SMA Accreditation

The Senior Medical Advisor, Accreditation (0.7 FTE) works to provide specialized expertise to support CPSA's Accreditation with a focus on the Non-Hospital Surgical Facilities program. The Senior Medical Advisor is responsible for contributing specialized clinical knowledge to the planning, execution, and follow-up of assessments and inspections. This position collaborates closely with accreditation staff, inspectors, and medical directors to provide pre-inspection consultation, real-time clinical guidance during assessments, and post-inspection follow-up expertise.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide anesthesiology subject matter expertise for CPSA's Accreditation assessments and inspections, ensuring specialty availability and high-quality clinical review within required timelines.
• Participate in the planning, scheduling, and scoping of assessments, contributing specialty insight to ensure appropriate clinical focus and efficient coordination.
• Engage with assessors and facility personnel to clarify clinical practices, staff or patient safety concerns and any areas of deviation from standards observed during assessments.
• Provide in-house expertise to reduce reliance on external specialists and ensure consistent clinical interpretation of standards across assessments.
• Assess and arrange external assistance as appropriate (e.g. expert opinions from subject matter experts).
• Communication with external parties including medical facilities and medical directors engaged within an accreditation process, assessors and other external stakeholders and/or partners etc.
• Contribute to timely delivery of accreditation reports by providing concise findings and recommendations based on accreditation standards.
• Provide specialty input for communications with accredited facilities (and those seeking accreditation) regarding standard requirements, deficiencies, or corrective actions.
• May provide coverage assistance and respond to queries when other team members are absent.
• Approach all assessment activities with clinical objectivity, regulatory fairness, and a patient-safety lens.
• Support orientation and education of Accreditation team members and assessors on accreditation standards and clinical risk areas.
• Support the refinement of CPSA accreditation standards related to their scope, based on emerging evidence and field experience.
• Provide medical expertise and support to other accreditation programs including expert opinion reviews and accreditation committee work as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Qualifications

• Royal College certification (FRCPC) in Anesthesiology or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFCP) with additional training in anesthesiology.
• 10 years of anesthesia and/or perioperative care experience in a relevant clinical setting.
• Broad medical knowledge and experience in a variety of health care settings.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in surgical facility environments or anesthesia leadership roles.
• Experience with accreditation, quality improvement, clinical governance and administrative experience preferred.
• Holds sound knowledge of CPSA policies and practices.
• Superior communication skills, including active listening, writing of correspondence and reports, and presentation skills.
• Ability to analyze various information to make decisions and recommendations on complex issues.
• Computer literacy required, including familiarity with Office365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

SALARY

The annual salary for this position is $182,276 and includes a comprehensive benefit package including pension plan.

Along with your resume, please submit a cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for this position by telling us how your relevant work experience has prepared you to undertake this role. A submission without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check satisfactory to CPSA.

We thank all candidates for their interest in CPSA. Only those selected to move forward in our selection process will be contacted.

By applying to this position, you are confirming you possess either a Canadian Citizenship, permanent resident, status, or valid work permit.

CPSA embraces diversity and equal opportunity. The more inclusive we are, the better we can do our work. All candidates are considered for employment regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CPSA s work of regulating physicians and physician assistants takes place throughout Alberta. Our office is in Treaty 6 Territory, traditional lands of many First Nations including the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene and Nakota Sioux. We are located within the M tis Homeland and acknowledge the Inuit who call this place home.