Manager - Clinical, Primary Care Team

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority; Sioux Lookout; On-site; CAD 101,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority in Ontario seeks a Manager - Clinical to lead the Pods and administrative team, coordinating care with Allied Health Professionals, management, and community resources to deliver high-quality, timely services in a culturally appropriate way.

This role reports to the Director - Primary Care Team and drives annual work plans, program development, budgeting, recruitment, training and supervision to support First Nations communities across the Sioux

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Allied Health related field is required.
• Registered and in good standing with a Professional College of Ontario.
• Minimum of three years’ experience as an Allied Health Professional.
• Minimum of two years of leadership and management experience.
• Experience with social aspects of Northern First Nations communities.
• Experience managing budgets and reporting to funders.
• Experience with EMR, health databases, and computer skills.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License.
• Willing to relocate to Sioux Lookout or within daily commuting distance.
• Ability to communicate in a First Nations dialect is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and management of Pods and administrative team.
• Lead allied health professionals, management, and community collaborators.
• Develop annual work plans aligned with organizational objectives.
• Coordinate recruitment, hiring, and staff development.
• Monitor budgets and operate within funded reports requirements.
• Promote regional policies and best practices for Primary Care.
• Collaborate with Director and HR to manage staff needs.

Skills

Leadership & management

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & reporting

People management

Communication skills

Relocation willingness

First Nations knowledge

Team collaboration

Policy development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health related field

Tools

Electronic medical records (EMR)

Job description

Description

Under the Sioux Lookout Area Primary Care Team, the Manager - Clinical is responsible for the overall clinical leadership and management of the Pods and administrative team. The Manager - Clinical will work alongside a team of Allied Health Professionals, management, administrative staff, caregivers and community resources to ensure high quality and timely health services using culturally appropriate practices and best practice standards of care. The Primary Care team provides services to all ages within the Sioux Lookout Catchment area, including the 33 First Nations communities.

The Manager - Clinical is accountable to the Director - Primary Care Team.

2026 Annual Salary Range: $100,916 - 147,370

Position Type: Full Time Permanent

Posting Type: This job posting is for an existing vacancy

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Allied Health related field is required.
• Registered and in good standing with a Professional College of Ontario.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working as an Allied Health Professional.
• Minimum of two years of leadership and management experience.
• Experience, knowledge, and awareness of the social complexities of Northern and remote First Nations and First Nation ways of learning, traditions, cultures, values, health systems and intergenerational impacts of government policies.
• Experience in people management, program development, governance, budget, resource management, and organizational skills.
• Experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders, internal and external to the organization to achieve successful outcomes through excellent relationship-building skills.
• Experience managing budgets and fulfilling reporting requirements to funders
• Experience with electronic medical records, health information databases and strong computer skills.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License
• Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout (or within a daily commuting distance).
• Persons of First Nations ancestry will be given preference (OHRC, Part II, Special Employment)
• Ability to communicate in one of the First Nations dialects of the Sioux Lookout region is an asset.
• Ability to perform the requirements of the role on a regular basis
• Oversees the performance management, recruitment and retention of employees.
• Collaborates with the Director of the SLAPCT and Human Resources staff to recruit, interview, select, hire and employ staff.
• Ensures employees are adequately trained to fulfill the duties and responsibilities related to their positions.
• Provides supervision, guidance and supports Allied Health Care workers and administrative staff.
• Must be able to work in a collaborative team environment, as well as independently.
• Monitors/evaluates work plans and operating budgets.
• Development of annual work plans and reports that align with the annual organizational objectives.
• Coordinate the ongoing promotion of the Primary Care Team (ie. Memos, Briefing Notes, Organizational and Government reports, etc).
• Ability to manage staff and workloads in a fast paced and every changing environment.
• Liaise with leadership, frontline workers, health care providers and other service workers in communities to collaboratively strategize means to tackle priority issues related to Primary Health Care.
• In collaboration with the Director of SLAPCT and other health professionals, will develop regional policies, objectives, educational material and best practices for Primary Care.
• Program development and promotion.
• Provide assistance when required and any other duties assigned.

Working Conditions

• Must be willing to relocate and live in Sioux Lookout (or within a daily commuting distance)
• Must be willing to travel by various modes

Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority focuses on hiring Indigenous employees whenever possible.

Candidates are encouraged to self-identify on their application. Self-identification is voluntary and the information is used to assist SLFNHA in hiring Indigenous people from the region whenever possible and to support candidates in their application.

We offer competitive and comprehensive employment benefits to Full-Time employees: