Director of Care

Job Description

We are excited to announce that River Ridge 1 Retirement Residence, our most luxurious residence located in beautiful Winnipeg Manitoba, is seeking a dynamic and passionate Director of Care to join our growing team. This is a unique opportunity to lead in a state-of-the-art retirement residence and make a meaningful impact on the lives of our residents while helping to shape the future.

As the Director of Care, you would be responsible for the coordination and implementation of resident care, based upon pre-established standards, to ensure quality of life for each individual resident.

Requirements

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) with the relevant Provincial Nurses College.


• Management experience 5 years (preferred)


• Retirement or Health Care for 5 years (preferred)


• A seasoned professional is preferred.


• Current CPR and First Aid and N95 training


• Experience with the RHRA, Retirement Homes, or long-term care nursing is desirable.


• Experience with Dementia/Alzheimer’s care is an asset.


• Skill in planning, coordination, delivery and supervising a comprehensive nursing care program.


• Must demonstrate excellent compassion, leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.


• Must stay current with changes to legislation, regulation and nursing policy changes and participate in mandatory educational in-services.

Duties

• Planning, directing, coordinating, and supervising the overall nursing program for residents which would include the implementation of nursing practices and policies.


• Being responsible for the assessment, admission and discharge of residents.


• Engage with residents and their families to address concerns, resolve complaints, and review suggestions as appropriate.


• Maintaining contact with residents to ensure a high quality of care.


• Working in cooperation with the Executive Director to hire, direct, train and schedule nursing personnel


• May recommend reprimand, suspension or discharge of employees.


• Completing required monthly reports for both the Executive Director and Senior Management.


• Being responsible for control and safekeeping of drugs and narcotics, and supervising the drug administration program, where applicable, including the administration of medication by all registered staff.


• Performing other duties, as required.

If interested, please submit your resume for review.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected to proceed in the selection process will be contacted.

We are committed to providing accommodation in the recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, upon request. The accommodation provided will take into account the applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process or in order to successfully submit your application, please contact us.