WHO WE ARE

As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is a world-class hospital with the latest technology and the best practices, scientists and health professionals in Canada. For 100 years, Children’s Hospital has been an integral part of the London community offering compassionate medical care for a population of greater than 2.5 million people, with more than 400,000 children, as well as those across the Southwestern Ontario region, and the world. Children’s Hospital is a major centre for medical research and through collaborative partnerships with Western University and various educational institutions, health care professionals actively seek out training opportunities, acknowledging the chance to work alongside some of Canada’s top medical scholars.
With more than 15,000 staff, physicians, and residents, committed to ‘Working together to shape the future of health,’ this is your opportunity to work alongside a dedicated patient-centric paediatric health care team.
The Paediatric Medical Day Unit (PMDU) is the outpatient component of the Children’s Hospital. The PMDU provides care for children and youth (newborn to 18 years of age) in the form of medical/diagnostic testing/treatments/surgical interventions, as well as provider-based outpatient clinics. The PMDU sees approximately 34,000 children each year and offers over 20 paediatric sub-specialty clinics and services to meet the needs of children and youth using a multi-disciplinary approach to care. Patient and Family-Centered Care is of utmost importance and respects the central role of the family in a child’s life with family members as critical partners within our health care team.
This role oversees outpatient services within PMDU, as well as programs outside of PMDU, including the Pain Program, the Gender Pathway Program, and the Patient and Family Resource Centre.

WHAT SKILLS ARE NEEDED

• Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
• Strong business acumen
• Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
• Lead and drive system transformation
• Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
• Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS:

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC’s Health Review Requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC.
Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months

Reporting to the Director, Children’s & Women’s - Acute and Oncology Inpatient and Outpatient Services & Nursing Resource Team, the Interim Manager, Outpatient Children’s Paediatric Medical Day Unit directs, controls and evaluates the delivery of department services. They are responsible for translating decisions of the program leadership into execution, by utilizing relationship management and working with internal and external stakeholders to achieve the necessary outcomes. The Manager ensures their team and department operations are aligned with our mission, vision and values, while working together to successfully achieve our strategic objectives.
This role is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.