KMHC Interim Executive Director Considers Her Future
Written by Paul Graif on 15 February 2023
Valerie Diabo has begun the training to take over the Kateri Memorial Hospital as its interim Executive Director.
She is working alongside Lisa Westaway until her departure for a job in National indigenous Health Care in April.
“I’m going to be doing the job when Lisa leave on the 3rd,” Diabo told K1037 News. “So I will be doing interim ED until somebody is hired.”
Diabo has been with the KMHC since 1988 where she started as a PAB. There was a seven year gap where she went to work at St Mary’s Hospital between 1990 and 1997. After her return she was appointed as Director of Community and Nursing Care, a job she has held since 2007.
While she works as the Interim, and the ED job is officially posted, Diabo will decide if she wants to be considered as a the full-time candidate.
“Definitely I’m going to do it in the interim to see if it’s something that interests me. It does interest me but I do have to get the feel of it because it’s different,” Diabo said. “Director of Community and Nursing Care is clinical, because I am a Nurse. But I feel like I have the history. I feel proud to do this in the interim right now. So I’m going to get my feet wet and see if I make that decision.”
The job will be officially posted later this week.
