Director Health Services - Emergency Program
Requisition ID: 401170
Position Number: 20087999
Posting End Date: April 24, 2026
City: Winnipeg
Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Grace Hospital
Department / Unit: Office of the Exe Director and CNO - GGH
Job Stream: Non-Clinical
Union: Non Union
Anticipated Start Date: 05/04/2026
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days;Standby coverage as required
Work Arrangement: In Person
Daily Hours Worked: 7.75
Annual Base Hours: 2015
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Position Overview
Under the direction of the CNO, the Director Health Services leads inter-disciplinary team(s) consisting of staff who provide support or direct care to patients/residents/clients. This position is responsible for the effective and efficient operation and administration of the Emergency Program and ensuring the safe delivery of health services.
- Ensures program activities are performed in accordance with Mission, Vision and Values of the hospital and the WRHA.
- Inspires and leads health services staff across the organization to embrace and adopt integrated, patient/resident/client-centered care pathways and service delivery models.
- Accountable to ensure the provision of service-delivery focused operational leadership in a fiscally responsible manner, partnering closely with leadership, internal and external stakeholders to support patients/residents/clients in accessing culturally safe and respectful health services.
- Monitors and evaluates key performance indicators and collaborates with stakeholders to ensure safe, effective and appropriate client care through the clinical quality framework and patient/resident/client care lens that will shape an environment for clinical and service excellence.
Experience
- Five (5) years of progressively responsible management and leadership experience within nursing and healthcare administration.
- Experience in Acute Care services required.
- Experience in human resource management, financial management and quality improvement required.
- Experience in community health or social services preferred.
- Extensive experience in service delivery and business operations.
- Ability to lead and participate in both short- and long-term planning.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Preparation at the Masters level.
- Consideration may be given to an experienced candidate who will acquire an agreed to graduate degree within a given timeframe.
- Post-secondary degree in a relevant health discipline from an accredited education institution; a post-graduate degree is an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
- Current Registration with the professional college associated with the discipline.
Qualifications and Skills
- Demonstrated comprehensive leadership capabilities. The provincial health system in Manitoba has adopted the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.
- Knowledge of:
- Relevant professional regulatory requirements including standards and scope of practice for direct reports.
- Relevant legislated acts including but not limited to Personal Health Information Act, Protection of Persons in Care Act, Mental Health Act, Workplace Health & Safety Act, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS), Principles of Routine Practices (Universal Precautions).
- Relevant Collective Agreements.
- Working with individuals from diverse cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds.
- Regional/site/unit policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines relating to: clinical care, administrative, financial, and human resource management.
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to work safely in a typical computerized office environment with frequent meetings, and to lift and carry items of up to approximately 10 kg (25 lbs.).
- Incumbent demonstrates ability to prioritize work, deal with interruptions, re-prioritize as required and ensure dedicated/focused time for strategic planning.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
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