Chief Medical Officer of Health

Reporting directly to the Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Public Health within the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services, the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) provides strategic leadership of the public health components of Alberta’s health care system and its many public health programs by providing expert advice to the Minister, elected representatives and senior officials. The CMOH monitors the health of Albertans and makes recommendations for activities and measures to protect and promote the health of the public and to prevent disease and injury.

The CMOH leads the development of public health-related policy, key standards as well as processes and surveillance strategies to ensure effective responses to all circumstances and emergencies. The CMOH, an expert in the field of public health, collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to develop public health-related policy and in promoting health public policy in general.

The CMOH provides strategic leadership of approximately 60 team members, organized in four planned public health portfolios: Communicable Disease Control, Health Promotion, Health Protection, and Regional Zone/Corridor Support. The CMOH ensures the development and maintenance of a high-performance culture aligned with the values of the Government of Alberta.

If you are invigorated by complex challenges, have a passion for public health and would like to apply creative and innovative thinking to public health services and their delivery, this is the position for you.