Project Manager - Edmonton, Canada - Alberta Health Services
Description
Your Opportunity:
Come and join the Improving Health Outcomes Together (IHOT) team and become a part of helping the Alberta healthcare landscape address clinical appropriateness throughout the organization. You come with project management experience and a desire to improve patient outcomes through implementing initiatives that address appropriateness whether that be instilling best clinical practices, detecting and eliminating unwarranted variation, or implementing the shared decision-making model. You have the opportunity to bring in all the key stakeholders into a working group and lead initiatives that successfully roll-out on a provincial level as we strive to give each patient the right care, at the right time, in the right place, by the right providers.
Description:
The Project Manager is a provincial role, reporting to the Director, Improving Health Outcomes Together (IHOT) within the Quality and Healthcare Improvement (QHI) portfolio. They play an integral role in supporting IHOT in achieving the organizations' quality and safety objectives at both the strategic and provincial levels, as well as at the zone and site operational level. The Project Manager:Provides hands on project management support as needed through all phases of the project lifecycle in partnership with project teams.Provides project management support for initiatives in the scope of clinical appropriateness for projects prioritized by IHOT, Right Care Alberta, and AHS. Ensures clear communication channels regarding progress updates, key performance indicator reporting, risk escalation, etc. with key partners related to individual projects.Effectively manages a project and its actions from creation to completion including the display of the outcomes key performance indicators.Holds project team accountable to actions in a timely, concisely planned manner.
Required Qualifications:A baccalaureate degree is required.
Additional Required Qualifications:Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree preferred in a health related area and/or business or other equivalent preparation. A combination of related experience and education may be considered.