Clinical Specialist Lab

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 64320
Ministry: Health
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: November 13, 2024
Classification: Medical and Health 4

**Salary**: $3,396.18 to $ $4,325.77 bi-weekly ($88,640.30 - $112,902.60/year)

The Ministry of Health is building a more resilient and sustainable health care system that can support Albertans getting care when and where they need it, while responding to system-wide health challenges, improving health outcomes, and maintaining fiscal responsibility. The ministry supports Albertans’ health and well-being throughout their lives by protecting public health and promoting wellness; coordinating and delivering safe, person-centered, quality health services; planning capital infrastructure; supporting innovative information management and technologies; regulating health care; and funding the health system.

The Department of Health establishes the Government of Alberta’s strategic direction for health, including advising government on health policy, legislation and standards, and public health concerns; monitoring and reporting health system performance; setting policies and priorities for the electronic/digital health environment; and providing oversight and ensuring accountability across the health system.

For further information, visit the ministry website at

**Role Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Director of Clinical Services, this position provides advice, expertise, applies strategic thinking and results-based methods to ensure that the Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratory (DI and Lab) business plan goals and objectives are achieved with a focus on collaboratively developing, implementing, and monitoring DI and Lab standards within, and collaboratively developing, a provincial DI and Lab performance framework.

A key focus of the team will be the effective, high quality and safe delivery of DI and Lab across the patient journey in Alberta’s health system. Additionally, the clinical specialists work closely with a team of senior policy advisors and their manager and is also accountable for the effective and timely response to address public and patient questions, interests, and concerns.

**Responsibilities**:
The clinical specialist provides expert advice on governmental Lab projects and collaborates with other team members to support the development and implementation of programs and operational policies, including management of DI and Lab governmental projects across the province, in relation to the overarching Acute Care Organization (ACO) within the Ministry of Health. Carries out short-term projects or are responsible for a component of a large DI / Lab project or initiative that may impact the branch or division. Focus on research and innovation, reporting, program analysis, legislative and policy analysis, change management, compliance, strategic engagement, stakeholder relations, and communication.

The Clinical Specialist will:

- Promote public safety by helping to develop provincial policy to support setting minimum legislated standards and evaluation mechanisms to assure performance standards are met.
- Provide knowledge and technical advice for the Executive Director (ED) and Director in response to requests from the Minister, Premier, Cabinet, MLAs, AHS, Covenant Health, professional colleges, unions, emergency department staff, physicians, and leadership, municipalities, boards, Ministerial appointed boards/committees, other Federal/Provincial departments/agencies.
- Provide recommendations to the ED and Director on funding new DI and Lab service requests and models of care.
- Stay current on existing and emerging DI and Lab issues to conduct literature reviews and jurisdictional scans and provide recommendations/observations via written reports, and audio/visual presentations.
- Incorporating best scientific evidence, consult on proposed and existing legislation, policies, and standards.
- Provide interpretation and explanation of current legislation to stakeholders.
- The diversity of the position is such that the clinical specialist must be able to answer or act on multiple questions based on several different pieces of legislation.

**Role Responsibilities Contd.**:

- Identify, evaluate, and support innovative DI and Lab strategies, programs, and initiatives.
- In consultation with key stakeholders, maintain DI and Lab reporting of key metrics including performance benchmarks as wait times.
- In consultation with the Director, meet/consult with internal and external stakeholders to assist in program development from a ministry perspective.
- Meet tight timelines in varied and changing workflow environment.
- As advised by the Director, provide representation and input to special projects in various ministries, divisions, branches, and units as required.
- Remain competent in professional practice.
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