Manager – Specialist Services

Internal/External Posting

Full-time Position

Location:

Sioux Lookout, ON

Salary Range: $100,916 – $147,370 per annum

Reference Number: MANAG
001501

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The Manager – Specialist Services is responsible for overall leadership and management of all Specialty Physician Services staff and contracted services. The incumbent will ensure that the Specialty Physician Services unit produces high quality and timely access to physician specialty services/interventions, utilizing culturally appropriate practices and best practice standards of care for the communities in the Sioux Lookout area.

The Manager – Specialist Services will work in partnership with First Nations’ leadership and their community members, physician leadership, specialist physicians, management, and other key stakeholders. The incumbent must be skilled at initiating innovative approaches to strengthen the delivery of specialized physician services to support the health needs of community members in the Sioux Lookout area.

The Manager – Specialist Services is directly accountable to the Director – Physician Services.

• Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment)
• Bachelor of Health Administration from an accredited facility or a combination of education/experience as acceptable to SLFNHA.
• Minimum one (1) year experience within a health affiliated organization.
• Demonstrated experience in people management, program development, governance, budget, resource management, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders, internal and external to the organization to achieve successful outcomes through excellent relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of competence in health service delivery in a culturally diverse population.
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of or management of health service delivery in the Sioux Lookout area would be an asset.
• Knowledge and understanding of First Nations peoples, culture and health priorities and social issues relevant to delivery of health care in the Sioux Lookout Area.
• Excellent verbal/written communication
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and budgetary skills
• Ability to develop and maintain respectful/cooperative relationships with First Nations people, physicians, communities, service stakeholders and health care providers to promote an integrated seamless delivery of specialty physician services.
• Ability to perform position requirements and work independently, with minimal direction.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout region would be an asset.
• Valid Ontario G drivers licence.
• Must be willing to travel by various modes.
• Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout (or within a daily commuting distance).
• Ability to perform the requirements of the role on a regular basis.