Recovery Alberta - Chief Medical Officer

Your influence can help shape the future of mental health in Alberta! Recovery Alberta is a new provincial entity providing comprehensive and accessible recovery-oriented mental health and addiction services to all Albertans. This organization is now seeking someone who can help lead the way as the Chief Medical Officer. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is responsible for overseeing the integration and coordination of medical staff, leadership, and programs and maintaining effective partnerships with academic institutions and other physician-led organizations. As part of our Executive Leadership Team, you will maintain a strong emphasis on the importance of quality and patient safety, engagement, leadership development, and relationships between medical staff and the health care system. Recovery Alberta is dedicated to helping Albertans overcome their mental health and addiction challenges to live full, healthy lives. The CMO is a key leadership position providing vision, executive leadership, and management to the delivery of accessible, sustainable, and integrated mental health services provincewide. It is an exciting time to be a change leader within Recovery Alberta, as the province works to re-imagine and re-organize healthcare administration and delivery. A key part of Alberta’s provincial health system, Recovery Alberta knows that mental health is health. You can make a difference by ensuring public mental health and addiction supports are there for those who need them. Read on for full details and apply below! Applications will be reviewed on May 1+th, however the posting will remain open until the position is filled. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2026. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Description:
As the CMO, you will be responsible and accountable for all medical staff related matters and decisions requiring physician and practitioner input or leadership. As part of this, you will establish and maintain a Recovery Alberta Medical Affairs office, as well as a medical leadership organization structure. This includes establishing an integrated framework to use services via shared service agreements with Alberta Health Services and other providers. In addition, you will implement and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and relevant professional standards of conduct and policies, including implementing policies and procedures to ensure compliance, including required reporting. You will be responsible for the evaluation of services provided by Recovery Alberta, implementing and maintaining appropriate measures to ensure the quality and safety of services, taking corrective action to address problems, and supporting and encouraging the ongoing enhancement of skills and training of medical staff. You will lead strategic and workforce planning to ensure an appropriate size and distribution of medical staff across the province, overseeing the application of best practices to achieve desired clinical quality outcomes and performance measures across the province. As the CMO, you will develop effective relationships and foster a climate of cooperation with key internal and external stakeholders, including government, the Canadian Medical Association, the Alberta Medical Association, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, the medical academic community, and related universities to achieve organizational goals. With a provincial accountability, this position can be located anywhere in the province.

Acute Care Alberta: N
Primary Care Alberta: N
Recovery Alberta: Y
Classification: Chief Medical Officer
Union: Exempt Executive
Unit and Program: Recovery Alberta
Primary Location: Southport