Requisition # MANAG001574 (Management/Excluded Group – 1)
Regular Full-Time – (1.0 FTE)
This position has an annual salary pay range of $103,921.00 – $136,072.00
Are you looking to be part of an exceptional and passionate health care team in one of Canada’s most spectacular natural environments with vast and stunning wilderness at your doorstep?
Yukon Hospitals strives to cultivate an environment of passionate and engaged people with a culture that values growth, work/life balance, and wellness in helping all our people reach optimal ability. Our organization is an integrated system of hospitals: Whitehorse General Hospital (58 beds), Watson Lake Community Hospital (6 beds) and Dawson City Community Hospital (6 beds).
Reporting to the Director of Corporate Services, this position provides overall development, direction, operation and Support of Environmental Services for the Yukon Hospital Corporation (YHC). The Manager, Environmental Services is responsible for the provision of housekeeping and laundry/linen services for YHC.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
- Excellent knowledge of housekeeping methods and procedures;
- Good knowledge of institutional laundry methods and procedures;
- Good knowledge of hospital functions requiring special cleaning techniques, trends and developments in the housekeeping field;
- Sound knowledge of management methods and techniques including human resource and financial management;
- Effective interpersonal skills to create and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external partners
- Initiative, judgment and reliability;
- Ability to establish and maintain standards of quality for the housekeeping area;
- Ability to schedule and supervise staff;
- Ability to plan, monitor, implement and evaluate human and financial resource requirements;
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing;
- Reliable, tactful, and diplomatic; and
- Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
The successful candidate will have Registered Laundry and Linen Director Certification; A minimum of three (3) to five (5) years’ management experience in housekeeping, preferably in a hospital/healthcare setting; and A valid Yukon Class 5 driver’s license with clean driver’s abstract. An equivalent combination of education/training and/or experience may be considered.
TO APPLY: Visit our website and apply
For more information, contact recruitment at 867-393-8675/9000 ext 8347
Visit whitehorse.ca and yukon.ca for more information on Whitehorse and living in the Yukon!
Indigenous Workforce Initiative – We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. When you apply for a job, you can choose to identify as Indigenous in your application. Please do so in whatever manner you feel accurately reflects who you are. Yukon Hospitals’ Indigenous Engagement Advisor will then contact you to offer support with your application, share information about training or mentorships, and answer any questions you may have. All self-identification information will remain confidential.
You can get support before or after applying for a job by contacting IWI@yukonhospitals.ca or calling 867-332-7203.
Yukon Hospital Corporation is committed to employment equity. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. Unfortunately, at this time, we are unable to consider resumes from International applicants. Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada in order to apply, i.e. have Landed Immigrant Status, Work Visa, or be a Canadian Citizen.
