President & Chief Executive Officer
Permanent Full-time
Blanche River Health is a fully accredited hospital committed to providing quality patient-centered health care services in Northern and Central Timiskaming. It continues to lead in Health Care Services by collaborating with Community Health Partners creating safe and healthy communities and ensuring seamless transitions to other Health Services. Blanche River Health has two hospital sites in Englehart and Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
Combined, our two sites have 56 beds (50 Acute / Alternate Level of Care and 6 ICU) and is staffed by approximately 350 employees. Blanche River Health has approximately 11 physicians (including one General Surgeon and 1 Anesthetist) and 12 visiting Specialists. As well, Blanche River Health is proud of its partnership with Sudbury's Health Sciences North, to provide satellite services in Dialysis, Chemotherapy, Cardiac Rehabilitation and Virtual Critical Care. Both sites have a 24/7 Emergency Department and offer a broad range of services including but not limited to Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratory, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Hospice Palliative Care and Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN).
Blanche River Health is currently seeking a strong leader to join our team as President & Chief Executive Officer. This role is accountable to the Board of Directors for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the overall operation of the Hospital in accordance with the Mission, Strategic Plan, policies and objectives established by the Board and all legislative and regulatory requirements.
The successful candidate will possess a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration or equivalent as well as certification with the Canadian College of Health Executives. The candidate will have five (5) or more years’ experience at an executive level, preferably in the public / healthcare sectors in a shared services environment. The candidate must also have experience in liaising, consulting and establishing partnerships and productive working relationships with public and private sector organizations within and outside of our communities as well as a proven track record as a team leader with a commitment to create, support and sustain an environment that enables staff to achieve results and to develop and build organizational capacity for the future. Bilingualism in both official languages is considered an asset.
If this opportunity appeals to you, please submit your resume, in confidence by August 12, 2022 to Debra Schenk, CHRL – Manager, Human Resources via email to debra.schenk@blancheriverhealth.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Blanche River Health is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
In early February 2015, the Kirkland & District Hospital (KDH) and the Englehart & District Hospital (EDH) received approval from the North East Local Health Integration Network (NELHIN) to proceed with plans for a shared leadership and partnership. The Blanche River Health Partners (BRHP) was established to recruit and hire an Integrated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and to become a foundation to a partnership agreement that would establish shared principles, values and guidelines that the hospitals will follow in working together. The BRHP was comprised of representatives from both Hospital Boards. Successful recruitment of an Integrated CEO was achieved in the fall of 2015, with a new CEO on-site on November 30, 2015.
