Nursing Director

**COMMUNITY NAME**

Sunrise of Thornhill

**JOB OVERVIEW**

The Resident Care Director (RCD) serves as the nursing clinical leader for the community and is responsible to lead and manage the health and wellness along with coordination of care and services to residents within the community. Responsible for oversight and implementation of all Care programs, regulatory compliance, recruiting, and performance management.

**RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS**

**1 year contract
- (Maternity Leave 12 months with chance of extension up to 18 months).**

**Responsibilities**

As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed as follows:
Managing Health and Wellness:

- Provides strategic leadership for resident care in the community by managing, directing, and monitoring the nursing team as applicable by Provincial law, to promote the health and wellness of the resident population.
- Collaborates with physicians, pharmacists, and other clinical providers to coordinate care and services for the residents.
- Serves as the CLIA Director as applicable for the community and according to the federal and provincial requirements.
- Partners with Neighborhood Coordinators to promote an integrated and collaborative approach to wellness operations and resident care.
- Collaborates with Sales partners to determine community capability and assess potential residents' appropriateness for move-in.
- Seeks direction from a Registered Nurse as needed in accordance with provincial regulations and nurse practice acts.

Medication Management:

- Provides strategic leadership for resident care in the community by managing, directing, and monitoring the medication care managers, as applicable by Provincial law, to promote the health and wellness of the resident population.
- Provides oversight of the community medication management program to promote resident safety in the medication use process including onboarding, training, and performance reviews.
- Provides clinical training and education, as needed, to nurses, medication care managers, care managers, and others who provide resident care. Performs skill evaluation to assure clinical capability of care team members.

Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance:

- Tracks, trends, and reports clinical quality data to identify risk.
- Participates actively as a member of the community Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement committee.
- Leads clinical quality and process improvement initiatives within the community to mitigate risk and improve resident care outcomes.
- Recruits, hires, and trains clinical team members and is responsible for performance management, evaluations, and engagement.
- Completes direct report team member staffing and scheduling according to operational and budgetary guidelines.
- Partners with the community leadership team to promote resident safety and compliance with Risk Management and provincial regulations pertaining to occupational health and safety requirements.
- Serves as the ICC and CLIA Director as applicable for the community.
- Responsible for infection control programming, including delegation of infection control preventionist, as per provincial requirements.
- Assures compliance with all Federal, Provincial, board of nursing, and other applicable regulations.

Financial Management:

- Manages the department budget to include labour and other expenses and understands it's impact on the community's bottom line.
- Processes and submits monthly expenses and budget data in a timely manner, per Sunrise policies and internal business controls.
- Understands the internal costs associated with all Sunrise resident care programs.

Training, Leadership and Team Member Development:

- Partners with the Regional Director of Resident Care and/or Executive Director in the delivery and participation in Sunrise University training and self-study programs.
- On-boards new RCD leaders and other department coordinators as needed.
- Develops a working knowledge of provincial regulations and ensures compliance through supervising and coaching team members.
- Completes clinical team member staffing and scheduling according to operational and budgetary guidelines when assigned to a community.
- Holds clinical team accountable, corrects actions when necessary, and documents.
- Attends regular meetings; Stand Up, Cross Over, Department Head, Town Hall, QAPI, and others as directed by the Executive Director.
- Keeps abreast of professional developments in the field by reading and attending conferences and training sessions.
- Maintains compliance in assigned required training and all training required by province or other regulating authorities as applicable to this role to ensure that Sunrise standards are always met.

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