Responsibilities:
• Facilitates, collaborates and oversees the delivery of resident care services, ensuring the implementation and evaluation of systems and processes to meet the care needs of the residents.
• Ensures that professional standards are maintained with respective scope of practice and that a collaborative decision making model is utilized.
• Participates actively in the leadership of multi-site strategic planning and Continuous Quality Improvement.
• Ensures positive relations with government and regulatory bodies by complying with standards and guidelines and participating in best practice initiatives.
• Participates in facility fiscal management.
• Participates in facility strategic planning to align the nursing department in response to internal and external environmental challenges.
• Ensure that implementation of policies and procedures are aligned with facility culture, vision, mission and values.
• Provide direction in accordance with applicable Occupational Health and Safety legislation and Extendicare policy.
• Provide leadership and support on RAI/MDS coding, auditing and data management.