WHO WE ARE

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning. In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support the wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time.
The Medicine and Family Medicine Program at London Health Sciences Centre offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to provide quality patient-centered care for our patients and their families across the life continuum. The Inpatient services of the Medicine Program at Victoria Hospital consist of the treatment of patients in the following specialty medical areas: General Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Respirology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Non-Oncologic Haematology, Clinical Pharmacology and Infectious Diseases.
A division of the Medicine B program at Victoria Hospital is the Short Stay Assessment Unit and Respirology department. The Respirology Unit is specially designed to treat and deliver care to patients with acute and chronic respiratory disease including those requiring non-invasive ventilation (BiPap & AIRVO) and those requiring bedside monitoring. The focus for the Short Stay Unit in medicine is to care for and treat patients with acute medical needs with the goal of discharge being less than 72 hours. This fast paced, high turnover unit sees a variety of patient issues, requiring a broad skill set and knowledge base.

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, Medicine - Victoria Hospital, the Manager, Medicine B - Victoria Hospital 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.