Nurse Manager

Kensington Health Centre

(Temporary Full-time; Nights Shifts (11:00pm-7:00am); 75 hours bi-weekly)

The Kensington Health Centre’s innovative 350-bed long term care facility Kensington Gardens focuses on providing resident-centered care. Kensington Gardens offers residents the independence they need to thrive and build an extraordinary quality of life. We continue to place quality of life, family wellness, community involvement and living with dignity at the forefront of our vision.

The Kensington Gardens Long Term Care is seeking a dynamic Nurse Manager who have experience in Long Term Care and enjoy working in a team environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible to the Director of Care (DOC) for the monitoring, leadership and provision of resident care and services of assigned Resident Home Areas (RHA).
• Monitors the resident’s record for accuracy and completeness as required by the professional licensing standards and in accordance with the Ministry of Health as provided in the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007.
• Monitors the medication and treatment routines including the delivery of skin and wound care utilizing best practice. Communicates findings and actions to the DOC.
• Liaises with family members as necessary and deals with concerns and issues. Refers concerns as necessary to the DOC.
• Communicates with the Staffing Coordinator to ensure staff appears for duty and all positions are filled on each shift. Replaces staff as necessary.
• Evaluates personal care staff through performance appraisal. Recognizes staff performance as necessary.
• Supports management/employee conflict resolution. Participates in the process of labour management, as necessary.
• Monitors modified work programs for the personal care department and liaise with the Supervisor of Health and Safety as necessary.
• Performs audits to collect and support data as necessary.
• Ensures health-related equipment and supplies are provided to the RHAs. Provides input to the DOC as to prioritization of need for purchase of new equipment.
• Promote the philosophy and practices of resident centeredness and humanizing in all resident encounters and decisions.
• Ensure compliance with the Resident’s Bill of Rights. Respects spiritual, cultural and ethnic aspects of a resident’s life.
• Empower the Personal Care staff with the responsibility to plan effective care for each resident with resident input.

Qualifications:

• RN with a current certificate of competence from the College Nurses of Ontario
• Current membership with Gerontological Nursing Association (GNA) and Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is preferred
• Minimum of two years’ experience in long term care setting is an asset
• Minimum of one (1) year experience being in charge of the building

• Demonstrates an understanding of current trends and concepts relative to professional Nursing
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Excellent performance accountability with an overall commitment to KHC’s Accountability Framework

​Kensington Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from equity seeking groups. Kensington Health is committed to providing reasonable accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter.