2025-265 Manager of Regional Dental Program
2025-265 Manager of Regional Dental Program
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Job Description
Title: Manager of Regional Dental Program
Division:Integrated Indigenous Health and Specialized Community Services
Affiliation:Non-unionized
Site:Moose Factory ON
Reports to:Associate Vice President of Health Promotion and Community Wellness
Status:Permanent Full-Time
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) is seeking an experienced leader to fill the key role of Manager of Regional Dental Program.
Life at WAHA
A beacon of healing wellness and innovation WAHA connects remote communities with the care they deserve. With spellbinding views surrounding each site team members bask in the tranquility of the land juxtaposed against a bustling workplace busy addressing the complex needs of the region. Here we work with purpose knowing each action matters. Patients are neighbours family and colleagues. Each day brings a challenge- the good kind that stretches you helps you grow and makes you feel vital. These hurdles birth opportunities to problem solve develop new skills and explore new roles. Here we step into a version of ourselves once forgotten overshadowed by the daily grind and rediscover a deep connection with ourselves the land and each other. Here we experience work with wonder. #WeAreWAHA
What We Do
There has never been a more exciting time to be at WAHA. We are an integrated health system providing the full continuum of care to the six communities of the western James Bay coast with over 500 employees physicians and partners in care. As a health authority you will work in a unique setting where you have the opportunity to care for patients in all phases of their life journey in all areas of their health experience. From Primary Acute and Mental Health Dental Specialty Clinics Population Health and the WAHA Paramedic Service the opportunities for growth are boundless. We provide community-based programming in all six of our communities have six paramedic bases three hospitals four emergency departments one community health centre and a total of 72 beds. Our guiding goal is to be a centre of excellence in Indigenous and remote healthcare. To make this goal a reality we have formed partnerships with other centres of excellence to remove barriers and eliminate the inequity of health services access that have long impacted the patients that we serve.
At WAHA we are leading the way in health transformation. Come and immerse yourself in the local Cree culture work with dedicated and passionate colleagues and live in beautiful northern communities with amazing community members. Our mission is to provide optimum healthcare as close to home as possible. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Come and find your adventure in the north.
Who You Are
- A champion of positive change management and making a difference for underserved populations
- Demonstrates high emotional intelligence integrity and accountability
- Action-oriented with a track record of achievement
- Leads self by demonstrating self-awareness managing and developing themselves and demonstrating character
- Engages others by fostering their development contributing to healthy organizations communicating effectively and builds teams
- Achieves results by setting direction strategically aligning decisions with vision values and evidence takes action to implement decisions and assesses and evaluates
- Develops coalitions by purposefully building partnerships and networks to create results demonstrates a commitment to customer service mobilizes knowledge to navigate socio-political environments
- Engages in system transformation by demonstrating system and critical thinking encouraging and supporting innovation orienting themselves strategically to the future and championing and orchestrating change
What Youll Do:
- Up to date with dental practice guidelines from RCDSO CDHO and ODAA including a thorough understanding of H.A.R.P. regulations and dental radiography standards to ensure all clinical staff maintain their scope of practice
- Thorough understanding of OR functionality with respect to dental equipment instruments and IT systems to support time-sensitive surgery appointments (adult and pediatric). Address the urgency and prioritization of OR cases collaborating closely with the OR Ininew Patient Services and transportation staff to ensure patient safety and continuity of care
- Provide knowledgeable and adept oversight of EMR systems (AbelDENT and MEDITECH) to ensure accurate clinical documentation per RCDSO standards maintain patient scheduling across platforms and generate performance reports for the Moose Factory and coastal clinics.
- Sustain ongoing commitments to COHI and ensure proper utilization of allocated funding within the WAHA Dental Program including COHI dental hygienist salary promotional activities / travel and supply purchase
- Build and maintain cross-organizational relationships with key community stakeholders in Moose Factory Moosonee and the coastal communities including Mushkegowuk Council MCFN Health Centres Porcupine Health Unit and ISC Health Centres to advance oral health awareness and promotion initiatives
- Identify interview hire and orient dentists (in collaboration with Physician Services) as well as dental hygienists and dental assistants (with HR) to meet WAHAs staffing needs and standards
What You Bring:
- A Masters of health science/ management and or related field- within the dental realm preferred
- Undergraduate health sciences degree or related field- within the dental realm preferred
- Applicant should have 1-3 years of relevant Management experience in a related field within the dental realm preferred
- Excellent leadership skills
- Excellent verbal and written skills/facilitation skills
- Ability to communicate in the local native Cree language is an asset
Why Choose Us
- Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
- Group health welfare and Employee and Family Assistance Program Benefits
- Relocation paid by the organization
- Housing provided by the organization
- Annual retention bonus a northern living allowance and vacation travel bonus (all pensionable earnings)
- Be part of an organization leading health transformation in the remote north
- Ability to work with a purpose connected to an amazing community and culture with opportunities to learn and grow
Join our Team
The successful candidate must provide a valid Vulnerable Sector Screen Check within a specified time frame.
Please apply in writing providing three recent work references quoting Competition #2025-265 by no later than Friday August 8th 2025 at 12:00
- For more information contact the HR team by email:
- Only those selected for an interview will be contacted
- Please be advised that in order to be eligible for employment at Weeneebayko Area Health Authority all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority is an inclusive are available in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights code and Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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