Site Manager

Alberta Health Services; Taber; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Site Manager for their Taber Health Centre. This role is crucial for overseeing clinical operations, managing budgets, and fostering continuous improvement in patient care. Candidates must hold a baccalaureate degree in a health profession and demonstrate extensive leadership experience in a healthcare setting. This full-time position requires collaboration with diverse teams to enhance service delivery while ensuring a respectful and safe environment.

Qualifications

• Requires 5 or more years of progressive leadership experience in a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated financial experience managing budgets in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to create innovative solutions for complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical operations at Taber Health Centre.
• Manage operating budget and resource allocation.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in healthcare delivery.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Budget management

Organizational skills

Collaboration with healthcare teams

Education

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Clinical health profession

Registration with an appropriate Alberta Regulated Health Profession

Job description

Your Opportunity

South Rural West Corridor-AHS, has an exciting opportunity for a leader looking to influence and support healthcare for the residents of the town of Taber and area in beautiful southern Alberta. The Taber Health Centre is a busy rural hospital providing 24 x 7 services including Emergency, Obstetrics—with an integrated team of Midwifery, Physicians and Nurses, Medicine, Surgery, Endoscopy, Continuing Care and Palliative Care. The facility consists of 19 acute care beds and 10 continuing care beds. Located in the southwest corridor of Alberta's magnificent prairie, outdoor activities are on your doorstep in this amazing community and only 40 minutes to Lethbridge with all the amenities the ‘bridge’ city has to offer. The Site Manager is accountable for the delivery of high quality, accessible, sustainable, patient and family-focused care. The Site Manager has direct managerial accountability for frontline clinical operations of the site. In collaboration with the Rural Director, the Site Manager will assess the needs of the site, create plans to meet the budget targets and execute strategic and operational priorities for the Taber Health Centre. This includes developing and implementing site-based plans, ensuring the effective deployment of budgeted resources, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement with a focus on high quality, best practices to support the growing population of the area.

Description

Lead the clinical operations of the Taber Health Centre within the area of accountability. In collaboration with the Rural Director, inform the development of the site operational plan and operational priorities. Ensure the effective deployment of human resources, and create a safe, healthy and inclusive workplace where employees and physicians can reach their full potential. Ensure the appropriate allocation of fiscal and capital resources across the area of accountability, and manage the operating budget, including budget forecasting and expenditure monitoring in accordance with established AHS policies and practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the assigned rural site to ensure the ongoing evolution of high-quality healthcare. Using effective change management practices, manage initiatives to improve the overall clinical operations within the site. Provide site management for the Taber Health Centre. Through both managerial and cross‑functional accountabilities and authorities, act as the primary point of management for issues that relate specifically to the site (e.g. capital improvement, patient flow). Pursue quality and innovative initiatives that optimise the day‑to‑day functioning of the site through standardisation and implementation of best practices. Maintain strong working relationships with key leaders and stakeholders to provide operational and interdepartmental leadership that integrates the site as a whole. Respond to or coordinate a response to patient/family feedback that directly relates to site-based issues.

Position Details

• Classification: Site Manager
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: SZ Taber Hosp NU CmbMdSrg
• Primary Location: Taber Health Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 31-DEC-2025
• Date Available: 26-JAN-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends, On call
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $44.17
• Maximum Salary: $75.70
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Clinical health profession.
• Registration with an appropriate Alberta Regulated Health Profession.
• Progressive experience in a health care environment in an organisation of significant size, complexity, and diversity.
• BLS—Provider Certification.
• Demonstrated financial experience managing budgets in a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated ability to create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues.
• Demonstrated ability to create, foster and build professional relationships within a diverse and complex environment.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
• Proven track record of collaboration with physicians and a multidisciplinary team to achieve patient and family focused care.

Additional Required Qualifications

As required.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years Progressive leadership experience in a health care environment.
• Site management, patient flow or clinical education experience in an organisation of significant size, complexity, and diversity.
• Demonstrated commitment to supporting and pursuing professional and personal development.
• Project and/or Change Management certification is an asset.