Original job description
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Viking is a welcoming community in east-central Alberta, located approximately 115 km southeast of Edmonton along Highway 14. Known for its agricultural roots, strong sense of community, and small-town charm, Viking offers a peaceful rural lifestyle while remaining connected to nearby urban centres. Surrounded by beautiful prairie landscapes and recreational opportunities, the community provides an ideal environment to live, work, and make a meaningful impact on rural healthcare. As the Rural Site Manager for Viking Health Centre, you will provide leadership to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals dedicated to delivering high-quality care to Albertans. This rewarding leadership opportunity offers responsibility for the strategic and operational direction of the site while fostering strong relationships with staff, physicians, community partners, and key stakeholders. Viking offers a comprehensive orientation to support your success in this unique rural healthcare environment. Your leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills will be essential in supporting staff, advancing site priorities, and delivering exceptional care to residents of Viking and the surrounding communities.
Description:
Working closely with the Rural Lead, you will support interdisciplinary collaboration, facilitate change management, and promote team development while ensuring safe, effective, patient-centered care. Responsibilities include operational and strategic planning, resource management, quality and safety initiatives, staff engagement and performance management, and fostering strong relationships with physicians, community partners, and other stakeholders to support the delivery of high-quality healthcare services.
Classification: Manager Union: Exempt Unit and Program: Site, Acute Care, Emergency, L&D, Surgical & Endo Services, MDR Primary Location: Viking Health Centre Location Details: As Per Location Employee Class: Regular Full Time FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 02-OCT-2026 Date Available: 04-JAN-2027 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days, On Call Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $45.23 Maximum Salary: $77.51 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
A post-secondary degree in a health profession, health administration, leadership or other comparable degree Registration with an Alberta Regulated Health Profession, as appropriate. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional development (e.g. continuing education courses)
Additional Required Qualifications:
Demonstrated ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Ability to manage diverse human, financial and physical resources within a complex environment. Strong organizational skills, client-focused orientation, and commitment to providing quality services. Experience in collaborating with physicians and other health care professionals. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as demonstrated effective problem solving Demonstrated ability and comfort with decision-making responsibilities, coaching and teaching, and the ability to inspire and build confidence in others. Ability to foster relationships to further the effectiveness of both the site(s) managed and programs contained within Knowledge and understanding of Collective agreements and working with a unionized workforce Discretion with sensitive situations, data, and personnel Ability to work hard, have fun & contribute to a dynamic, successful healthcare team
Preferred Qualifications:
Previous leadership experience within a rural healthcare environment is strongly preferred. Experience overseeing Acute Care, Emergency, Labour & Delivery, Surgical and/or Endoscopy services, including staffing, budgeting, quality improvement, and change management initiatives, is considered an asset.
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Responsibilities
Lead the strategic and operational direction of Viking Health Centre, managing resources and supporting safe, effective, patient-centered care across its services. Develop staff and collaborate with physicians, community partners, and stakeholders on quality and safety initiatives, change management, and site priorities.
Requirements
A post-secondary degree in a health profession, health administration, leadership, or a comparable field is required, along with registration with an Alberta-regulated health profession where appropriate and evidence of ongoing professional development. Candidates should demonstrate experience collaborating with healthcare professionals, managing change and diverse resources, supporting a unionized workforce, and leading teams; rural healthcare leadership is strongly preferred.
Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Relationship Building
- Change Management
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Planning
- Resource Management
- Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety
- Staff Engagement
- Performance Management
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Decision-Making
- Coaching and Teaching
- Collective Agreement Knowledge
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Rural Healthcare
- Acute Care
- Emergency Services
- Labour and Delivery
- Surgical Services
- Endoscopy
- Medical Device Reprocessing
- Interdisciplinary Team
- Patient-Centered Care
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Planning
- Resource Management
- Change Management
- Quality Improvement
- Patient Safety
- Staff Engagement
- Performance Management
- Physician Collaboration
- Community Partnerships
- Unionized Workforce
- Collective Agreements
- Budgeting
- Coaching
- Professional Development
