Manager, Medicine & Stroke

Position Summary:

At Guelph General Hospital, we are committed to our Mission of providing the highest quality care and experience for patients and their families.

We are currently looking for an experienced leader to support the Intensive Care Unit team who live our values of teamwork, respect, accountability and compassion daily.

In this role, you will:

• Have ongoing opportunities to learn and grow with a generous professional development program and in-house leadership development based on the LEADS Framework
• Have flexible work arrangements to support a greater work life balance
• Be a part of an organization committed to equity and the well-being of our workforce
• Support the Guelph Wellington Ontario Health Team’s commitment to anti-racism and anti-oppression through our actions
• Lead a team of high performing health care professionals

What are the benefit to working and living in the Guelph community?

• It’s one of Ontario’s most robust and growing economies
• You will have access to excellent schools which include a university and college
• There are multiple centres of faith reflected in the community
• You will have access to fantastic parks, trails and many cultural events

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Qualifications, Experience, Skills and Abilities:

At Guelph General Hospital, we expect our leaders to:

• Have a minimum 5 years’ experience in a clinical leadership role
• Cultivate a teamwork environment where all interactions with patients, families, staff and volunteers demonstrate compassion, accountability, respect and teamwork
• Address identified patient safety/patient experience concerns in the department
• Partner with patients, families and staff in department decision-making, planning and design processes
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous quality improvement and implementing departmental process changes that support a seamless care experience
• Identify improvements that maximize organizational efficiencies, remove waste and add value using Lean methodologies
• Ensure the department is maintaining a balanced financial position
• Coach and mentor staff to create a high functioning department
• Participate in ongoing personal leadership development
• Clearly define and communicate performance expectations for department staff
• Develop and maintain effective human resource planning for department
• Implement organizational strategies to enhance staff engagement within the department
• Develop a departmental communication strategy aligned with corporate communication strategy
• Facilitate departmental and inter-departmental collaboration
• Identify risk management issues within department and communicate to key stakeholders
• Work independently and in a self-directed manner as well as collaboratively within a team in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Orchestrate organizational change initiatives to improve both clinical and fiscal metrics
• Plan, execute and evaluate projects
• Demonstrated ability to access, interpret, and synthesize evidence based practices
• Apply communication, facilitation and conflict management skills and expertise to influence and negotiate effective quality of care process and resolution of issues/disputes
• Demonstrates knowledge in clinical practice in the care of Medicine patients; including, patients with stroke, COPD, CHF, and the care of complex medical and geriatric patients.
• Demonstrate commitment to excellent customer service when interacting with patients, families, colleagues and physicians
• Have proven facilitation, communication, relationship building, collaboration, leadership and organizational skills
• Analyse fiscal, patient care data and statistics, along with excellent PC application skills
• Lead Accreditation teams

Education:

• BScN required, Master’s degree in a health related field preferred
• Membership in relevant professional organization(s)
• Strong understanding of health care roles, scope of practice and health-care related legislation (e.g. RHPA, QCIPA, Nursing Act, CNO standards)
• Registered Nurse with current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario

Come and join our leadership team if you are looking for an exciting opportunity where you will be empowered and supported to lead.