Senior Consultant

at  Alberta Health Services

Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager, Quality Safety and Practice Integration, the Improvement Lead will provide support to Cancer Care AB (CCA) service areas to advance clinical program improvement and achieve objectives outlined in the Cancer Care strategic road map. Through their expertise and experience in process improvement, they will assist various stakeholders to understand, utilize, and implement process improvement strategies and methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, Constraint Management) to enhance existing and/or new health system design solutions and opportunities. The incumbent will design and facilitate two (2) large system-level initiatives (multi-facility, multi-site, complex connections [e.g. initiatives across three (3) to five (5) hospitals]) annually and promote and gain acceptance of the initiatives by CCA Executive leaders. They will effectively scope process improvement initiatives, design training content and train large groups at different sites as well as coach/mentor staff on implementation and change management related to these projects. To be effective in this role, the Implementation lead will need to develop working relationships with Executive leaders, physician leads, frontline staff, and others at multiple sites. They will support the improvement program, by conducting workshops, collaboratives, and help advance process improvement expertise within CCA. They will be able to take on increasingly more complex projects and develop process improvement champions who are capable of leading value stream level improvements on their own. The Implementation lead will also be accountable, with operational leaders, to develop effectiveness metrics, and be able to guide large system-wide teams towards success.
Description:

Reporting to the Manager, Quality Safety and Practice Integration, the Improvement Lead will provide support to Cancer Care AB (CCA) service areas to advance clinical program improvement and achieve objectives outlined in the Cancer Care strategic road map. Through their expertise and experience in process improvement, they will assist various stakeholders to understand, utilize, and implement process improvement strategies and methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, Constraint Management) to enhance existing and/or new health system design solutions and opportunities. The incumbent will design and facilitate two (2) large system-level initiatives (multi-facility, multi-site, complex connections [e.g. initiatives across three (3) to five (5) hospitals]) annually and promote and gain acceptance of the initiatives by CCA Executive leaders. They will effectively scope process improvement initiatives, design training content and train large groups at different sites as well as coach/mentor staff on implementation and change management related to these projects. To be effective in this role, the Implementation lead will need to develop working relationships with Executive leaders, physician leads, frontline staff, and others at multiple sites. They will support the improvement program, by conducting workshops, collaboratives, and help advance process improvement expertise within CCA. They will be able to take on increasingly more complex projects and develop process improvement champions who are capable of leading value stream level improvements on their own. The Implementation lead will also be accountable, with operational leaders, to develop effectiveness metrics, and be able to guide large system-wide teams towards success. Please enter information in this field.

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Cancer Care Alberta
• Primary Location: Sunlife Place
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time

• Recovery Alberta: N
• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Cancer Care Alberta
• Primary Location: Sunlife Place
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Tim