Quality Improvement and Safety Lead-Thoracic Surgery

Deliverables for this position include:

§  Representing the Section at the Calgary Zone Surgical Quality Council within the Department of Surgery’s Office of Surgical Quality

§  Presenting Calgary Zone Reports for surgical activity within specific section

§  Liaising with Surgeon Champions for the NSQIP program at all Calgary Zone acute care sites on issues relevant to specific section

§  Serving as a Member of the Section Executive Committee

§  Providing Surgical Quality Reports at Section and Department Executive Committee meetings

§  Developing strategies – in alignment with the Office of Surgical Quality – to improve surgical outcomes

§  Liaising with the specific Section Institutes and relevant SCN to review Semi-annual Calgary Zone Reports

§  Representing the section on any zone wide quality assurance review that involves that section

§  Supporting the section with any zone wide safety initiative that is implemented.

This role is supported by the Department of Surgery and reports to the Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery.

The successful candidate must be a member of the Department of Surgery, Alberta Health Services – Calgary Zone Section of Thoracic Surgery and RCPSC certified.

Deadline for application is March 17, 2025. Please submit a curriculum vitae and names of three referees in PDF format to:

Dr. Colin Schieman

c/o Ashley Ulmer

Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery

Foothills Medical Centre

1403 29 Street NW Calgary, AB  T2N 2T9

Calgary, AB T3B 6A8

Email: ashley.ulmer@albertahealthservices.ca