Manager, Inpatient Beds

Vancouver Island Health Authority; Courtenay; On-site; CAD 143,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) is seeking a managerial leader for Inpatient Beds, ICU/Telemetry and Allied Health across Campbell River Campus and Comox Valley Campus. The role reports to the Site Director and focuses on patient safety, quality care, and regional coordination across multiple sites.

The position emphasizes strategic planning, staff development, and ensuring compliance with professional and Island Health standards in a large hospital and community care setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant health discipline; Master's degree preferred.
• Current registration with a regulatory body.
• Seven years health care experience with supervisory/management in a critical care area.
• Ability to lead quality improvement and change management initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Experience coordinating care across multiple sites in a regional setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to inpatient beds.
• Directly supervise senior nurses and allied health staff.
• Plan, organize and direct inpatient care across campuses.
• Foster cultural safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure policies meet professional, legal and Island Health standards.

Skills

Leadership

Quality improvement

Strategic planning

Communication

Coaching

Multi-site coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in health discipline

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Work Area (FBA Only)

Multi-Site

No

Travel Requirement

Travel between multiple sites may be required

Shift Start Time/End Time

0800-1600

Days Off

Saturday, Sunday

Vacancy Type

Regular FT

Salary Range (Hourly Rate)

$68.61 - $87.67

Paid FTE

1.0

Worked BI-WEEKLY HOURS

75

Planned Start Date

Oct. 15 2026

Approximate End Date (For Temporary Assignments ONLY)

Pending Return of Incumbent

No

CRC required? (employee will be working with or have access to children or vulnerable adults and requires a Criminal Record Check)

Required for Professional Registration

Job Description

NOTE: This job applies to a manager responsible to provide clinical and operational leadership to a front-line clinical patient care department or health program that is delivered through multi-disciplinary health care teams in a hospital and/or community-based direct patient/client care setting. The departments are large with the Manager Clinical Services/Program Operations directly supervising at a minimum Nurses at the Level 4 or 5 classification/wage rate.

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health), patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

Reporting to the Site Director, the Manager, Inpatient Beds, is responsible for all aspects of planning, organizing and directing the delivery of inpatient patient care services at either the Campbell River Campus (CRH) or the Comox Valley Campus (CVH) of the North Island Hospitals.

The Manager utilizes a collaborative, supportive, team building approach, and evidence based decision making to provide leadership in the integration of cultural safety and humility, and the coordination patient centred, quality care supporting the health of the population throughout Geography 1 of Island Health, with a focus on First Nations and the elderly. The Manager champions, coaches and supports a regional perspective in access to care and allocation of resources, and manages, directly and through delegation, the professional and clinical practices of staff; quality assurance and improvement; change processes; integrated and unified teams; creative solutions in a learning organization; and ensures policies and procedures comply with professional, legal, and Island Health standards.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Training And Experience

A level of education, training and experience equivalent a Bachelor's degree in a relevant health discipline, Master's degree preferred.

Skills And Abilities

• Seven (7) years health care experience including several years at the supervisory/management level in a critical care area, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Appropriate certification, license or professional designation and current registration with regulatory body.
• Ability to develop an environment where quality improvement and change management principles are embraced and used on a continuous basis.
• Ability to lead, coach and mentor; to motivate, delegate and operate in both structured and unstructured situations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated planning skills, both strategic and operational.
• Ability to work with delegates to provide program services at multiple sites in a regional setting.
• Ability to integrate administrative, professional and operational aspects of the program in an effective and efficient manner.

This manager position is for ICU/Telemetry and Allied Health