Nursing Supervisor - Odette Cancer Centre - Temporary full-time - 2026-18916

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre seeks an experienced supervisor to manage ambulatory clinics and disease site groups, ensuring safe, efficient operation and high-quality patient care. The role oversees staffing, program planning, and interprofessional collaboration within a fast-paced cancer care environment.

Successful candidates will hold a Bachelor's degree (BScN preferred), with a nursing certificate of competence, and 3–5 years of acute care/ambulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required; BScN preferred.
• College of Nurses of Ontario certificate of competence required.
• 3–5 years acute care clinical experience; oncology/ambulatory preferred.
• Recent supervisory or leadership experience in health care.
• Strong organizational, time-management, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated coaching and empowering management style.
• Ability to adapt in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Commitment to patient-centred care with inter-professional teams.
• Ability to meet deadlines and drive key initiatives.
• Excellent change-agent and oral/written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the clinic environment (equipment, supplies, IT systems).
• Ensure patient safety & mitigate risk via policies & procedures.
• Manage human resource requirements and performance issues.
• Ongoing recruitment & retention of staff.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Address patient & family concerns.
• Operationalize quality improvement initiatives with monitoring & evaluation.
• Day-to-day staffing.
• Program planning, development, implementation, & evaluation.
• Facilitate professional development, chair site-based meetings, and participate in organizational meetings.
• Create a supportive environment through staffing, processes, and interprofessional communication.

Skills

leadership

organizational skills

time management

communication

decision making

coaching

change management

patient-centered care

inter-professional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree

BScN preferred

College of Nurses of Ontario certificate of competence

Job description

Summary of Duties

The Odette Cancer Centre is an ambulatory care facility dedicated to the treatment and support of outpatient cancer patients and their families. Large volumes of patients flow through the centre on a daily basis for clinical assessment, radiation, chemotherapy, minor surgery, diagnostic &/or therapeutic procedures. The supervisor is responsible for the daily operation of assigned clinics and disease site groups within the ambulatory clinics.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• monitoring the clinic environment (eg. equipment, supplies, IT systems),
• ensuring patient safety & mitigating risk through enforcement of policies & procedures,
• managing human resource requirements and performance-related issues,
• ongoing recruitment & retention of staff,
• conducting performance reviews,
• addressing patient & family concerns,
• operationalization of centre-wide quality improvement initiatives with ongoing monitoring & evaluation,
• day-to-day staffing,
• program planning, development, implementation, & evaluation,
• facilitating professional development, chairing of sitebased team meetings, and organizational meeting participation.
• Creating a supportive environment for patients and their families through the daily management of appropriate staffing levels, clinic processes, and facilitating interprofessional communication is of utmost importance to this role. The supervisor for ambulatory clinics is critical to the successful operations of the Odette Cancer Centre.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree required; BScN preferred
• College of Nurses of Ontario certificate of competence required
• 3-5 years acute care clinical experience; oncology &/or ambulatory experience preferred
• Recent relevant supervisory or leadership experience in health care
• Organizational, time-management, communication, and decision-making skills needed
• Demonstrated coaching and an empowering style of management
• Ability to manage effectively in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
• Demonstrated commitment to excellence in patient centred care, including shared governance and inter-professional care teams
• Ability to follow through on key initiatives and meet targeted deadlines and deliverables
• Excellent change agent skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skill