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Vol.3 No.17 | August 12, 2010
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News and Notes
Managers should cut absenteeism, not a consultant, mayor charges – From The Ottawa Citizen
Tips on how to deal with those difficult employees – From The Financial Post
Interesting USA trend: Rapid hiring in ambulatory healthcare services propped up the otherwise tepid healthcare sector, as hospitals appeared to lose jobs and doctors’ offices continued their yearlong trend of meager hiring. Click here for the full Story
A New Way to Manage HR – From Constructech magazine
Accompanied by an understated, dignified and impressive music score Leslee Thomson uses a video to present the KGH new, five-year strategy. Kingston General Hospital Home Page.
NOTE: Longwoods’ new JobSite will enable employers to upload videos to promote their organization when they post career ads. Stay tuned to Longwoods.com. This featur will be ready very soon! Contact Susan Hale by email here for more information.
From the HR Resources Database
Health Human Resources
Denis Daneman, Julia Kennedy and Peter C. Coyte
Abstract
The Career Development and Compensation Program (CDCP) was created by the Department of Paediatrics at The Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, Ontario, to provide clearly defined job expectations, enhance career development and assess performance through two distinct processes: the annual review and the triennial review. Staff are expected to advance the goals of the department and the hospital through activities in clinical care, education and mentorship, and research and are rewarded for excellence through compensation and career advancement. We evaluated the CDCP and conducted interviews with 27 members of the department; these formed the primary basis for our summative evaluation. The study objectives were to evaluate (1) mechanisms to recognize contributions, (2) processes used to ensure staff accountability and (3) opportunities to increase efficiencies. Interviews with members of the department resulted in a broad and comprehensive understanding of the CDCP. It is regarded as a rigorous, transparent and fair program. Concerns about the CDCP stem from the potential negative outcomes of assigning value to particular activities, the inequitable level of support provided to staff across the department and the costs of the review processes.
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From the Longwoods Archives
Healthcare Papers, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2010
Invited Essay
Planning for Canada’s Health Workforce: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Richard Alvarez, Jennifer Zelmer and Kira Leeb
Abstract
“Are there enough health professionals in Canada, and will they be there when I need them? ” Answers to these two seemingly simple questions cover a variety of complex and interrelated factors that are not fully understood, as the report about Canada’s Healthcare Providers (CIHI 2001) makes clear. The report appears at a time when Canadian political leaders, healthcare organizations, caregivers and others involved with the healthcare system are looking for creative solutions to the human resources challenges facing the health system . Many of the issues are not new; over the last 50 years they have been raised by various groups and government commissions. But there is a sense of urgency today as options for renewing and sustaining Canada’s health system are actively being explored.
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Transitions
- Medical Lead – The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Toronto ON
- Director, Regional Forensic Services Program – The Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, ON
- Policy Lead, Analysis and Reporting – Health Council of Canada, Toronto, ON
- Vice-President, Finance, Planning and Chief Financial Officer – Toronto Rehab, Toronto, ON
- Quality Improvement (QI) Coach – Central LHIN, Toronto Central LHIN, Central East LHIN
- Quality Improvement (QI) Coach – Southwest LHIN
- Marketing Manager, Educational Services Division – OHA, Toronto, ON
- Disability Claims Assistant, Organizational Health Management – OHA, Toronto, ON
- Registered Practical Nurse, Operating Room – Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, ON
- Vice President, Interprofessional Practice and Chief Nursing Officer – Saskatoon Health Region
- Vice President, Finance and Administration – Saskatoon Health Region
- Director, Independent Living Program – Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, ON
- Disability Consultant, Monarca Strategic Human Resources Management Division – OHA, Toronto, ON
- Program Director, Newcomer Health Program – Sherbourne Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Director, Member Outreach Services – The Ontario Medical Association, Toronto, ON
- Program Officer II, Healthcare Financing & Transformation, CHSRF, Ottawa, ON
- Senior Advisor, Healthcare Financing & Transformation – CHSRF, Ottawa, ON
- Director, Healthcare Financing & Transformation Initiative – CHSRF, Ottawa, ON
- Manager, Clinical Programs – Kemptville District Hospital, Kemptville, ON
- Manager, Evidence on Tap and Partnerships for Health System Improvement Programs
- Manager Nephrology Program – Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, ON
- Vice President & Chief Operating Officer – The Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
- Coordinator, Governance Centre of Excellence Educational Services Division – OHA, Toronto, ON
- Chief of Staff & Medical Director – St. John’s Rehab, Toronto, ON
Longwoods Healthcare JobSheet invites Healthcare Facilities to post positions for Front Line Nurses here at no charge.
- Registered Nurses, Various positions – Rouge Valley Health System, Scarborough & Ajax, ON
- Clinical Resource Nurse Surgical Services, Operating Room – PHSA, Vancouver, BC
- RNs, Surgical Services, Operating Room – PHSA, Vancouver, BC
- Registered Nurses – Multiple Departments – St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, ON
- Opportunities for RNs, RPNs, LPNs
- Nurse Practitioner – Atrial Fibrillation Clinic – St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver BC
- Nurse Practitioner – Heart Failure Clinic (St. Paul’s Hospital) Heart Function Clinic (Mount Saint Joseph’s Hospital) Regular Full Time, Vancouver BC
- Nursing Positions – The Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
- Nurse Educator (RN) – Vancouver Island Health Authority and the Fraser Health Authority, BC
- Licensed Practical Nurses – VON, Red Deer area
- Licensed Practical Nurses – VON, Edmonton area
- Registered Nurse, Oncology, Palliative Care and Ambulatory Care – Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, ON
- RN, Patient Care Coordinator (Surgical) – Interior Health, Kelowna, BC
- Registered Practical Nurses Opportunities in Thunder Bay, ON
- Registered Nurses opportunities in Mississauga, Etobicoke and Oakville, ON
- Registered Nurses – Opportunities are available Kingston & Napanee, ON
- Registered Nurse, Remote Practice – Interior Health, Tatla Lake
- Registered Nurse, Shift Coordinator – Interior Health, Vernon, BC
- Licensed Practical Nurses in the Medicine Hat and Lethbridge areas, AB.
- Registered Nurses Emergency/ICU float – Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, ON
- RN, Program Nurse, Vascular Improvement Program – Interior Health, Kamloops, BC
- Wound Care Nurse – Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Scarborough, ON
- Clinical Nurse Specialist, Renal Program – St Paul’s Hospital – Providence Health Care, BC
- Critical Care Nurses – Multiple Positions – Fraser Health, BC
- Emergency Room Nurses – Multiple Positions – Fraser Health, BC
- Nurse Practitioner – Niagara Health Region, ON
- RNs, Surgical Services (OR) – Vancouver, BC
- Clinical Resource Nurse, Markham, ON
- Mental Health Nurses, RNs, and Part-time Visiting Nursing, Toronto, ON
- RN Opportunities available in Windsor & Essex County, ON
- Registered Nurses, Emergency – Niagara Health System
- Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Cardiac Sciences – BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
- RN, Clinical Practice Educator (OR) – Interior Health, Vernon, BC
- Registered Nurse, Maternal/Child – Interior Health, Salmon Arm, BC
- Nurse Practitioner, Provincial Mental Health Metabolic Clinic – BC Mental Health and Addiction Services, Vancouver, BC
- RN, Patient Care Coordinator (ICU) – Interior Health, Penticton, BC
- And Many More
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