Director, Women's and Children's Services

Salary Grade: 10

Job Summary:

 The Director of Women’s and Children’s Services provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for a comprehensive service line that includes Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, Recovery, Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and associated outpatient clinics. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care across the continuum of women’s and pediatric services while maintaining regulatory compliance, achieving financial and operational objectives, and fostering a culture of safety, collaboration, and clinical excellence. This position will interact with all levels of the multi-disciplinary team, patients and families, members of leadership team of all departments.

Duties and Responsibilites:

• Collaborates with the Vice President, managers, program staff and physicians to set realistic program goals, targets, standards and outcomes and to manage and report results that is consistent with the mission, values and strategy of Windsor Regional Hospital.
• Responds to complex, sensitive and/or contentious issues and queries, ensuring patient care service needs are met.
• Establishes and oversees execution of long and short-term strategies, goals and objectives for the portfolio in alignment with the organization’s strategic direction and ensure alignment with community partner strategies.
• Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and communication to ensure optimal patient care.
• Provides leadership in standardized approaches and processes within the program, including admission and discharge practices, bed utilization, team communication, documentation, and the development and use of patient care pathways etc.  
• Establishes portfolio policies, practices and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance, service delivery and the operationalization of learning, skill development and capability.
• Collaborates with all stakeholders to set realistic program goals, targets, standards and outcomes and to manage and report results in collaboration with the Vice President and Managers
• Oversees management of portfolio financial and employee resources to support the achievement of goals and objectives and recommends for approval portfolio operating plans/ budgets.
• Contributes authoritatively to the organization’s strategic plan and vision.
• Establishes portfolio infrastructure that promotes the integration of programs, services and activities.
• Represents Inpatient Surgical Program within a variety of internal and external programs/committees as required.
• Authoritatively represents the organization’s position at industry and community forums/meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Capabilities:

• Effective communication with and understanding of others
• Ability to communicate in the French Language would be considered an asset
• Innovative approach to handling change
• Highly developed critical thinking skills and the ability to conceptualize and analyze problems
• Demonstrated ability to make quality and innovative decisions based on data

Qualifications:

• Current registration with applicable College or Association required
• Bachelor’s Degree in nursing, health, business or related discipline required
• Master’s Degree in nursing, health, business or related discipline preferred
• A minimum of five (5)  years health-related leadership and/or managerial experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required

Windsor Regional Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, upon request, accommodation will be provided by WRH throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities.