Job Title

Assistant Director of Care (ADOC)

Qualifications

University prepared RN (Bachelor of Science, Nursing)

Current license with the College of Nurses of Manitoba

Technical Competencies

Working knowledge of: the long term care industry, the accreditation process, Human Resources and Labour Relations, Sales & Marketing and Business/Finance principles, professional practice standards, applicable contractual & legislative requirements including governmental LTC standards and provincial Health & Safety, Workers Compensation, and Employment Standards legislation, Quality and Project Management principles, ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English, computer skills, facilitation skills, recording and reporting skills.

Experience

3 years experience in long term care/gerontology

Previous managerial experience, preferably in a long term care setting

The ADOC works under the supervision of the DOC and may perform work in any or all of the following areas as assigned.

Key Accountabilities

Examples

Coordination of resident care and services

• Develop and monitor the delivery of resident care services.
• Ensure the implementation and evaluation of systems to meet the care needs of our residents.
• Awareness and application of best practices.
• Establish positive relationships with residents and families and effectively manages expectations.
• Critical thinking skills in analysis of clinical indicators.

Human resources

• Staff development
• Deployment of staffing
• Recruitment, selection, screening, hiring, performance management
• Leadership mentoring and coaching
• Effectively manages the collective agreement to foster employee relations

Financial management

• Reconciling nursing hours to available funding
• Managing occupancy and client mix
• Responsible for departmental budget process and management of associated costs e.g.: supplies, attendance management

Quality improvement and risk management

• Infection Control
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Ensures that professional standards are maintained with respective scope of practice
• Participates in facility strategic planning to align the nursing department in response to internal and external environmental challenges
• Ensures that policies and procedures are aligned with facility culture, vision, mission and values
• Facilitate a process to achieve desired outcomes, including relevant committees
• Interprets clinical data for analysis

Government and community relations

• Partnering with stakeholders, like colleges, universities, agencies, and professional associations.
• Being visible in the community through participation in relevant committees and professional associations.
• Ensures positive relations with government, and regulatory bodies by complying with standards and guidelines.
• Participates in industry benchmarking

Occupational Health and Safety Accountabilities

• Provide direction in accordance with applicable Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Company policy to:
  • Workers,
  • Volunteers,
  • Contractors.
• Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of the worker.
• Carry out all assigned duties in compliance with applicable Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Company policy.
• Participate in all required occupational health and safety training.
• Report any known or identified health and safety hazards or violations to their supervisor.
• Refrain from any conduct that puts themselves, workers, contractors or others at risk.

MDS Accountabilities

• Provides leadership and support on RAI coding/auditing and data management
• Makes recommendations to improve privacy and confidentiality of health information
• Coordinates the completion of MDS assessment on all residents within established timelines.

• Key contact for all staff on MDS and RAI completion

Privacy Accountabilities

• Respects and preserves the privacy, confidentiality and security of health care and employee information at all times. Violations of this statement include, but are not limited to:

• accessing confidential information that is not within the scope of the individuals duties
• misusing, disclosing without proper authorization, or altering confidential information
• disclosing to another person the unique username or password for accessing electronic confidential health care information
• using another person's username or password to access information
• discussing confidential information in a public area
• leaving confidential health care or employee information in public areas
• disposing of confidential information inappropriately

• Extendicare's Code of Business Conduct and Standards of Employee Conduct policies are to be adhered to by the employee groups they apply to at all times.

Resident/Family Safety Accountabilities

• In the interest of the safety of residents and family members, employees while on duty are accountable to carry out all duties assigned within the scope of their job in compliance with applicable legislation, standards and company policy.
• Refrain from any conduct that puts residents and family members at risk.

Time Type:

Extendicare and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes upon request.