Assistant Director of Care

at  Extendicare

JOB DESCRIPTION

Applications are invited to apply for the Full-Time position of Assistant Director of Care at our managed facility located in Oakville, Ontario
The ADOC will assist the Director of Care in all aspects of the Nursing Service, quality of resident care, effective and efficient use of resources and meeting budgetary, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and Extendicare Standards.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Registered Nurse with a current certificate of Competency
• Minimum of three years recent experience in Long Term Care
• BSCN preferred or Management experience in Long Term Care
• Leadership, organizational and communication skills
• Commitment of quality care and services.
• Ability to work effectively individually and with others while prioritizing tasks to handle the most urgent first.
• Ability to present information clearly and effectively both verbally whether in person or over the phone, and in writing; an active listener who projects a friendly demeanor.
• Ability to work effectively within a variety of stressful situations and challenges, and with various individuals or groups.
• Ability to collect and use information to thoroughly think through problems and situations; puts information from various sources together to see the ‘big picture’, and generate creative solutions.
• Ability to prioritize and focus action on what is best for the organization through an understanding of the key business issues.
• Proven integrity through open and honest interactions with colleagues and encourages active participation and commitment from others in the pursuit of common goals; understand roles, set expectations, share information, and build consensus.
• Proven experience in taking personal responsibility for seeking information from various sources enables others’ learning through sharing experiences, coaching and mentoring.
• Superb organization, planning, time management and multi-tasking skills.

• Staffing/scheduling
• Assist in budget planning
• Infection Control
• Monitoring quality care indicators and delivering resident care
• Completing required analysis, reports and corrective actions.
• Preparing for Classification
• Staff training and supervision
• Other duties as assigned