Provincial Manager of Air Ambulance

**Requisition ID**: 391362

**Position Number**: 20060982

**Posting End Date**: November 17, 2025

**City**: Winnipeg

**Employer**: Shared Health

**Site**:Shared Health - Health Sciences Centre

**Department / Unit**: SH Child Health Transport & Med Air Srv

**Job Stream**: Non-Clinical

**Union**: Non Union

**Anticipated Start Date**: 01/12/2026

**FTE**: 1.00

**Anticipated Shift**: Days;Standby coverage as required

**Work Arrangement**: In Person

**Daily Hours Worked**: 7.75

**Annual Base Hours**: 2015

Shared Health leads the planning and coordinates the integration of patient
- centered clinical and preventive health services across Manitoba. The organization also delivers some province-wide health services and supports centralized administrative and business functions for Manitoba health organizations.
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Position Overview**:

- Shared Health Emergency Response Services (ERS) provides emergency medical services, patient transport as well as Emergency and Continuity Management across Service Delivery Organizations (SDOs) in Manitoba.
- Under the general supervision of the Executive Director, Speciality Services & Coordination and in consultation and collaboration with site and community management teams, Emergency Response Service (ERS) providers, as well as ground and air Patient Transportation Agencies, the Provincial Manager of Air Ambulance & Child Health Transport Team (CHTT) is responsible for:

- Providing expertise and leadership for patient care by the Child Health Transport Team (CHTT) and Provincial Air Ambulance, including day to day management, supervision of Advanced Practice Respiratory Therapists and Transport Nurse Clinicians.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance patient flow and continuity of care in an interdisciplinary transport environment.
- Assisting staff in developing their clinical skills.
- Managing Transport Nurse Clinicians & Advanced Practice Respiratory Therapy clinical practice, statistical reporting and database management, education and research, human, material and financial resources.
- Plan, coordinate and evaluate systems to provide safe, effective and efficient patient care in collaboration with service delivery organizations (SDOs), federal healthcare facilities, and air ambulance providers and contracted air / ground EMS services across the province and service response area.
- Liaise with provincial and federal health facilities, service delivery organizations, community program partners and indigenous communities.
- Develop and manage an adaptive and collaborative team of clinical professionals with a culture of client service.
- Integrate and manage support services for patient transport including patient care, administration, program planning, implementation of quality improvement, risk management and utilization management systems.
- Work with Shared Health senior leadership to develop, manage, evaluate, and ensure compliance with provincial clinical services standards, federal and provincial legislation, professional standards of practice, applicable code(s) of ethics, education, and research within the program.
- Develop, recommend, implement and evaluate key performance indicators related to service delivery.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure safe, effective and appropriate client care through a clinical quality and patient care lens that will shape an environment for clinical and service excellence.
- Providing oversight of the Out of Province Air transport program.
- Oversight of obstetrical support within Specialty Services and Coordination portfolio.

**Experience**:

- 5 years of progressive management experience leading a broad spectrum of health services including:

- 3 years of direct clinical services delivery across one or more assigned clinical areas of health care such as:

- Emergency Response Services.
- Medical aviation/air ambulance.
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit/Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Experience with acute inpatient, specialty care, complex ambulatory settings
- Working knowledge of legislative acts and regulations governing Medical Air Transportation.- 2 years of management experience leading a clinical team within a unionized environment ;or
- 2 years of experience implementing program planning, development and evaluation.

**Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)**:

- Post-secondary degree/diploma in a relevant health discipline from an accredited education institution.
- Administration/Leadership and/or other specialized training would be considered an asset.
- Canadian Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Transport Association (CAMATA) Certification, is an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

**Certification/Licensure/Registration**:

- Active member in good standing of an associated regulatory body as appropriate.
- Must have a valid Manitoba driver’s license and use of a personal motor vehicle for regular travel within the province.
- Certification in A