Consultant, Healthcare

**Do you have sound knowledge and experience in health care at the provincial, Primary Care Network and/or physician office practice levels?**

**Do you want to assist in accelerating health system transformation and supporting physicians and their teams in their provision of quality health care in our province?**

If yes, the Alberta Medical Association is recruiting for the position of **Consultant **with our Accelerating Change Transformation Team (ACTT). The role is temporary until September 30, 2025, with the possibility of extension_. _

**Why work for the AMA?**

At the AMA, we know that employees are fundamental to our success as an organization. We take pride in hiring client-oriented relationship builders who embrace teamwork, personal growth and development and truly want to help us succeed.

**ACTT Overview**

The AMA Accelerating Change Transformation Team (ACTT) supports physicians and other team members, improve care within their practice environments. **We work with physician leaders, clinic teams and health system partners across the province to simplify, support, and scale provincial healthcare transformation projects and innovation.**

ACTT is a program within the AMA serving the system and physicians in their collective pursuit of better care for Albertans; funding is provided by Alberta Health as part of the Physician Support Programs under the AMA/AH agreement. Please see our web page for more information on AMA ACTT.

**Position Overview**

This position gives you the opportunity to:

- Work in both product development and/or delivery teams to advance initiatives and projects within ACTT focused on health care transformation and the advancement of the Patient Medical Home and Health Neighbourhood.
- Use and/or create capacity building tools such as governance best practices, model for improvement, transformational change management, influencer models, behavior change and teamwork science.
- Provide strategic planning and facilitation support to PCN Boards and Physician leaders.
- Use your experience and relationships with partners to acknowledge the diversity in readiness, practice behaviors, resources and skills/knowledge of each practice when supporting initiatives.
- Participate in research to inform development and implementation of products and resources
- Facilitate and build capacity of physician’s team members and physicians to reach the outcomes set by the AMA and/or ACTT team.

**Education and Experience**
- Undergraduate degree in health care, health sciences, business or related area. Master’s degree preferred; therefore, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
- At least five years of experience working with physicians and health care teams.
- Experience in change management and leading improvement initiatives.

**Skills**
- Able to demonstrate a strong understanding of the complexities of the Alberta health care system.
- Strong grasp on change management frameworks.
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills; able to adapt messages based on the key audience. Strong ability to interpret customer needs and influence their decision-making.
- Project management and project execution/implementation.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead sessions that reach consensus and/or collaborative outcomes.
- Knowledge and skills in developing products and tools for physicians and teams; quality improvement methodology; change management; process improvement; team functioning; physician office practice electronic medical records; and measurement and evaluation.
- Able to work in collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
- Flexible and adaptable, able to work within a changing environment.
- Ability to work in a team environment is essential.

**Who are we?**

**How to apply**:
The salary for this role will be between $99,182 - $128,937 per annum.

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 11 months

Pay: $99,182.00-$128,937.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edmonton, AB T5N 3Z1

Application deadline: 2024-11-30