Job Description

Your Opportunity:

You’re an experienced rural healthcare provider and leader, who has excellent problem-solving, organization, and interpersonal skills. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is currently seeking someone like you who can provide direction, team leadership, and organization to the interdisciplinary teams of the Acute Care, Emergency, and Outpatient departments as the new Care Manager in the tidy northern Alberta town of Fairview. AHS is Canada’s first and largest province-wide, fully-integrated health system and is a top-ranked employer nationally and provincially, as well as a top employer for young people and diversity. Work for a supportive employer with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, AHS currently has a Remote Retention Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $3,000. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay. The Town of Fairview (population of about 3,000) is located 560kilometers northwest of Edmonton. Enjoy a relaxed lifestyle with parks, playgrounds, and K-12 public and Catholic schools, with local post-secondary courses at Grande Prairie Regional College’s local Campus. There’s a variety of arts, social, or sports activities to choose from, including a 9-hole golf course, bowling alley, and ski hill to enjoy. Walk the trails around the edge of town, launch a boat or go fishing at a nearby lake, or take in the historic site and U-pick at Dunvegan Provincial Park. Live life your way in Fairview!

Description:

As the Care Manager, you will be responsible for providing effective leadership and strategic direction to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals in the Acute Care, Emergency, and Outpatient departments in the delivery of safe and high-quality patient and family-centered care services. You will be making key decisions, providing clinical guidance and support as well as coordinating staffing, and contributing to the achievement of goals of each department, AHS vision, mission, and business plan. Moreover, you will be responsible for facilitating improvement initiatives, fostering and maintaining dynamic and engaging teamwork and collaborative relationship with key stakeholders.

• Classification: Unit Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Medical Nursing Unit
• Primary Location: Fairview Health Complex
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Negotiable Location: Within North Zone
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 12-SEP-2022
• Date Available: 22-SEP-2022
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, On Call
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $36.68
• Maximum Salary: $62.91
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications: Active registration with applicable Alberta Regulated Health Profession. Minimum of five (5) years related experience in clinical practice required and within the last three (3) in a leadership role. Previous experience in acute and/or emergency required. Equivalences of education and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications: Proven clinical and leadership skills. Superior organizational skills. Evidence of strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills. Evidence of initiative, flexibility, and creativity. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with patients, families, physicians, community agencies, professional colleagues, volunteers, and the community. Evidence of strong commitment to excellence in patient care. Ability to function effectively in a dynamic work environment.
Preferred Qualifications: Baccalaureate degree in nursing preferred; however, skills and experience relevant to nursing practice will be considered. Previous management experience preferred.