Supervisor Health Protection

**Division: Long-Term Care**

**Job Status: Full Time**

**Number of Positions: 1**

**Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm**

**Posting Date: Monday, December 9, 2024**

**Closing Date: Sunday, December 15, 2024**

**Wage: $50.10 - 59.63**

**Company Biography**

The County of Lambton is an urban-rural area in southwestern Ontario that is home to over 126,000 residents. The Corporation's seven divisions operate programs and services for the residents of Lambton County such as land ambulance, provincial offences court, three Long-Term Care Homes, 25 library branches, two museums, an art gallery, archives, local roadways, public health services, housing services, social services, building services and planning and development services. Lambton County is a community dedicated to economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with its municipal and community partners.

**Position Summary**

The Supervisor, Health Protection operates in accordance with the mandate of the Health Protection and Promotion Act and associated regulations, Ontario Public Health Standards and associated protocols and guidelines, and all other pertinent legislation to ensure the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of quality programs.

This position leads an interdisciplinary team comprised of Public Health Nurses, Public Health Inspectors, Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, and Program Support Staff to protect and ensure the health of residents of Lambton County.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Staff Monitoring and Supervision**:

- Assist in interviewing and selection, orientation and training, scheduling performance management, and professional practice issues
- Ensure program goals and objectives are met; implementing changes to maintain or improve the level and quality of service delivery and ensuring staff adoption of changes
- Assist with developing, implementing, and reviewing departmental and professional practice policies and procedures, and medical directives to be approved by the Medical Officer of Health
- Supervise the development and maintenance of information systems as required for planning and monitoring programming in Health Protection
- Provide counseling and mentoring to program staff and act as a resource on individual client/file management and program issues
- Provide staff development program with a planned orientation period. Coordinate staff training and professional development opportunities
- Ensure staff observes professional discipline, technical, and legal standards in compliance with relevant colleges, Regulated Health Professions Act, and applicable collective agreements and the confidentiality, security, and availability of information in accordance with relevant legislation are assured
- Assist with the interpretation and applicable Collective Agreements and handling of grievances
- Monitor team attendance, vacation, expense statements, and job safety. In addition, complete performance evaluations as required. Initiate first level discipline

**Planning and Evaluation**:

- Ensure programs are operating in accordance with the Health Protection & Promotion Act, Ontario Health Standards, County policies and other relevant legislation.
- Assist in developing, reviewing, and promoting the goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for the program area
- Develop and implement operational plans for program areas based on current literature, scientific information, epidemiology, legislation, and community needs
- Evaluate and review program operations to ensure that activities are effective, and evidence based while initiating developing and coordinating research and evaluation initiative within the program area
- Assist in ensuring the quality of all professional practice through continuous quality improvement
- Assist Manager in identifying potential funding sources such as grants and develop funding proposals and implementation strategies

**Communication, Collaboration, and Consulting**:

- Review current literature, scientific information, and federal and provincial guidelines and advise the Manager, Health Protection and Medical Officer of Health, and community partners of significant trends and/or strategies in public health issues and/or changing communicable disease situations
- Review materials for publication to ensure accuracy and cultural appropriateness, authorizing related press releases and press packages and routinely responding to requests from the media for program information
- Represent Lambton Public Health (LPH) on advisory, local, and provincial government committees, and community and professional organizations with the authority to make decisions, consult, advise, and exchange information on health protection issues while developing, negotiating, and mediating collaborative projects with multiple community partner agencie