New Job Senior Program Consultant - Continuing Care In Saskatchewan
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Senior Program Consultant - Continuing Care
Company : Jobssummary / Indeed
Salary : Details not provided
Location : Saskatchewan
Full Description
The Community Care Branch at the Ministry of Health is seeking a highly motivated, results oriented, innovative and creative Senior Program Consultant - Continuing Care, to join our team of program consultants.
In this role, you will provide program leadership, direction, performance monitoring and management as well as evaluation in the areas of long-term care, home care and palliative care. You will provide support and policy direction, program advice and project leadership to the Ministry of Health, other government ministries, the Saskatchewan Health Authority and a variety of stakeholders in the continuing care area. You will be responsible for the implementation of performance monitoring and evaluation activities that includes on-site inspections of long-term care homes across the province to determine compliance with relevant program guidelines, policies and legislation. The ability to travel is a required component in this position.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills in order to build effective working relationships. You will have knowledge of continuing care health programs (long-term care, home care and palliative care), services and structures, as well as a good understanding of the current and emerging issues in these areas. You will have experience in policy development, applying research methodologies, statistical analysis programming, planning and evaluation. You will have the ability to build collaborative relationships within the Ministry of Health, other human services ministries and key stakeholders. You will have a demonstrated ability to manage projects, participate on committees and employ leadership strategies to motivate staff and project teams. You will have an understanding of the principles of program development, implementation and evaluation, as well as principles of community development and government processes. The successful candidate will be a team player, who values service excellence and innovation in their work.
Typically, knowledge of this position would be obtained through a Masters' degree in a health-related profession, or a health related Bachelor’s degree, with experience at a management level in continuing care (long-term care, home care and palliative care) that provides a strong theoretical background in health system administration, assessment, intervention, program delivery, roles and responsibilities, interdisciplinary/intersectoral teamwork, service integration, organizational theory, research and evaluation.