Director of Care

DIRECTOR OF CARE CHIPPAWA CREEK at Bella Care Residence

Candidates are invited to apply for the above full-time position to work at our Chippawa Creek at Bella Care Residence, a 160 bed long-term care facility, located in Niagara Falls Ontario. Reporting to the Administrator, the Director of Care is responsible for managing all aspects of nursing care within the home to ensure quality resident care through the effective, efficient delivery of established standards within legislative and budgetary requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, organizes, directs and supervises the activities of the Nursing Department to provide
• quality resident care.
• Interprets nursing philosophy and establishes and implements goals and objectives, policies
• and procedures in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, etc., for both residents and department
• personnel in accordance with policies, procedures and legislative requirements.
• Liaises and consults with families/residents, government officials, company resources and
• professionals in relation to resident care needs and department activities.
• Assumes responsibility for the facility in the absence of the Administrator.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred
• Membership or eligible for membership with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• At least one year of experience working as a registered nurse in the long-term care sector
• At least three years of working experience as a registered nurse in a managerial or supervisory
• capacity, preferably within long-term care.
• Demonstrated strong leadership, communication skills and effective human relation skills required.
• Knowledge of applicable legislation, unionized settings and labour contracts preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of nursing and health care practices and techniques including education.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both in verbal and written communication.

Completion of one of the following certificates:

• Silver Meridian/ studyonline.ca/Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing/Mohawk College/CHA Learning/Ontario Long Term Care Clinicians/Ontario CLRI eLearning Hub/Conestoga College/University of Toronto Certificate in Leadership & Management

• In Ontario, Extendicare, ParaMed Home Health Care and affiliated organizations including our

• partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its

• recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the

• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.