Job Summary: Acute Care Alberta (ACA) invites applications for the role of Medical Lead, Capacity and Flow. ACA supports operational leadership and clinicians in making care safer within the acute care sector through shared learnings across ACA. Working in close partnership with operational leaders, the Medical Leader drives initiatives that support timely access to beds, efficient use of acute care resources, and safe, patient-centered flow across the province. Responsibilities/Accountabilities: - The Medical Lead – Capacity and Flow Physician is responsible for effective and consistent communication. The Medical Lead will maintain an ACA email address reviewed regularly to ensure a predictable communication channel. - Provides senior medical leadership in support of the ACA ACMO. - Contributes expert guidance and advice on provincial strategic planning and policy matters related to capacity, access and patient flow. - Provides senior leadership to special projects and programmatic developments at the request of the ACA ACMO. - Acts as ACA ACMO designate in their absence. - Assumes executive senior physician on call rotation for the system, as applicable. - Performs all other duties assigned by ACA ACMO. Responsible for: Clinical Leadership: Provides medical leadership to the Operational Oversight & Coordination portfolio across Acute Care Alberta. This includes: - Leading physician engagement in improving flow across ED, inpatient units, critical care, and specialty services. - Leading physician communication activities related to capacity and flow ensuring information is credible, data-driven and supports safe patient-centered care. - Providing clinical leadership for provincial-level capacity strategies including bed management, alternate level of care (ALC) reduction, surge planning and repatriation policies and procedures. - Supporting operational leaders in implementing admission standards, repatriation processes, discharge criteria, and flow escalation plans. - Championing initiatives aimed at reducing ED wait times, inpatient length of stay, and avoidable days. - Participate in bed huddles, surge meetings, and demand/capacity discussions with provincial and corridor flow teams. - Act as a clinical resource for site flow teams dealing with extraordinary capacity and flow challenges. - Provide clinical decision-making support during escalation levels, capacity pressures, and patient safety risks related to flow. - Collaborate with site physician leads, hospitalists, ED physicians, and specialty services to resolve flow barriers. - Supporting development of Provincial Demand Capacity Functionality to best manage real time patient flow and capacity management (Provincial Integrated Operations Center or equivalent). Quality Management: Ensure standards of care and defined health outcomes related to capacity, access and patient flow are being achieved within their area of responsibility. This inc
Qualifications Candidates must be certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (FRCPC) and hold or be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta and appointment to the AHS Medical Staff. Reporting Relationship: - This position will report to the Acute Care Alberta Associate Chief Medical Officer (ACA ACMO). FTE: 0.5 Remuneration: Remuneration is in accordance with CMO Policy 01-01. If you have any questions, please forward to: Dr. Warren Ma Associate Chief Medical Officer, Acute Care Alberta Email: Warren.Ma@acutecarealberta.ca
Remuneration is in accordance with CMO Policy 01-01.
