Reporting directly to a Manager on the Quality Management team, the Provincial Initiatives Consultant (PIC) provides leadership and support for provincial patient safety and quality initiatives within Recovery Alberta and is accountable for the performance and outcomes of these initiatives. The incumbent will have a significant scope of influence via partnering, collaborating, and facilitating transformational change across the province. The PIC will follow evidence-informed methodologies and apply their direct patient experience and knowledge of legislation, policy and clinical best practices to assess requirements and identify solutions to complex patient safety issues and requests. They will apply project management and change management skills to coordinate and implement optimization in patient safety for Recovery Alberta. In addition, the PIC will have a high degree of digital and data literacy to analyze and synthesize patient safety information for diverse audiences, including executive leadership. The PIC will also be responsible for: Providing direction, facilitation, and coordination to provincial initiatives that map across target populations, service areas and tiers of the care continuum. Conducting and partnering with operational teams to complete patient safety reviews. Networking with other provincial health authorities and Recovery Alberta operations to engage, educate and support them in the development, adaptation and implementation of patient safety work. Managing the organizational infrastructure required to achieve specific initiative deliverables and safety recommendations, including the implementation of quality improvement plans.
- Classification: Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Clinical Business Initiatives
- Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 22-JUN-2026
- Date Available: 13-JUL-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: $38.73
- Maximum Salary: $66.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
A Master’s degree in a Health, Business or Social Science field. Registration with the appropriate regulatory college in health care. A minimum of five years of experience in patient care in a complex health care setting or an organization of significant size. Experience in the field of addiction and mental health and/or Correctional Health Services. Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
The incumbent possesses a record of accomplishment in the following areas: Specialized expertise in evidence-informed methodologies, including patient safety, quality improvement, project management and change management. Extensive knowledge of clinical services, groups and professions and the processes that support changing clinical practice/processes. Coordination experience in project planning, execution, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. Experience in problem solving, risk mitigation, concerns and conflict resolution, and influencing and negotiation. Demonstrated ability to engage and foster relationships with internal and external partners. Effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability and comfort to lead presentations. Excellent writing skills, with the ability to author formal documents and reports.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with analytic software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Snowflake). Familiarity with EPIC (i.e., Connect Care). Certification/education in: Patient safety, Health systems leadership, Quality improvement, Change management, Project management, Research and analytics.
