Help shape the future of medicine care in Alberta! Medicine Care Alberta, part of Acute Care Alberta, is seeking an individual for the role of Senior Analyst (SA) to provide technical expertise in providing consistent, timely, and accurate data to inform trauma care across the province. You’re a strategic, systems thinking, analytical problem-solver who can spot and understand the patterns in the data. In this role, you’ll support leadership decision-making, help ensure efficient and effective use of resources, and identify emerging trends and opportunities for improvement in service delivery and patient outcomes. You’ll take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions as you provide analytics and help translate the raw data into actionable insights. As this position is provincial in scope, this position’s location is negotiable and eligible for a remote/hybrid work arrangement within Alberta. Acute Care Alberta (ACA) is a new provincial health agency in Alberta that provides active, short-term care services for patients who have a severe injury, illness, urgent medical condition, or are recovering from surgery. Delivering health care and overseeing health operations at hospitals and urgent care centres, Acute Care Alberta ensures that every Albertan receives the care they need as soon as they need it. Read on for full details and apply below.
The Senior Analyst : Is a data expert, a critical thinker and creative critical thinking problem-solver and is a motivated, self-learner, solution finder and a team player. Has a lead role, with the MCA team, in performance monitoring and reporting including leading provincial analysis and site-based analysis; leading responses to data requests for quality improvement and strategic planning. The SA liaises with stakeholders to determine data needs, and communicate limitations; establishing, reporting and interpreting metrics; and identifying areas for improvement. Has a relevant understanding of the MCA provincial program and the delivery of inpatient services to inform and recommend data-related activities to meet the goal of improved access and quality of care for medicine patients. Is grounded in promoting and improving patient safety, person-centred care, and health service quality. Will solve or help others to solve complex problems; take a broad lens to identify, initiate and lead innovative solutions; ensure self-accountability to consult with other data experts to solve complex problems and ensures transparency by escalating to MCA Leadership as required. Leads with a creative and innovative approach to modify current or develop new practices/processes to improve efficiencies in data management and quality. Builds relationships to achieve results. Uses advanced communication, facilitation and negotiation skills and synthesizes, analyzes and presents data to various audiences, tailoring the communication to the audience, uses business and process system-level knowledge to apply data and analytical tools in a meaningful way. Is future focused and engages in innovation opportunities (predictive analytics) by leading, and leveraging teams such as Information Technology, Data and Analytics, Connect Care, etc.
- Classification: Senior Analyst
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Medicine Care Alberta
- Primary Location: Southport Tower
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 07-JUL-2026
- Date Available: 10-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: $38.73
- Maximum Salary: $66.42
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Has a Master’s degree in a data and analytics related field (e.g., health economics, mathematics, statistics, health sciences, epidemiology, etc.) and five (5) years of applicable experience Or a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field and eight (8) years of applicable experience. A combination of qualifications and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Advanced data analysis, interpretation, and reporting, including data abstraction, validation, and quality assurance. Strong basic statistical skills and ability to develop, track, and interpret KPIs. Knowledge of the provincial trauma system and ability to apply system‑level understanding to data insights. Skilled at identifying data limitations and proposing solutions. High proficiency with Microsoft Office. Strong critical thinking, creative problem solving, and sound judgment in ambiguous situations. Demonstrated leadership and decision‑making ability. Experience supervising and coaching staff, supporting development, and managing team deliverables. Strong planning, prioritization, and workload‑management skills. Ability to lead change initiatives and conduct environmental scans for best practices. Skilled in improving processes to enhance efficiency and data quality. Excellent written and interpersonal communication, with ability to tailor data presentations to diverse audiences. Strong relationship‑building skills with internal, external, and clinical partners.
Preferred Qualifications:
Extensive knowledge and understanding of the inpatient environment in Alberta. Certified Abbreviated Injury Scale Specialist (CAISS), Alberta Improvement Way (AIW), PROSCI ADKAR®, or equivalent Lean and Six Sigma certification considered assets.
