Job Description

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Job ID:

J1022-0499

Job Type:

Temporary Assignment or Contract

Duration:

12 mois / 12 months

Job Category:

General Administration

Open Positions:

1

Faculty / Department:

Faculty of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine

Campus:

Roger Guindon Hall (Smyth Road)

Union Affiliation:

Non-Union Management (NM)

Date Posted:

October 27, 2022

Closing Date:

November 6, 2022

Hours per week:

35

Salary (Grade: NM1) Hiring salary range
$90,969-$113,711

*Job title under review

The University of Ottawa-A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective. Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada's top 10 research universities-our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today's challenges. One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe. Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place. Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong!

About the Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position purpose:
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Overseeing a team of Risk Management Nurses and an administrator this position ensures that the Student Placement Risk Management program is executed effectively by ensuring that the requirements for immunizations, police checks, CPR, first aid, and licenses for students/medical residents who are being placed in clinical settings as part of their assigned programs and experiential learning programs are met. Establishes standardized processes for the Student Placement Risk Management group to meet these requirements. Manages the day-to-day operational requirements of the program and its staff.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Supervises a group of nurses and one administrator for the purpose of aligning resources with departmental objectives. Ensures the development of performance objectives and evaluations in order to maintain a fully-engaged workforce for the sector.
• Devises a schedule which ensures effective client service delivery, including evenings, weekends, and vacations, and resolves scheduling challenges as they arise.
• Oversees the development and ongoing improvement of a student placement risk management program specific to the Faculty/School/Department based on the requirements of the faculty and following the provincial standards established by the Council of Ontario Universities, and the clinical placement employers. Ensures program compliance and standardization of the services provided among the various client groups assigned to the Risk Management Nurses.
• Oversees the diligence of all processes for review and assessment of medical and police records submitted by students/residents to determine if they meet the established standards. Develops a framework for the nurses for ensuring follow ups with students/medical residents whose records are not appropriate and do not meet the program's requirements. Ensures that consistent messaging is used by the risk management nurse group members for various client groups concerning the consequences of non-compliance.
• Takes overall responsibility for various vaccination clinics, including planning, budget, scheduling and occasionally participating in the administration of vaccines. Ensures that ongoing needs are met for students/medical residents to participate in N-95 fit testing and CPR training.
• Meets regularly with the key stakeholders (Vice-Deans Academic, placement coordinators) and employers to ensure that program delivery requirements are being met and to evaluate future needs, to communicate any program changes or enhancements, and to develop a communications strategy to ensure that students are clear on their respective placement compliance requirements.

What you will bring:

• Graduation with a degree from a recognized University in nursing (or equivalent in professional experience/certifications).
• Valid Certificate of Competence from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a Registered Nurse.
• Knowledge of immunization guidelines and best practices.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and standards in the area of epidemiology
• Knowledge of human rights code and its applicability to the collection of confidential and sensitive information
• Minimum of 7 years specialized nursing experience in evaluating immunization records.
• Experience leading a team and in supervision
• Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures
• Experience in applying health counselling techniques
• Experience in using software for word processing, databases, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail and internet.
• Ability to analyse problems and develop solutions.
• Initiative, discretion and autonomy.
• Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and written)

Bilingualism: French and English (spoken and written); to be considered for this position, candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We are at our best when everyone has a seat at the table, and when we are made to feel like we belong. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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