Are you a health care professional eager to develop and showcase your leadership skills? We have an exciting opportunity for you! Join us as a Health Care Manager at the Monteith Correctional Complex, where you can make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and challenging environment.
As a Health Care Manager, you will play a vital role in overseeing and coordinating health care services within the Monteith Correctional Complex. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of dedicated health care professionals, ensuring the delivery of efficient and quality health care services to our patients. Your leadership will be essential in fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative workplace that aligns with the strategic vision of the ministry.
Please note: As this is a frontline essential position, your physical presence at the office is crucial to this role. You are required to be onsite at the Monteith Correctional Complex five days a week.Leadership in the Ontario Public Service
A leadership career in the Ontario Public Service offers meaningful opportunities to lead impactful projects, collaborate with diverse teams, and shape policies, programs and services that positively influence the lives of millions of Ontarians, all within a supportive and inclusive work environment. Our leaders enjoy comprehensive benefit plans, a robust pension program, and challenging and rewarding work that will keep you motivated and fulfilled.
About the job
Create the Work Environment
In the Ontario Public Service, we hold our leaders to the highest standards, expecting them to embody authenticity, accountability, and courage in every action and decision. It will be your responsibility to create a work environment and team culture that ignites innovation, nurtures collaboration and champions inclusivity by creating a diverse, anti-racist and accessible workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment. By aligning your choices with these values, you will create a vibrant work environment where every individual can thrive.
Deliver on Business Goals and Priorities
Your leadership will be crucial in guiding the team towards the achievement of their business goals. It will be your responsibility to inspire and motivate your team to deliver their best performance and align the team's daily actions with the strategic vision of the ministry. As the Health Care Manager, you are:
• Planning, coordinating, directing, and evaluating health care programs and services, including the pharmacy program, within a secure facility.
• Leading a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals to ensure the delivery of efficient and quality health care services.
• Supporting a values-based and inclusive environment through oversight of healthcare services.
• Providing professional expertise, advice, and direction to ensure services and programs comply with ministry policy, legislation, and professional standards.
• Developing, planning, and implementing health education programs for patients and staff.
• Ensuring the efficient use of human, physical, and financial resources to deliver quality care.
• Ensuring patient safety by reporting and investigating unsafe practices or professional misconduct, and documenting incidents in accordance with ministry policies, the College of Nurses of Ontario standards, and applicable legislation and regulations.
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• You are currently registered as a Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
Leadership and Management Skills:
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary health care team in delivering patient-centered services.
• Proficiency in planning, coordinating, managing, and directing healthcare operations in a unionized environment.
• Demonstrated capability in managing staff, providing leadership, coaching, and fostering an inclusive environment.
• Knowledge of project management principles and methodologies to achieve operational goals.
Nursing Knowledge and Expertise:
• Understanding of healthcare administration and evidence-based practices.
• Competency in applying College of Nurses of Ontario standards to supervise nursing services in correctional settings.
• Ability to interpret and apply relevant legislation, including the Regulated Health Professions Act, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and Mental Health Act.
• Experience with medication management and general pharmacy practices to ensure safe and effective patient care.
Technical Knowledge:
• Familiarity with human resources practices, collective agreement provisions, financial and administrative policies, quality management, and continuous improvement practices.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation pertinent to healthcare professions, such as Regulated Health Professions Act, Personal Health Information Protection Act, and Mental Health Act
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and judgment abilities, coupled with proficiency in computer software applications.
Communication Skills
• Strong interpersonal, oral communication, and conflict resolution skills for effective consultation and issue resolution.
• Proficiency in writing comprehensive reports.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
contact us.Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: