Manager, PACU and Blood Conservation Program - University Hospital

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC); London; On-site; CAD 133,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in London, Ontario, is seeking a Manager for the PACU and Blood Conservation Program within Perioperative Services at University Hospital. You will lead day-to-day operations, resource planning, and collaborations with multidisciplinary teams to uphold care quality and safety.

You will direct staff scheduling, budgeting, and change initiatives, fostering a healthy workplace and strong partnerships across LHSC to achieve strategic objectives and

Qualifications

• Registered nursing with active licensure is preferred.
• Strong leadership experience in healthcare, ideally perioperative.
• Experience with program management and budget oversight.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day PACU and Blood Conservation Program operations.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, budgets, and resource use.
• Foster safe patient care and a healthy workplace culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional clinical and administrative teams.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Communication

Collaboration

Change management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Post-graduate education

Certificate of Registration (RHPA)

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Salary: $133,107.00 - $166,413.00 per year

Who We Are

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning. In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support the wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time.

What the Role Is

Our Perioperative Services at University Hospital includes a Day Surgery Unit, Operating Rooms, Pre-Admit Clinic and Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU).

The University Hospital PACU and Blood Conservation Program provide specialized and individualized care to the following surgical populations: cardiac, neuro, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, transplants, bariatrics, plastics, ENT and dentistry.

This leadership role will provide coverage across the broader Perioperative Services portfolio, supporting the operational, quality, and patient care needs of various perioperative programs and multidisciplinary teams as needed.

Reporting to the Director, Perioperative Services & MDR - UH, the Manager, PACU and Blood Conservation Program - UH directs, controls and evaluates the delivery of department services. They are responsible for translating decisions of the program leadership into execution, by utilizing relationship management and working with internal and external partners to achieve the necessary outcomes. The Manager ensures their team and department operations are aligned with our mission, vision and values, while working together to successfully achieve our strategic objectives.

This role is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization.

Who You Are

• You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
• You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
• You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
• You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
• You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
• You create connections, build partnerships and networks
• You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
• You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
• You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
• You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills

What Skills Are Needed

• Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
• Strong business acumen
• Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
• Lead and drive system transformation
• Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
• Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making

What You Will Bring with You

• Successful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in a nursing program is preferred*
• Related post-graduate education preferred
• Current Certificate of Registration from a college recognized under the Regulated Health Professions Act preferred
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years' experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospital
• Previous clinical and/or management experience in perioperative services or critical care preferred
• Preference and consideration will be given to active members of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program
• Demonstrated clinical excellence experience including high quality and safe patient care and exceptional patient/family experiences
• Ability to effectively work with diversity, appreciating that different opinions, backgrounds and characteristics can bring richness to the challenge at hand
• Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

*Consideration for an interview will be given to an education and prior experience assessment

LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.