Step into a role where every day brings meaningful impact. As an Assistant Health Care Manager, you'll help lead a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic correctional health environment—one that requires adaptability, sound judgment, and broad clinical awareness. With expanding responsibilities in labour-relations and HR functions, this position offers the opportunity to influence team culture, support staffing needs, and help guide a department through significant change across both the ministry and the health care landscape. You'll play a key role in ensuring safe, high-quality care while navigating the unique challenges of correctional nursing, where no two situations are ever quite the same.
This is an excellent opportunity for a people-centered leader who thrives in a supportive, mentoring capacity. You'll provide day-to-day managerial guidance, foster an inclusive and respectful workplace, and ensure staff feel confident, capable, and equipped to succeed. Strong organizational skills, solid working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications, and a collaborative leadership style will help you excel as you coordinate operations and help shape a high-functioning team. If you're ready for a rewarding challenge—one that combines health care leadership, problem solving, and the chance to make a real difference—this role offers an exceptional next step in your career.
Leadership That Makes a DifferenceAt its core, leadership in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) is about creating positive change for people and communities across Ontario. We're looking for leaders who are authentic, accountable, and courageous. People who bring others together, ask bold questions, and lead with purpose.
About the job
We believe great leadership starts with high standards and strong support. In the OPS, that means showing up with authenticity, acting with integrity, and having the courage to do what's right, even when it's hard.
As a leader, you'll shape a team culture that sparks innovation, supports collaboration, and champions inclusion. You'll help build a workplace that is diverse, anti-racist, and accessible, where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to thrive.
You won't be doing it alone. We invest in our leaders through mentorship, learning opportunities, and cross-ministry networks that help you grow your impact and connect with peers across the organization.
Leadership is about impact, and in this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful one. You will:
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Lead daily health service operations by coordinating nursing, medical, and allied health activities within a secure correctional environment.
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Provide supportive, people-centered leadership through mentoring, coaching, and ensuring staff feel capable, equipped, and confident in their roles.
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Manage HR and labour relations functions including scheduling, performance management, training needs, attendance support, and adherence to collective agreements.
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Oversee quality and safety standards by monitoring trends, evaluating service delivery, and ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, and professional practice requirements.
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Coordinate resources and external services such as pharmacy operations, diagnostic providers, and professional fee-for-service contracts to support effective health programming.
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Maintain secure and efficient operations by ensuring proper handling of medications, records, equipment, and participating in risk management and problem-solving activities.
Your ability to align your team's efforts with broader organizational goals will be key to your success, and to the success of the people we serve.
Meet Your New TeamStratford JailJoin a team where your work truly matters—Stratford Jail offers a dynamic, purpose-driven environment where safety, professionalism, and community impact come together. As part of a modern correctional facility with a strong focus on rehabilitation and respectful inmate/patient management, you'll collaborate with dedicated colleagues to maintain a secure, inclusive, and accountable workplace. This is an opportunity to build valuable skills in communication, conflict resolution, and operations, while contributing to positive outcomes for individuals and the broader justice system. If you're committed to integrity, teamwork, and making a difference, Stratford Jail is the place to grow your career.
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
• Provide day-¬to-¬day operational leadership to ensure effective delivery of nursing and medical services.
• Mentor and support staff by fostering confidence, professional growth, and an inclusive team environment.
• Manage HR functions including performance reviews, attendance support, and identifying training needs.
• Lead change and continuous improvement by modeling OPS values and advancing quality-¬focused initiatives.
Nursing Knowledge and Expertise
• Apply broad clinical knowledge suited to correctional nursing, responding to diverse and evolving health needs.
• Ensure adherence to professional standards, including CNO practice guidelines, relevant legislation, and PHIPA requirements for safeguarding personal health information.
• Support safe clinical decision-making through assessment, triage, oversight of nursing services, and the promotion of secure, accurate documentation practices.
• Promote quality patient care by monitoring trends, identifying risks, guiding evidence-based practice, and reinforcing privacy-protective processes in all patient interactions.
Technical Knowledge
• Use Microsoft 365 applications confidently including Teams, Outlook, and basic Excel for daily operations.
• Maintain secure documentation systems including electronic health records and medication management tools.
• Understand health-¬related legislation and policy frameworks that inform correctional health operations.
• Apply organizational and administrative systems to manage resources, scheduling, and reporting.
Communication Skills
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and resolve issues collaboratively.
• Provide clear direction and coaching to staff to ensure expectations, priorities, and standards are understood.
• Liaise professionally with external partners including community providers, legal representatives, and oversight bodies.
• Prepare and share accurate reports and documentation to support operational decision-making and accountability.
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!
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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: