Job DescriptionOVERVIEWThis role provides clinical and operational leadership within the department, supporting safe, high-quality patient care while serving as a resource, mentor, and advocate for patients, families, and staff. The successful candidate will promote collaboration, support staff development, and help ensure effective day-to-day department operations.
ROLE- Provides clinical leadership and serves as a professional role model, mentor, and resource to nurses, students, medical staff, and other members of the health care team.
- Collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and interprofessional teams to promote patient-centred care, patient rights, advocacy, and positive outcomes.
- Coordinates care for complex patients and supports effective discharge planning, including collaboration with Ontario Health atHome (OH[redacted]), Discharge Planners, and participation in ALC rounds and bed allocation processes.
- Provides leadership and support during changes in patient acuity, workload, or department needs, including responding to urgent situations, codes, traumas, and providing frontline clinical support as required.
- Supports staff orientation, onboarding, mentorship, education, and ongoing development, including monitoring orientation requirements and facilitating education related to new processes, equipment, policies, and procedures.
- Oversees daily staffing and scheduling activities to support appropriate coverage, assignments, delegation, and workload management, including addressing scheduling concerns and assigning after-hours Team Lead responsibilities.
- Promotes quality and patient safety through chart audits, quality huddles, departmental inspections, emergency preparedness activities, policy compliance, and participation in code debriefings and quality improvement initiatives.
- Supports effective department operations through oversight of supplies and stores, delegation of duties, monitoring of resources, and identification of operational issues that may impact patient care or budget.
- Builds collaborative relationships across the organization, facilitates communication between frontline staff and leadership, and contributes frontline expertise to committees, projects, policy development, and organizational planning.
- Addresses concerns and resolves conflict in a timely and professional manner, supports staff, facilitates innovative solutions to practice issues, and communicates emerging issues, risks, and opportunities to the Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS- Current certificate of registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario required
- 3 years current Medical-Surgical Nursing and/or Obstetrical Care Nursing experience
- Previous experience as a Team Leader or formal Clinical Leadership role
- Current certification in BLS, WHMIS, Fire Safety and Non-violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI)
- Current certifications in NRP and Fetal Heart Monitoring
- Excellent computer skills having worked with Microsoft Office Word and Excel
- Hands on expertise and knowledge of Cerner
- OHA Leadership courses/certifications desired
ADDITIONAL PERKS AT MAHC- Staff referral program $1000 (for each successful permanent part-time and permanent full-time new hire you refer to MAHC)
- Retention Bonus $7500 (permanent full-time/permanent part-time, eligible positions only)
- Extended health benefits (permanent full-time)
- Enrolment in the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Location: Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) located in Huntsville. Applicants must reside within 125km of one of our hospital campuses or be willing to relocate prior to starting. *Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Hours of Work: Regular hours of work are Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 3:30 pm. Must be available to work shifts including days, evenings, nights and weekends. Shifts and hours may change according to departmental requirements per the collective agreement.
Recruitment Process- Submit your cover letter and resume together as either a PDF or Word document(s) to this posting by 11:59 pm on the closing date. Please Note: Applicants must submit their application through this posting listed to be considered. Email and paper submissions will not be accepted unless otherwise indicated.
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- We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. As much as we would like to reach out to every applicant, please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Selection will be based on skills, abilities, experiences, and qualifications. MAHC reserves the right to conduct interview(s) or other applicable testing where required.
- Please note, AI (Artificial Intelligence) is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants in our recruitment process.
Conditions of employment for external hires includes;- Proof of immunization and vaccination records to the Hospital's Occupational Health and Safety department
- Legal entitlement to work in Canada
- Satisfactory Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check
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