Program Director, System Education and Support

Alberta Health Services; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 79,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Health Services seeks a strategic Program Director to guide system education, policy development and standardized learning resources across Alberta. The role oversees education requirements, interRAI assessment, and care planning, aligning with legislation and accreditation standards.

You will drive innovation, implement evidence-informed practices and lead provincial initiatives that strengthen workforce capability and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in health administration or related field.
• Seven years of progressive leadership in a complex health care environment.
• Experience leading clinical policy, education, and system-wide initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain clinical policies and practice standards.
• Lead system education, curriculum development and learning pathways.
• Translate evidence into practice and support digital health solutions across Alberta.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Policy development

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Clinical governance

Education

Master’s in health admin

Health sciences background

Clinical education background

Job description

Your Opportunity:

Assisted Living Alberta (ALA) is seeking a dynamic healthcare leader to help shape the future of continuing care across Alberta. Reporting to the Senior Provincial Director, Program Excellence, the Program Director, System Education and Program Support provides provincial leadership for clinical policy, clinical practice standards, system education, curriculum development, and innovation. The Program Director establishes the clinical policies, practice expectations, education requirements, and learning resources that support standardized care delivery across ALA and, where applicable, contracted providers. Working at the intersection of policy, practice, education, and innovation, the role leads complex provincial initiatives that strengthen workforce capability, advance quality, and improve client outcomes. The successful candidate champions innovative models of care, translates evidence into practice, and supports the implementation of provincial standards that enhance care delivery across the system. We are seeking a strategic and collaborative leader with experience in health professions education, curriculum and competency development, and the implementation of innovative, evidence-informed practices within complex healthcare environments. This is a rare opportunity to influence provincial practice, advance healthcare innovation, and create lasting impact for residents, clients, families, care providers, and communities across Alberta. This position may be hybrid and located anywhere in Alberta.

Description:

The position is accountable for the development, review and maintenance of clinical policies and evidence-informed clinical practice standards, guidance and related practice supports. The Provincial Program Director ensures these resources are aligned with legislation, professional and accreditation requirements, organizational priorities, emerging evidence and evolving models of care and are effectively translated into practice. The Clinical Practice Standards and Guidance function also includes leadership for ALA’s clinical informatics and digital health requirements. The Provincial Program Director represents ALA’s clinical and practice requirements in the design and optimization of Connect Care and other digital health solutions, working collaboratively with Connect Care, Digital Health and other system partners. The position ensures continuing care workflows, documentation, assessment, care planning and practice requirements are understood and appropriately represented and advocates for digital solutions that support safe, consistent and effective clinical practice and service delivery. The Provincial Program Director is accountable for defining provincial education requirements, competency frameworks and learning pathways required to support clinical policy, practice expectations and priority provincial programs. The position leads the development of standardized curricula, education programs and learning resources and is accountable for provincial delivery of specialized system education, including interRAI assessment and care planning.

Job Details

Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta

Classification: Program Director

Union: Exempt

Unit and Program: Program Excellence

Primary Location: Plaza 124 Building

Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta

Negotiable Location: Provincial

Employee Class: Regular Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 21-OCT-2026

Date Available: 31-OCT-2026

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 10

Shifts per cycle: 50

Shift Pattern: Days, On Call

Days Off: Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary: $57.07

Maximum Salary: $100.39

Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree in health administration, health sciences, nursing, allied health, education, business administration or a related health care discipline. Undergraduate education and professional preparation in a clinical health discipline or an equivalent combination of clinical education and relevant experience. Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive leadership experience responsible experience in a complex health care environment, including at least five (5) years leadership experience in clinical practice, policy, education, clinical informatics, program development or a related provincial or system-level function. Equivalent education and experience may be considered.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience leading the development and implementation of clinical policies, practice standards, guidance, education requirements or competency frameworks, with strong understanding of evidence-informed practice, professional standards and clinical governance. Demonstrated experience leading complex provincial or system-level initiatives requiring integration of clinical practice, education, operations, implementation and change management across multiple programs and stakeholder groups. Strong clinical and health-system knowledge, with demonstrated ability to translate evidence, policy and clinical requirements into practical standards, guidance, education and implementation approaches. Demonstrated senior leadership, communication and relationship-management capability, including experience leading professional teams, influencing across organizational boundaries and working effectively with operational leaders, clinicians, contracted providers and external partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced education or formal training in clinical practice, health professions education, curriculum development, clinical informatics, quality improvement, implementation science or health system leadership. Current or previous registration with a regulated health profession, where applicable.