Chief Executive Officer

Yukon Hospitals

  • Full Time
  • Whitehorse, YK

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Expression of Interest- Chief Executive Officer – Whitehorse General Hospital

Requisition # CHIEF001343 (Management)

Term Full Time (1.0 FTE)
October 2024 – March 2026
(Term Anticipated)

Are you looking to be part of an exceptional and passionate team in one of Canada’s most spectacular natural environments with vast and stunning wilderness at your doorstep?

Yukon Hospitals strives to cultivate an environment of passionate and engaged people with a culture that values growth, work/life balance, and wellness in helping all our people reach optimal ability. Our organization is an integrated system of hospitals: Whitehorse General Hospital (58 beds), Watson Lake Community Hospital (6 beds) and Dawson City Community Hospital (6 beds).

The territory’s hospital system is looking for an experienced, progressive and challenge-oriented executive leader on interim basis to lead the organization, people and teams delivering safe and excellent hospital care in a dynamic operational environment and period of system change and transition. Our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will advance commitments to Truth and Reconciliation, Decolonization and Indigenization, our people and teams, the people we care for and our communities; and, resiliency, sustainability and integration. Health human resources, service continuity and sustainability, and health system transformation are key strategic focus areas. As the territory’s health system evolves, our CEO will lead the hospitals’ operations as well as the change required to integrate and transition into a new Yukon health authority over the next 18 months.

To confidentially request a full EOI package, submit your own expression of interest (CV/resume and covering letter) and/or make inquiries to the CEO Selection Committee, contact James Low, Executive Director, People, Quality & Strategy, at James.Low@yukonhospitals.ca or (867) 393-8742.

TO APPLY: Visit our website and apply

For more information, contact recruitment at careers@yukonhospitals.ca

Visit whitehorse.ca and yukon.ca for more information on Whitehorse and living in the Yukon!

Indigenous Workforce Initiative – We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. When you apply for a job, you can choose to identify as Indigenous in your application. Please do so in whatever manner you feel accurately reflects who you are. Yukon Hospitals’ Indigenous Engagement Advisor will then contact you to offer support with your application, share information about training or mentorships, and answer any questions you may have. All self-identification information will remain confidential. You can get support before or after applying for a job by contacting IWI@yukonhospitals.ca or calling 867-332-7203.

Yukon Hospital Corporation is committed to employment equity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. Unfortunately, at this time, we are unable to consider resumes from International applicants. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada in order to apply, i.e. have Landed Immigrant Status, Work Visa, or be a Canadian Citizen.

Posting Date: Open until Filled