The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other
Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service
Director, Health Services - Acute Care
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Facility / Site:
To Be Determined
Wage / Salary:
To commensurate with experience & qualifications
Position Summary: The Director Health Services - Acute Care is responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of the acute care programs and services for the region. This includes responsibility to provide leadership and guidance to designated acute care facilities. The Director will also be responsible for the oversight of specific programs as designated. These responsibilities relate to ensuring standards are established and monitored, making recommendations to the Regional Lead, Health Services – Acute Care, Public Health & Chief Nursing Officer regarding future direction and planning resources for same.
As a member of the management team, the Director Health Services - Acute Care provides input into and makes decisions regarding policy formation, long range planning, program development, and coordination of services and programs within the Acute Care Program.
Primary responsibilities relate to communication, planning and organization, leadership, resource allocation, quality improvement, advancement of knowledge.
The position of Director Health Services - Acute Care functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the Mission, Vision and Values of the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority.
Qualifications:
- Current registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba (CRNM) and a member in good standing
- Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from a recognized post-secondary educational institution
- Advanced educational preparation in health services management & nursing leadership.
- Current knowledge of program development and evaluation, health care issues, and health care management theory, practice and research
- Knowledge of/experience with risk management and patient safety
- Knowledge of/experience with quality improvement/lean design
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in an acute care health facility setting
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in health care leadership/management
- Demonstrated managerial experience in a health care setting, including but not limited to leadership, strategic planning, financial management, and human resource;
- Demonstrated participatory management style and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary framework;
- Demonstrated experience in proposal writing, budget development , policy development and contract processes
- Self-directed and creative with experience in developing programs and facilitating change;
- Ability to foster and promote positive working relationships;
- Ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population
- Ability to respect and promote confidentiality
- Ability to work independently and appropriately manage multiple tasks within a dynamic environment
- Ability to consider the continuum of health services in decision-making/ planning process.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to, be flexible, manage and facilitate change;
- Must be competent with Windows based programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Demonstrated record of commitment to ongoing professional development and life-long learning
- Good physical and mental health to meet the demands of the position.
- Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
- Satisfactory employment record.
Internal applicants must include a current resume with application upon change of department, site, program and or classification.
As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.
The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people at all levels within our workforce. We encourage successful Indigenous individuals to self-declare by completing a voluntary self-declaration as part of the application process.
Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority values and supports employment equity and workplace diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. Accessibility accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).
The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to collaborate in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of reconciliation.
