Manager, Perioperative Care Victoria Hospital

**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 is a world-class innovator in clinical care, research and teaching, delivering both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC has a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while working together to shape the future of health.

VH Perioperative Care consists of Pre-Admit Clinic, Day Surgery and Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), completing over 17,000 surgical cases annually. This position will support the assigned departments within Perioperative Care at Victoria Hospital.

**Job Summary**:
**What the Role is**

Reporting to the Director Surgical Care Victoria Hospital (VH), the Clinical Manager, Perioperative Care supports the implementation of the vision, mission, values and strategic plan of LHSC by providing front-line management, support and development using a focused depth of technical knowledge and broader-based operational and management expertise. The Clinical Manager will play a key role in the day to day operations, quality improvement, infection and risk prevention, and continuous education through the development and evaluation of improvement activities. The Clinical Manager will strive to ensure safe, high quality service delivery and exceptional patient experiences, as well as facilitate timely patient access and flow and work collaboratively with the Program Clinical Managers to ensure seamless flow throughout the surgical experience for our patients.

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.

**Qualifications**:
**Who You Are**
- You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
- You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
- You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
- You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
- You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
- You create connections, build partnerships and networks
- You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
- You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
- You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
- You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills

**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

**What You Will Bring with You**
- Successful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in a health care related discipline required
- Related post-graduate education preferred
- Current Certificate of Registration from a college recognized under the Regulated Health Professions Act
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospitaly
- Minimum 3 years' clinical and/or management experience in a surgical or critical care department preferred
- Preference and consideration will be given to active members of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program
- Demonstrated clinical excellence experience including high quality and safe patient care and exceptional patient/family experiences
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