Nurse Manager - Surgical Program, Operating Room

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Position Summary

The Toronto General Hospital is currently seeking a Clinical Manager for the Operating Room in the Sprott Department of Surgery - the largest surgical program in Canada. Every day, doctors, nurses, scientists and others from different disciplines work together to tackle some of the world’s most complex surgeries and toughest medical problems. Sprott Surgery teams have developed ground-breaking technologies that are now used in hospitals everywhere, and have developed surgical techniques that save countless lives.

Duties

As Nurse Manager, your sound judgment and strong leadership abilities will enable you to lead and develop a department focused on delivering quality patient care. Oversee day-to-day operations including education, quality management, staff utilization, financial and human resource management, resolving patient care issues, problems and concerns. You will develop and motivate a cohesive team and will identify and support educational strategies to enhance staff knowledge with respect to professional nursing practices and patient care. You will need to build and continue to maintain dynamic relationships with internal partners and external organizations.

Working in collaboration with the multidisciplinary healthcare teams, you will support and advance the unit, site and corporate strategic priorities. You will specifically take a leadership role in furthering the timely delivery and excellence of patient care services for our program and region. Your creativity and change management skills and experience will ensure success in the identification and operationalization of innovative changes to the care delivery model, enhancing seamless, integrated care and full scope of professional practice. As a valued member of Team UHN, the clinical manager will also have access to a variety of wellness tools and benefits to support work life balance for themselves and their interprofessional team.

The successful incumbent’s initial alignment will be with Surgical Services. This may evolve over time as required in alignment with department, program or UHN needs.

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.