Director of Care

All Seniors Care Living Centres; Oakville; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retirement residence provider in Oakville, Ontario is seeking a dynamic Director of Care. This role involves leading a comprehensive nursing care program, ensuring quality of life for residents, and engaging with families to address their concerns. Candidates should be Registered Nurses with at least 5 years of management experience in health care. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of care while making a meaningful impact on residents' lives.

Qualifications

• Current CPR and First Aid certification required.
• Experience with RHRA and long-term care nursing is desirable.
• Experience with Dementia/Alzheimer's care is an asset.
• CPR and First Aid and N95 training current.
• Experience with RHRA, Retirement Homes, or long-term care nursing desirable.
• Experience with Dementia/Alzheimer’s care is an asset.
• Strong planning, coordination, delivery and supervision of a comprehensive nursing care program.
• Excellent compassion, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement resident care based on pre-established standards.
• Assess, admit, and discharge residents.
• Plan and supervise the overall nursing program.

Skills

Compassion

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Compassion

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Current registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)

Management experience (5 years preferred)

Experience in Retirement or Health Care (5 years preferred)

Job description

We are excited to announce that Oakville Estates Retirement Residence, our most Luxurious residence located in beautiful Oakville Ontario, is seeking a dynamic and passionate Director of Care to join our growing team. This is a unique opportunity to lead in a state-of-the-art retirement residence and make a meaningful impact on the lives of our residents while helping to shape the future.

As the Director of Care, you would be responsible for the coordination and implementation of resident care, based upon pre-established standards, to ensure quality of life for each individual resident.

Requirements:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) with the relevant Provincial Nurses College.
• Management experience 5 years (preferred)
• Retirement or Health Care for 5 years (preferred)
• A seasoned professional is preferred.
• Current CPR and First Aid and N95 training
• Experience with the RHRA, Retirement Homes, or long-term care nursing is desirable.
• Experience with Dementia/Alzheimer’s care is an asset.
• Skill in planning, coordination, delivery and supervising a comprehensive nursing care program.
• Must demonstrate excellent compassion, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must stay current with changes to legislation, regulation and nursing policy changes and participate in mandatory educational in-services.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, directing, coordinating, and supervising the overall nursing program for residents which would include the implementation of nursing practices and policies.
• Being responsible for the assessment, admission and discharge of residents.
• Engage with residents and their families to address concerns, resolve complaints, and review suggestions as appropriate.
• Maintaining contact with residents to ensure a high quality of care.
• Working in cooperation with the Executive Director to hire, direct, train and schedule nursing personnel
• May recommend reprimand, suspension or discharge of employees.
• Completing required monthly reports for both the Executive Director and Senior Management.
• Being responsible for control and safekeeping of drugs and narcotics, and supervising the drug administration program, where applicable, including the administration of medication by all registered staff.
• Performing other duties, as required.

Location: Oakville, Ontario

If interested, please submit your resume for review.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected to proceed in the selection process will be contacted.

We are committed to providing accommodation in the recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, upon request. The accommodation provided will take into account the applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process or in order to successfully submit your application, please contact us.