Alberta is placing greater emphasis on efficiency, value for money, and accountability within the healthcare system. At the same time, the province continues to look for ways to reduce wait-times and improve access to care. Alberta is examining whether these concerns can be at least partly addressed by changing how healthcare funding is allocated. Patient Focused Funding (PFF) is one approach being applied. It is an activity-based funding (ABF) model used in several Canadian and international health systems. Under ABF, health services providers (HSPs), like Alberta Health Services (AHS) and Covenant Health (CH), are paid based on the volume, type, and complexity of the care they deliver, rather than receiving a fixed annual budget. PFF is intended to improve transparency, accountability, access, and efficiency in acute care by aligning funding more closely with the services that are provided, while maintaining high quality and safe patient care.
The Senior Consultant, Patient Focused Funding (PFF) provides senior-level leadership for the development and maintenance of PFF pricing frameworks and serves as a key operational lead for stakeholder engagement, communications, and issue management. This role is accountable for overseeing annual pricing model development, including classification systems, coding standards, and modifiers, and for ensuring pricing methodologies are technically sound, transparent, and aligned with health system priorities. The role also leads cross-system collaboration with government partners, Alberta Health Services, operators, clinicians, and shared services, ensuring effective policy implementation, timely issue resolution, and high-quality executive and government reporting. Through strong relationship management, disciplined issue escalation, and clear communications, the Senior Consultant supports program stability, credibility, and confidence in the PFF model.
- Classification: Senior Consultant
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Patient Focused Funding
- Primary Location: Telus House
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 17-JUL-2026
- Date Available: 10-AUG-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:
Master’s degree in health economics, health administration, finance, public policy, data analytics, or a related discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
Additional Required Qualifications:
7–10 years of progressive experience in healthcare funding, pricing, financial analysis, or system performance. Demonstrated experience developing or overseeing pricing models, classification systems, or funding methodologies. Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working across government, health system operators, and clinical groups. Proven ability to manage complex issues, synthesize technical information, and produce high-quality executive materials. Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with activity based or patient focused funding models in a publicly funded healthcare system. Experience working with health administrative data, coding standards, and performance dashboards. Policy implementation or evaluation experience.
