Exceptional Care–Exceptional People

The Brant Community Healthcare System is a two site Community Hospital located in Brantford and Paris, Ontario.

• The Brantford General is an acute care hospital
• The Willett in Paris is an urgent care centre and transitional beds

By choosing to work at Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS), you are joining an organization with more than 130 years of making a positive difference in the lives of the people we serve throughout our communities. We value Care, Accountability, Respect and Equity, and we are working together to build a healthier community!

Why Choose BCHS?

• Centralized Education Fund – opportunities for continuing education and staff development.
• Various schedules available (e.g. 4 on 5 off for full time nurses)
• HOOPP Pension Plan
• Predictable work locations
• Discounted onsite parking (no shuttles or waiting lists)
• Support 24/7 – you’re not on your own (managers on call, physicians, allied health, and support staff).
• Wellness matters – our Employee Assistance program is free and confidential to all employees and family members.
• Ongoing infection and prevention control measures, education, appropriate PPE and support available to all employees.                                       

We are seeking a dynamic leader who is engaging, committed to quality patient-centred care, excels at building relationships, successful teams, and focused on ensuring positive patient outcomes to join our BCHS leadership team. 

Your leadership and management skills are exceptional, and as a highly motivated leader you have a proven track record of developing and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders within the hospital and community partners across the continuum of health care.  

To ensure our mission, achieve our vision and strategic directions of the hospital, the BCHS requires high performing leaders capable of raising the bar in delivering the highest standard of healthcare and compassionate leadership in the provision of exemplary services to our patients and families.

To help us achieve our goals the BCHS is focused on attracting, motivating, and retaining the very best leaders needed to drive the Hospitals strategies.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Clinical Program Director, the Clinical Manager is responsible for the effective unit operations and the provision of clinical services resulting in safe, high quality patient care and outcomes. As the Clinical Manager of the Operating Room, PACU, and Day Surgery, the Clinical Manager guides and supports an interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure positive patient and family experiences in a quality care environment.

In collaboration with the Director, the Manager:

• Oversees the daily operations of the clinical unit to ensure safe, evidence base care is provided at the unit level for our patients and the community we serve.
• Manages the unit resources (Human, Financial, and Physical) to deliver effective, efficient, and safe patient care.
• Participates in the implementation of the strategic plan, including the execution of program optimization recommendations.
• Utilizes data information systems as a basis for day-to-day operations, planning, monitoring and evaluating of departmental performance.
• Collaborates with regional partners to align program goals to meet the needs of the community.

The Clinical Manager is responsible for:

• Human Resource Management, Financial Resource Management, Utilization Management, Continuous Quality Improvement and Leadership.

Primary Responsibilities

• Ensures clinical excellence including high quality and safe patient/family experiences.
• Manages day to day basis operational excellence: Human, Financial and Physical resources.
• Leads high-performing teams and supports a healthy work environment for staff.
• Ensures compliance with required hospital policies and all legislative requirements.
• Builds positive relationships across the organization and with external partners/agencies.
• Supports a model of patient centered care that is based on best practice, program and corporate standards, continuous quality improvement and the organizations strategic direction.
• Builds a professional practice climate and facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to patient care
• Accountable to performance metrics, monitors and evaluates the operational impact on metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
• Supports an environment that promotes continuous quality improvement and staff engagement to achieve established clinical benchmarks and outcomes.
• Monitors and evaluates clinical indicators, professional practice quality checks and Required Organizational Practices (ROP’s) related to the programs.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing or Health-care related field.
• Masters’ degree in relevant field preferred.
• Registration held in good standing with the applicable regulatory body.
• 3-5 years clinical management or leadership experience in Perioperative Services
• Experience in systems planning and leading change initiatives
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Proven change leadership, coaching and multidisciplinary team development success

Mandatory Competencies

• Strong commitment to patient and family centred care and exceptional patient/family experiences
• Demonstrated people-centred leadership capacity
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills
• Holds self and others accountable
• Strong knowledge of quality improvement, utilization, risk and financial management, collective agreements
• Knowledge of legislation applicable to areas of responsibility

PEOPLE-CENTRED LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS

Humility, Compassion, Authenticity, Inspirational, Relationship-oriented, and emotionally intelligent

CULTURE ALIGNED TO PEOPLE-CENTRED LEADERSHIP

• Team-based
• Engagement and empowerment
• Decentralized decisions
• Accountability
• Collaboration/partnerships
• Openness/ transparency
• Tapping into collective wisdom of staff
• Compassion and empathy
• Patient/ family needs central to all decisions
• Supportive learning environment              

Accommodation

The Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace. We welcome applications from women, Indigenous persons, members of racialized groups, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientation and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Brant Community Healthcare System is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We are committed to providing barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require Code-protected accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to meet your needs. Disability-related accommodation during the application process is available upon request.

To ensure there is equal opportunity during the recruitment and selection process, please contact your Recruiter to discuss accommodation.