Senior Consultant at Acute Care Alberta — NeverHard

Your Opportunity: Help shape how healthcare is delivered across Alberta. The Clinical Appropriateness team is seeking an experienced and collaborative Senior Consultant to advance initiatives that improve the quality, value, and appropriateness of care across the acute care system. This is a unique opportunity to work at a provincial level, partnering with clinicians, operational leaders, patients, researchers, and health system partners to address healthcare overuse, underuse, misuse, and unwarranted clinical variation. Reporting to the Director, Clinical Appropriateness, the successful candidate will play a key role in identifying opportunities to improve patient care and health system performance through evidence-informed practice change, quality improvement, implementation, and evaluation. You will help lead complex initiatives that translate evidence into action, support the adoption of leading practices, and contribute to a healthcare system that delivers the right care, to the right patient, at the right time. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys working with complex healthcare challenges, building strong relationships, bringing diverse perspectives together, and translating data, evidence, and stakeholder input into meaningful improvements. The successful candidate will join a dynamic provincial team committed to improving healthcare quality, optimizing resource use, and advancing sustainable, patient-centered care for Albertans. Description: Working collaboratively with physicians, clinicians, operational leaders, provincial programs, and system partners, the Senior Consultant supports the assessment and advancement of opportunities to improve healthcare quality, patient outcomes, and resource stewardship through the application of evidence, data, stakeholder engagement, quality improvement, and implementation approaches. Key responsibilities include leading and supporting complex improvement initiatives; facilitating stakeholder engagement and consensus-building processes; conducting evidence reviews, environmental scans, and analyses to support decision-making and improvement initiatives; translating evidence and data into actionable recommendations; supporting implementation and evaluation activities; and developing reports, presentations, briefing materials, and strategic recommendations for leaders and decision-makers. The Senior Practice Consultant applies expertise in quality improvement, implementation science, change management, and healthcare transformation to address issues related to healthcare utilization, appropriateness, and unwarranted variation in care. The role requires strong systems thinking, political acuity, and the ability to influence without direct authority while working across organizational and professional boundaries. The successful candidate demonstrates exceptional communication, facilitation, and relationship management skills, and is able to guide complex projects from concept through implementation while balancing multiple priorities in a dynamic healthcare environment. Classification: Senior Consultant Union: Exempt Unit and Program: Clinical Appropriateness Primary Location: Southport Tower Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta Employee Class: Regular Full Time FTE: 1.00 Posting End Date: 23-OCT-2026 Date Available: 16-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: 7.75 Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: 10 Shift Pattern: Days Days Off: Saturday/Sunday Minimum Salary: $38.73 Maximum Salary: $66.42 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a relevant clinical, health, or healthcare-related discipline. A Master's degree in a related field such as Quality Improvement, Implementation Science, Public Health, Health Administration, Healthcare Leadership, or a clinical discipline is considered equivalent to the educational requirements in combination with relevant experience. Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible healthcare experience, including leadership of quality improvement, clinical appropriateness, implementation, practice change, or health system improvement initiatives. Demonstrated experience leading complex projects involving multidisciplinary clinical and operational stakeholders. Strong knowledge of evidence-informed practice, clinical decision-making, healthcare utilization, and quality improvement methodologies. Excellent communication, facilitation, consultation, critical thinking, and relationship-building skills. Proven ability to work independently, influence without formal authority, manage competing priorities, and achieve results in complex environments. Additional Required Qualifications: Demonstrated success applying quality improvement, implementation science, knowledge translation, change management, and/or behavioural change methodologies within healthcare settings. Experience working collaboratively with clinical, operational, analytical, and system partners to identify opportunities for improvement and implement sustainable solutions. Strong project leadership and coordination skills, including development of project plans, implementation strategies, reports, presentations, and performance measures. Experience using clinical, utilization, operational, financial, and performance data to inform decision-making, evaluate outcomes, and support continuous improvement. Ability to synthesize and communicate complex information to diverse audiences, including senior leaders, clinicians, and governance groups. Proven ability to facilitate discussions, build consensus, navigate sensitive issues, and foster productive stakeholder relationships across organizational boundaries. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, adapt to changing priorities, and support evidence-informed practice change in a complex healthcare environment. Knowledge of healthcare system performance, resource stewardship, and approaches to reducing unwarranted clinical variation is required. Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in a related field. Experience with clinical appropriateness, resource stewardship, Choosing Wisely initiatives, or reducing unwarranted clinical variation. Additional training in quality improvement, project management, implementation science, or change management.