Patient Care Manager

Join our Cardiac Sciences Leadership team, which supports world class cardiac care in the Edmonton Zone and beyond! As the Patient Care Manager (PCM) you will be accountable for the following areas of care: Inpatient Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, Ambulatory Clinics, Cardiac Diagnostics & the Cardiac Transition team at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and Virtual Home Hospital for Cardiac Sciences in the zone.

The Patient Care Manager role is a key leadership position supporting the Cardiac Sciences program. As the Patient Care Manager, you will utilize a number of your leadership skills to ensure high quality, accessible, sustainable, patient and family focused care for the above listed program areas. Working as part of a dyad relationship with defined medical leaders the key responsibilities for this role include: • Strategic planning including the development and implementation of plans that align with AHS’ overarching strategic plans, goals, values and vision • Program development and optimization within a fiscally constrained environment • Fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement and safety for staff and patients • Effective management of fiscal, human, capital and equipment resources • Mentorship and guidance to support advancement of our workforce • Overall leadership within the Cardiac Sciences portfolio If you are passionate about improving health care and want to make a difference, this position might be right for you. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leadership success and will have strong communication, change management, team building and mentoring skills.

Minimum 3 years of recent operational leadership experience in an acute care setting required. Progressive leadership experience in a healthcare environment in an organization of significant size, complexity, and diversity. Experience working within a multidisciplinary team. Registration with a health profession. Undergraduate degree in a clinical health care field.

With proven leadership experience, you have a reputation as a caring, strategic results-oriented leader and decision maker with a passion to make a difference. You can lead others towards a common vision and deliver on promised actions and outcomes. You have demonstrated success in developing and leading strong, high performing teams, creating a culture of engagement, collaboration, inclusion with a continual focus on patients and family centered care. A relationship builder, you have proven success developing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders including foundations, university/colleges, public agencies and others. You have demonstrated your commitment to continuous quality improvement and learning, and excel at human and fiscal resource management. Your successful record of achievement as a leader includes your demonstrated collaborative leadership skills as per the LEADS in a caring environment framework.

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