Director, EHS Policy and Planning

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 70196
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: May 1, 2025
Classification: Management Senior Manager Zone 2 (M42Z2)

**Salary**: $4,402.49 to $5,590.52 bi-weekly ($114,904 - $145,912/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

This position resides in the Ministry of Health under the Acute Care Division, within the Emergency Health Services Branch.

**Role Responsibilities**:
This role has two units that it will be responsible for:
1. EHS Policy and Core Business Leadership
- Legislation and policy development
- Branch correspondence and issues management
- Business leadership, development, and analysis
- Project leadership/management

2. Strategic Planning, System Design and Transformation
- Development and implementation of system planning and design
- Best practice research and strategic development
- Jurisdictional scanning and research
- System transformation and design in alignment with Healthcare Refocus
- System efficiencies to improve patient and practitioner safety including service standards that are focused on patient care.

**Role Responsibilities continued**:
This position has the responsibility to monitor and manage the ministerial directive and mandate letter associated with current and future EMS transformation. These include:

- Monitoring compliance to ministerial directives, department mandates and the implementation of report recommendations.
- Support of the EMS operational performance framework, EMS standards, benchmarks, and reporting requirements for the EMS system. This position will also be responsible for leading the secretariat support and coordination of key department initiatives, advisory committees and working groups such as the Provincial EMS Standing Committee. This minister appointed advisory committee is intended to provide ongoing community and stakeholder engagement as well as ongoing advised to the minister concerning the EMS system.
- As per the Emergency Health Services Act and Ground Ambulance Regulation this position is designated in the legislation as the Director and provides strategic advice and leadership to the provincial AHS EMS medical director and reviews the provincial Medical Control Protocols (MCPs) prior to implementation to ensure the safety of patients, the public and paramedics in the provision of care. MCPs provide an evidence based, standardized approach to ensure that consistent patient care standards are being provided province wide.

As a department advocate for EMS, this person will be a collaborative leader working with key senior level stakeholders to enhance a framework for the delivery of the best possible EMS to Albertans.
- Leads development and implementation of system service standards and practices.
- Leads and supports staff through motivation, performance management and providing direction to ensure all are successful.
- Develops strategic options, sound advice, briefings and recommendations on future goals using strategic planning skills to achieve business plan goals.
- Leads the development and implementation of policy frameworks, strategies and activities that address client needs and align with government policy.
- Fulfills a significant leadership role in networking health system programs with EMS provincially.

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**APS Competencies**:
Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:

- **Systems Thinking**:

- Integrates issues, political environment and risks when considering possible actions
- **Creative Problem Solving** - Uses wide range