultural awareness and sensitivity. Experience working with Indigenous people and communities is essential. Proven leadership skills with the ability to be solution focused with experience in process improvement and quality initiatives. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Leadership skills, including demonstrated ability and comfort with decision making responsibilities, coaching, and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Ability to plan, organize and manage short- and long-term plans and projects and deliver customer-focused results. Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Ability to manage human, financial and physical resources within an operating environment. Proven ability to foster partnerships and to achieve organizational goals within an organization and ideally managing within a unionized sector. Effective communicator with strong organizational skills, influential skills, client-focused orientation, and commitment to providing quality services. Ability to foster a climate of cooperation amongst and build solid relationships with public agencies, government, committees, and other internal and external partners. Inter-site travel may be required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in Nursing. Previous research and quality work and publication.