Southbridge Care Homes owns and operates 26 Long-Term Care Homes and 8 Retirement Homes throughout many urban and rural areas across southwestern Ontario. We have an exciting opportunity for someone seeking a role as an Executive Director in the ____________.

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Executive Director assumes ultimate responsibility for providing high quality care to all residents, while maintaining a safe and healthy environment for residents and staff.

As an Executive Director, you will be accountable for...

• Providing overall leadership to ensure that residents goals and objectives are achieved.
• Management of all humans, financial and physical resources for the various departments.
• Recruit team members and aid in their professional development by fostering an environment focused on knowledge sharing and skill building.
• Take part in the lives of the residents, their families’ and the local community to share the mission, vision and values of the residence.
• Collaborate in the budgeting process and manage the facility within the budget while overseeing the accounting operations for the residence.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and skills:

• Hold a post-secondary degree (3-year program), or post-secondary diploma (2-year program) in health or social services.
• Administrator’s Certification (Minimum 100 hours of instruction time completed or enrolled*).
• “Ontario Fire Safety: Training for Owners/Operators” Course Certificate.
• At least 3 years of working experience
• In a managerial or supervisory capacity in the health or social services sector; or
• In another managerial or supervisory capacity, if the Long-Term Care Administrator Certificate has been successfully completed.
• Existing Administrators OLTCHA Provision.
• Persons working or employed as Administrators on July 1, 2010, who do not have the above required qualifications, and who have continued to work in that position may be hired as Administrators if they:
• Have worked or been employed for at least three years as a long-term care home Administrator, and,
• Have successfully completed a program in long-term care home administration or management or, subject to the requirements of the OLTCHA, are enrolled in a program in long-term care home administration or management that meets the requirements of the Act.

Additional Qualification includes:

• Demonstrated effective leadership, communication (verbal and written) and comprehension skills.
• A passion and heart for helping those in the Retirement community.
• Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills.
• Customer-focused attitude, with an emphasis on building and maintaining relationships with clients.
• Ability to generate creative solutions and new approaches to daily challenges.
• Knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety practices, principles, and legislation.
• Sound knowledge of basic accounting principles and applicable legislation.