Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Are you looking for an opportunity where you can lead a team of driven, hard-working, and dedicated Home Care professionals? If so, this temporary position is the opportunity for you! As the Wetaskiwin Home Care Manager, you will report to the Area Director, supporting the vision, mission, and business of Assisted Living Alberta. You will be a dynamic, outgoing, professional who excels in communication skills, working with professional staff in a very fast paced office. You will be responsible for the overall direction and management of the Home Care team to ensure that safe, timely, comprehensive, and quality coordinated care is provided. You will be responsible for audits, adhering to compliances, planning, and implementing change in programs, processes, and procedures to achieve optimal outcomes to promote quality of care and resource allocation.
Description:
Your responsibilities will include day to day operational duties of managing a Home Care office, including, but not limited to: Mentorship and development of staff, assisting with staff scheduling, addressing client concerns, implementing and maintaining standards of practice. This position works closely with community partners, both contracted and non-contracted to ensure home care clients can remain in their home for as long as possible. You will have good time management, critical thinking abilities, and be able to work both independently and within a team environment to promote client centered care.

Transition Company:

Assisted Living Alberta

Classification:

Manager

Union:

Exempt

Unit and Program:

Home and Community Care, Home Care

Primary Location:

Wetaskiwin Mall

Location Details:

As Per Location

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

04-SEP-2025

Date Available:

01-OCT-2025

Temporary End Date:

11-JAN-2027

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$40.19

Maximum Salary:

$68.93

Vehicle Requirement:

Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Current license or active registration from appropriate professional body. Three years within the last five years' management experience. Three years' experience in home care. A demonstrated clear pattern of professional and personal development. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP). Strong background with recruitment along with experience with the Recruitment Management System (RMS). Has working knowledge of relevant community resources along with transitional resources. Ability to identify potential gaps of care and work collaboratively to ensure client needs are met to deliver exceptional and individualized care.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Proven leadership skills including team building, resource management, conflict resolution, written and verbal communication, and facilitation/change management. Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary team members including but not limited to acute care. Ability to prioritize and achieve results in a fast paced and changing environment. Solution oriented with a focus on decision making and resolving complex issues. Geriatric experience/certification considered an asset with training in case management principles. Knowledge of the continuing care sector. Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Excellent organizational and time management skills, self-directed and demonstrates the ability to work independently using sound professional judgment. Demonstrate critical thinking and decision-making skills. Demonstrate strong assessment skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong clinical background in nursing with a baccalaureate degree in nursing is preferred however skills and experience relevant to nursing practice in home care will be considered. Excellent nursing skills including provision of home parenteral therapy, wound care principles, and palliative care experience. Ability to provide effective education and teaching. Computer knowledge/skills, specific to Connect Care application and the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook considered an asset.