Manager, Professional Practice and Development

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**Manager, Professional Practice and Development #24-171 (Job opportunity)**:
**Full-time Permanent - Recruitment #24-171 (Non-Union)**:
**Division: Knowledge and Strategic Services**:
**Location: Main Office - 1300 Paris St., Sudbury**:
**Salary: $95,495.40- $109,218.20/annually**:
**Current Work Location Arrangement**:Partial On-site - The position requires a combination of regular on-site and remote work. Reasons and schedules can vary, but worker attends on-site regularly (for example, each week)**:
**Position summary**:
We are currently seeking a highly motivated health professional to contribute to our organizational mission of working with our communities to promote and protect health and prevent disease.

Based in the agency’s Knowledge and Strategic Services Division, and reporting to the Director, the Manager, Professional Practice and Development is responsible for the leadership and overall management of professional practice initiatives and staff development, student placement, strategic planning, and accountability monitoring. The Manager supports the Chief Nursing Officer with an emphasis on the development of core competencies and the advancement of professional practice. The Manager also contributes to excellence in public health practice by promoting the development and integration of practice, education, evaluation, and research.

The Manager is responsible for the management of assigned personnel and promotes cooperative planning and decision-making with other teams and divisions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assumes a leadership role for professional practice.
- Acts as a mentor and facilitator for professional practice issues.
- Foresees implications of impending legislation, professional standards, and trends in practice and facilitates appropriate action.
- Responsible for the overall development, implementation, and evaluation of the agency’s staff development plan.
- Coordinates, in consultation with Human Resources, the development, implementation, and evaluation of the corporate orientation process.
- Responsible for the overall implementation and evaluation of the agency’s student placement program.
- Coordinates the development, revision, and implementation of the agency’s Strategic Plan, including associated accountability and monitoring activities.
- Collaborates on and provides leadership of the implementation of the Foundational Standards of the Ontario Public Health Standards.
- In alignment with the agency’s mandate, facilitates the dissemination and use of research and evaluation evidence, best practices, local population and population health status data and situational assessments, and relevant Ministry standards, protocols, and guidance documents to support evidence-informed practice.
- Manages and leads initiatives related to public health, and of development and education, both within the agency and with outside agencies.
- Develops, implements, and evaluates educational experiences for post-secondary health science students, or students in related fields. Provides consultation and support to preceptors of students.
- Assumes responsibilities associated with adjunct appointments to universities as applicable, including curriculum and course development, thesis supervision, as well as teaching activities.
- Provides learning experiences for staff, students, and volunteers.

**Requirements**:

- Recognized Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Nursing Degree.
- Current certificate of competence with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field, preferably with a focus in community or public health
- Fluency in French is an asset.
- Current CPR certification
- Minimum of five years experience in public health or relevant community health experience with progressive supervisory and administrative responsibility
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of College standards of practice, regulations, and guidelines
- Knowledge of and demonstrated abilities in the areas of research, program evaluation, needs assessment, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, program planning, community partnership, and public health education and development.
- Knowledge of and demonstrated abilities in the areas of human resources, labour relations, team building, policy development, financial management, project management, and quality management.
- Demonstrated project/program management, interpersonal and administrative skills, including the ability to set priorities, establish timeframes, organize resources, manage multiple initiatives, work independently and collaboratively, and produce high quality results within tight deadlines.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the university/college teaching and research context, especially in the area of public health and community health.
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