Professional Practice Leader - Childbirth and Children's Services - Full Time - Markham Site

Land acknowledgement :

Oak Valley Health honours the traditional territory of the closest Indigenous communities, the Chippewas (chi-puh-waas) of Georgina Island and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island. The Haudenosaunee (Ho-de-no-shau-nee) and Anishinaabe (Ah-nish-in-ah-beh) have lived, worked and existed on this land from time immemorial. This land is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaty signed with many Mississauga and Chippewa bands.

Who you are :

• You are a strategic leader who sets goals, ensures team performance, and drives organizational success.
• You are a compliance expert who navigates regulations while maintaining exceptional work standards.
• You are a mentor and supporter who guides team members for professional growth and success.
• You are an agile and adaptable professional who stays current with industry advancements and adapts practices accordingly.
• You encompass Oak Valley Health’s core values and live the words of respect, trust, commitment, compassion and courage
• You are a client and family centered individual who performs at an exemplary standard
• You are a team player with excellent communication, critical thinking and prioritization skills

What We Need :

We are seeking an innovative, self-directed individual with exceptional leadership qualities to support excellence in high quality care in our Childbirth and Children’s program while contributing to a strong organization-wide interprofessional practice environment. As a Professional Practice Leader in this program, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our organization operates efficiently, delivering high-quality care and adheres to regulations and continuously improves our leadership role is accountable for academic clinical practice in alignment to Oak Valley Health’s Purpose, Values and is key in aligning work within and across clinical programs, sites and organizational practice priorities. The role focuses on the integration of care, patient safety and quality; use of technology to enable care, teaching and research. This position serves to develop and motivate a cohesive team and assist in identifying and supporting educational strategies to enhance staff knowledge with respect to professional practice and patient care. Building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, utilizing the art of influence to support necessary changes, a global perspective, political astuteness, and system thinking will contribute to the overall success of the program and as an organization ensuring a commitment to quality improvement and adherence to relevant standards.

What you bring to the role :

Work Schedule :

Monday to Friday, Days

Please note schedules may change due to operational needs.

Compensation :

BAND H : $42.33 - $60.59 per hour

Annual Salary : $82,542.50 - $118,150.50 per year

Who we are :

Oak Valley Health is one of Ontario’s leading community healthcare organizations. Across our two sites (Markham and Uxbridge) and Reactivation Care Centre (RCC), we provide high quality, patient-centred care to more than 468,000 patients each year. We offer diagnostic and emergency services and deliver clinical programs in acute care medicine and surgery, addictions and mental health, and childbirth and children’s services. We are also proud to be part of the Eastern York Region North Durham Ontario Health Team (OHT).

Our 542 physicians, 35 midwives, over 3,000 staff and 1,000 volunteers serve patients and families with an honoured to care mindset and are focused on delivering an extraordinary patient experience to the residents of Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Uxbridge and beyond. We are dedicated to providing access to the right care, at the right time, in the right place by the right people and at the right cost. Are you ready to join us?

COVID Statement

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to strengthen and promote health protection to patients, staff and members of the public attending in the hospital, prior to the first day of employment with the Hospital, all successful candidates are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination (full vaccination is required). In order to provide you with fair & equitable accommodation, you must submit supporting medical exemption documentation or an affidavit detailing why your religion prohibits you from receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

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