The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) offers challenging and exciting careers in health and social services delivery and administration in Canada’s North. The Territorial Authority has service locations in communities across the territory and a staff of more than 1,600 serving over 43,000 residents of the NWT and 5,900 residents of the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. Challenging work, welcoming communities, and expanded opportunities are some of the benefits offered to employees of the NTHSSA.

Located in Yellowknife, the Manager, Medicine and Surgery (Manager) is responsible for the overall daily management of the Medicine and Surgery Unit. This position oversees two Clinical Coordinators, and surgery and medicine registered nurses as well as primary authority for a budget of approximately $7.3M. The incumbent is responsible for recruiting, hiring, managing, and providing operational direction to a multi-disciplinary workforce, and through recruitment and retention efforts ensures adequate staffing for the provision of safe, competent, and consistent health care to clients from the NWT and the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. In a unionized environment, proactive participation in meetings requires a high degree of diplomacy and self-control. The decisions and recommendations made by the incumbent may have a direct impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of human resources, program and service delivery, and financial budgets.

The incumbent is responsible to oversee the client/patient experience, and will be required to work closely with the NTHSSA Territorial Manager of Acute Care and other relevant Territorial Managers supporting this program area to ensure that client/patient needs are being supported and addressed. They will lead, implement and manage the delivery of quality-based Medicine and Surgery services to facilitiate the best utcomes for patients/clients.

The Manager is required to be innovative and motivated in the area of continuing education to encourage professional growth, to have access to current and accurate data.

Typically, the above qualifications would be attained by:
A Bachelor’s of Nursing or an RN designation, and five (5) years management, supervisory, and/or clinical education experience in an acute care setting within the past 10 years.

Inquiries Only:

Department of Finance
Government of the Northwest Territories
YELLOWKNIFE CENTRE 5TH FLOOR
BOX 1320 YELLOWKNIFE NT X1A 2L9
Tel (867) 767-9154 Extension 14106
Fax (867) 873-0445
jobsyk@gov.nt.ca

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