Supervisor, Community Vaccination

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**JOB POSTING**

JOB ID #: 21813

Supervisor, Community Vaccination
Healthy & Safe Communities
Medical Officer of Health
110 King St. W.

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1 Full-Time Temporary

UNION/NON-UNION: Non Union Mgmt Professional

HOURS Of WORK: 35.00 per week
- GRADE: 6
- SALARY/HOUR: $52.958 - $66.198 per hour- Note: See appropriate Collective Agreement or the Non Union Salary Range for details.

STATUS/LENGTH: Full-Time Temporary for up to 12 months.

Job Description ID #: A13323

SUMMARY OF DUTIES

Reporting to the Manager, Community Vaccination & School Program, the Supervisor is responsible for functional and administrative supervision of staff and the coordination and service delivery of community immunization clinics and initiatives as well as providing support and assistance in planning and implementation of program mandates and the respiratory vaccination (including COVID-19) program.

GENERAL DUTIES

Provides day-to-day supervision of Vaccine Program staff to ensure efficient and effective service to internal and external stakeholders.

Responsible for the performance management of staff including motivation, supervision, interviewing, hiring, orientation, training, scheduling, progressive discipline, coaching, performance evaluations, attendance management and appropriate handling of confidential matters.

Develops and empowers staff through delegation of responsibilities and accountabilities, through regular feedback and by providing development opportunities.

Ensures professional staff practice according to their professional standards.

Monitors the operations within responsible program areas to ensure safety; service quality; and cost-effective and timely delivery of services, while adhering to the Ministry of Health and Public Health Services Guidelines and Protocols.

Provides guidance to staff for required Policies and Procedures and medical directives. Contributes to development and ongoing maintenance of these documents as they relate to the responsible program areas.

Provides support to the Program Manager to identify emerging program and service trends for operational planning purposes.

Provides input to the Program Manager for the purposes of budget planning.

Ensures the accuracy and timely processing of vaccine reimbursement invoices. Ensures adherence to the validation process through Finance and Administration.

Receives and resolves escalated complaints, and responds to inquiries from general public, service providers. Other stakeholders and other departments as required.

Participates in public health emergency situations and outbreaks.

Required to work during labour disputes or other work stoppages and to perform a variety of added duties during these events.

Maintains current knowledge regarding immunization and other related clinical activities and health trends.

Participates in ongoing professional development.

Assesses and interprets legislative changes and recommend and implement new and/or updated work methods. Prepare and implement new policies/procedures and update existing policies/procedures as required.

Develops and implements ongoing training to ensure staff maintains up to date knowledge of amendments to existing legislation and divisional policies and procedures.

Assists in developing section goals, workplans and objectives by participating in strategic planning sessions.

Prepares reports and presentations on activities and results relating to the Vaccine Program, includes metric development, dashboards and analysis.

Ensures operational expenditures are within approved budget; makes recommendations in terms of capital and operating budget requirements.

Participates in research and promotes the utilization of appropriate research.

Ensures that employees are provided with and use the appropriate equipment, materials and/or procedures required to perform the assigned duties. Ensures that all employees perform work in accordance with applicable Health and Safety legislation and all City of Hamilton corporate and departmental policies and procedures.

Ensures that appropriate action is recommended for those employees who do not work in compliance with legislation, policies and procedures.

Works in accordance with the provisions of applicable Health and Safety legislation and all City of Hamilton corporate and departmental policies and