Join Acute Care Alberta and Surgical Care Alberta as the Program Manager, Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) & Capital Investment. This provincial leadership role provides strategic direction, operational oversight, and subject matter expertise for MDR services across Alberta healthcare facilities, contracted surgical facilities, and procedural environments. Reporting to the Executive Director, Surgical Care Alberta, you will lead provincial initiatives that support safe, sustainable, efficient, and high-quality patient care through standardized MDR practices, quality improvement, workforce planning, capital investment, and operational excellence. You will collaborate with executive leaders, Infection Prevention and Control, clinical teams, procurement, facilities, government representatives, and external stakeholders to advance provincial priorities. This role offers the opportunity to influence system-wide decisions, guide healthcare modernization initiatives, support surgical growth planning, and serve as Alberta’s provincial MDR expert in addressing operational risks, service disruptions, infrastructure planning, and emerging technologies.
The Program Manager, Medical Device Reprocessing & Capital Investment provides provincial leadership and expertise to support the development, implementation, and oversight of MDR strategies, standards, operational frameworks, and system planning initiatives across Alberta. The position leads and supports provincial MDR standardization, quality improvement, capital equipment and infrastructure planning, workforce sustainability initiatives, procurement activities, and operational risk mitigation. As the provincial MDR subject matter expert, the role collaborates with operational leaders, Infection Prevention and Control, physicians, contracted facilities, procurement teams, government partners, and external stakeholders. The Program Manager provides strategic recommendations related to surgical and procedural growth, evaluates MDR impacts of new technologies and programs, supports emergency response and contingency planning, and contributes to capital investment and infrastructure decisions. Success in this role requires strong leadership, political acumen, critical thinking, relationship building, and advanced knowledge of sterile processing standards, healthcare operations, and regulatory requirements.
- Classification: Manager
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Medical Device Reprocessing and Capital Investment
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Negotiable Location: Provincial
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 21-JUL-2026
- Date Available: 31-JUL-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: $45.23
- Maximum Salary: $77.51
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Certification from a recognized Medical Device Reprocessing Technical Training Program and CSA Certification. Minimum five years of recent Medical Device Reprocessing experience. Minimum three years of recent healthcare leadership or management experience preferred. Demonstrated knowledge of MDR standards, accreditation requirements, infection prevention and control principles, manufacturer instructions for use (IFU), sterilization processes, and healthcare operations. Strong communication, planning, organizational, analytical, and stakeholder engagement skills. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Extensive experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives in healthcare environments. Proven ability to develop strategic plans, operational frameworks, business cases, and recommendations for executive leadership. Demonstrated expertise in surgical services, procedural workflows, MDR operations, capital equipment planning, infrastructure development, procurement, and risk mitigation. Experience supporting quality improvement, standardization, workforce planning, and service expansion initiatives. Ability to provide leadership during emergent operational situations, assess impacts, develop contingency plans, and support system-wide decision-making. Strong collaboration, influencing, facilitation, problem-solving, and change management skills. Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Member of the Canadian Association of Medical Device Reprocessing (CAMDR). Experience with provincial healthcare operations, capital planning, procurement and RFP processes, surgical expansion initiatives, healthcare infrastructure projects, and evaluation of MDR technologies, instrumentation, and reprocessing equipment.
