Regional Director - Stephenville Crossing, NL, Canada - NL Health Services

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Job Description

Permanent Full-Time
Regional Director of Long Term Care
Corner Brook, NL

Applications are invited from highly-motivated and experienced health care leaders for the position of Regional Director of Long Term Care with NLHS, Western Zone in Corner Brook, NL.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Primary Health Care & Community Services, this position will be accountable for promoting excellence in resident care and for providing leadership and direction to clinical staff within three facilities, the Bay St. George Long Term Care Centre, Corner Brook Long Term Care Home, and Western Long-Term Care as well as the Protective Community Residences and Personal Care Homes. General management and leadership of operations will include effective human and fiscal planning, strategic planning, quality improvement and performance monitoring. The Regional Director is responsible for leading long-term care initiatives across the Western Region and to ensure that standards of care are maintained at all long-term care and Personal Care Home sites.

The successful candidate must demonstrate the key skills, behaviours, abilities, and knowledge as outlined in the five domains of the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.

o Leading yourself by having self-awareness, managing your performance and health, developing yourself, and demonstrating character that is in line with Western Health's values of accountability, care, collaboration, excellence, respect and transparency.
o Engaging others through fostering development of others, contributing to the creation of a healthy organization, communicating effectively, and building effective teams.
o Achieving results by setting direction, strategically aligning decisions with vision, values, evidence, taking action to implement decisions, and assessing and evaluating outcomes.
o Developing coalitions through purposefully building partnerships and networks to create results, demonstrating a commitment to customers and service, mobilizing knowledge, and navigating socio-political environments.
o Systems Transformation by thinking analytically and critically and questioning and challenging the status quo, encouraging, and supporting innovation, orienting oneself strategically to the future, and championing and orchestrating change.

Required Qualifications: The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and facilitation skills in addition to strong evidence-based decision making, analytical and problem-solving skills. The successful candidate must also demonstrate expertise in the areas of quality improvement, risk management, resource management, and change management. Critical thinking and advanced problem-solving skills along with an ability to function with a high degree of independence are essential. A participatory, action-oriented, and high-energy transformational leadership style is required. The successful candidate must network and collaborate with various programs and multiple stakeholders in the region and the province. Travel is required.

A master's degree in social sciences, Nursing, or Administration is required. Candidates must have at least five years progressive management experience in the health system together with a minimum of five years of clinical experience with advanced knowledge of best practices in the care of the elderly is required. Proof of Registration with a professional body is required.

In the event no suitable candidate is found with the above noted qualifications, consideration may be given to applicants who do not currently possess a Master's degree, provided they are willing to complete same within five years of appointment to the position. In this case, the successful applicant must be prepared to demonstrate proof of registration/enrollment to an appropriate degree program within the first year of appointment to the position. Furthermore, the successful applicant is required to provide annual updates based on the progress of each semester of the program.

**A satisfactory record of work performance and attendance is required for this position.
Hours of Work: 70 Hours per pay period
Hours, Monday to Friday
Salary Scale: $90,260.00 to $117,338.00
Competition Number: WH
Competition Closing Date: 1 May 2024
Recruiter Name: Martina Fequet

Western Health values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Please provide curriculum vitae, proof of qualifications, and the names of two references. Applicants who do not provide the necessary documentation as outlined on this job posting will not be considered.

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Thank you for your interest with Western Health, however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.