Santé Québec CEO will earn $652,050 a year
Posted January 17, 2024 8:52 am.
Last Updated January 17, 2024 3:52 pm.
The head of the new Santé Québec agency will earn $652,050 a year – for the first two years of their mandate.
Details of the compensation package for Santé Québec’s next President and CEO were published Wednesday morning in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
The base annual salary, set at $567,000, will be increased by 15 per cent ($85,050) for two years, while they set up the new government corporation.
The successful candidate will earn $652,050 per year for two years.
They will also receive a car allowance of $610 per month “in lieu of any reimbursement of travel expenses within a 16-kilometre radius of the usual place of work”.
The new executive will also be entitled to a monthly allowance of $1,573 if “the distance between their place of work and their home requires them to bear housing costs”.
They will be entitled to reimbursement of expenses “up to a maximum of $4,830” per year, as well as 30 working days of annual vacation.Santé Québec was introduced following the adoption of Bill 15 by the National Assembly last month. Some members of the management team will also have to be recruited.
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé recently said that the person who will head Santé Québec will not necessarily come from the Quebec healthcare network.
“These calls for candidates mark an important step in the vast transformation we are currently leading in the health and social services network,” he said in a press release on Wednesday.
“We need a number of exceptional talents (…) to act as a complement to our teams already in place and continue to implement the changes needed for the population and staff.”
They are looking for a person who has 15 years of management experience.
Santé Québec was developed after Bill 15 was passed last month.
In the last few days, two candidates have been rumoured, both of whom do not belong to the healthcare network.
Interested candidates have until March 1 to apply for the position of CEO of Santé Québec.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Jan. 17, 2024, and translated by CityNews.
