Zone Program Head - Virtual Health

Reporting to the Zone Medical Director, the Zone Program Head - Virtual Health is a key leadership position within the North Zone and Alberta Health Services. The Zone Program Head - Virtual Health is accountable for all physician-related matters, as well as all operational and strategic issues and decisions requiring physician input or leadership that arises within their department.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has adopted a Dyad Model for leadership. This refers to a leadership model in which a medical leader and an operational leader are partnered in a shared and complementary decision-making relationship. Significant decisions and recommendations are made jointly, and there is considerable overlap in the accountability of the two partners. In a competent and professional manner, the Zone Program Head - Virtual Health must possess a Zone-wide perspective and an approach to leadership by contributing to the broader AHS vision. The Zone Program Head - Virtual Health will promote an environment that fosters quality improvement, a safe, culturally-diverse environment for staff, physicians and patients and a commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression.

Key Responsibilities are:

• •         Enhanced clinician engagement and participation in planning and decision making.

  •         Increased clinician knowledge of organizational goals and priorities.

  •         Performance targets that are aligned with the North Zone Virtual Health Program.

  •         Assist with Quality assurance and quality improvement processes specific to the North Zone Virtual Health program.

  •         Medicine program logistics and clinician support.

  •         Assist with the recruitment and onboarding of physicians to the Virtual Health program.

  •         Collaboration with Medical Affairs in coverage/scheduling of the Virtual Health program.

  •         Collaboration/support of Clinical Operations/clinicians involved in the Virtual Health program.