Friday, November 21, 2008

LONGWOODS HR RESOURCES DATABASE

The Longwoods HR Resources Database provides cases, commentary and policy reviews compiled from reliable sources. It is an ideal source for governments, healthcare clinicians, human resources management executives and other administrators, boards and advisors, and all related institutes.

The HR Resources Database is a premium site for new and proven ideas to provide information for people recruiting, managing and nurturing talent. Our editors select material that reflects careful analysis and study, and experience in the real world of healthcare. Best practices, clear and bold thinking, and fresh and useful ideas offer value to our readers.

Longwoods.com explores ideas, shares best practices and enables excellence in promoting wellness and providing care. We serve people and communities through their providers of healthcare policies, services and products. Leaders in healthcare management, practice, education, research and product development will find Longwoods a fundamental resource for innovations, knowledge and learning.


REACH YOUR TARGET - POST ON OUR JOBSHEET

Recruiters find the Longwoods JobSheet gives very good return for healthcare positions. Posting is easy. Here are the details:

The JobSheet is simple: cheap, fast, efficient, & very effective.
Cost is $1.00 a word per week (net + gst) (Minimum $75.00 (net + gst) per posting).
Logos can be included for an additional $20.00 (net + gst) each.*

Positions are posted on ourJobSheet and promoted in the weekly Longwoods eLetter, which goes out every Tuesday morning to over 40,000+ healthcare readers. Click here for our eLetter Archives.

*Note: Discounts apply for multiple week postings (i.e. 10% for 2 weeks, 15% for 3 weeks, 20% for 4 weeks). Postings are billed per week based on word count. All of our recruiting rates are net.

Here's how it works - Send me the words and logo in a Word document. I will send you a quote. Then, if it is approved, I will post the ad online and send you a URL for proofing. We will invoice by mail unless a different method is requested.

Want to know more? Contact Susan Hale by email or call 416-864-9667 x 104.


CURRENT CAREER POSTINGS

Today's Jobs are sent to +40,000 people, including Canada's student nurses, each week.

Director of Business Intelligence - Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON
Advanced Practice Nurse - Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
CEO - North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN
CEO - South West LHIN
President and CEO - Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital (HDGH), Windsor, ON
Project Manager, Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital, London Health Sciences, London, ON
Coordinator, Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital, London Health Sciences, London, ON
Director, Public Health Protection & Prevention Programs - MOHLTC, Toronto, ON
Director, Research & Evaluation Unit - Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
Senior Physician Executive - Alberta Health Services. Edmonton. AB
Director, Privacy - Cancer Care Ontario
Senior Health Professions Executive - Alberta Health Services. Edmonton. AB
President and CEO - CNIB, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track - CHSPR at UBC, Vancouver, BC
Manager, Health Services, General Medicine - Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC
Director, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing - Ryerson University, Toronto, ON


RECRUITMENT PORTALS

For more than 60 participating healthcare recruitment centres, click here.

Featured Portal
Executive Career Opportunities at EMA Partners


FEATURED ARTICLES

Canadian vacation, maternity benefits fall short globally
Sheryl Smolkin
Because Canadian vacations and maternity benefits tend to exceed those in the U.S., the conventional wisdom is that employees north of the border get a pretty good deal. However, new research reveals how in some areas employees in this country really lag behind workers in other parts of the world.

Check out this blog: Compensation Force
Recent posts include:
Making Performance Management Work ... Better
Should Variable Pay be Cut in Times of Variable Performance?


TRANSITIONS | last two weeks

November 18, 2008
Barbara Drew to acting chief executive office, Canadian Medical Association
Rheney Castillo to Senior Director for Women and Infants Health and Nursing, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto ON
Dr. Jack Kitts (President & CEO, The Ottawa Hospital), to Chair, ACAHO Board of Directors
Ida Goodreau (President & CEO, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority), to Member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Dr. Arthur Porter (Executive Director & CEO, McGill University Health Centre) to Member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Christine Power (President & CEO, Capital District Health Authority) to member, ACAHO Board of Directors
Theresa Fillatre to Director of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives for the Province of Nova Scotia
Brock Hovey to Co-Director of the Canadian College of Health Service for the Province of Ontario
Colin Houghton to EDS as Practice Leader for Health Care in Ontario

November 11, 2008
Feria Bacchus to Vice President, Business Development & Marketing, Healthcare Division, Sodexo Canada
Dr. Malcolm King
to Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
Dr. Philip M. Sherman
to Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
William Tholl
resigned as Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Medical Association.
Robert Zed to Chair Compass Group Healthcare

For a three-year searchable history of leadership transitions and appointments across the country, organized by date, click here. Or visit Longwoods Transitions in Healthcare Blog for recent healthcare transitions.

Send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Benefits of posting your healthcare positions on Longwoods.com/jobs

1. Positions are posted on the Longwoods online JobSheet and promoted in the weekly Longwoods eLetter, which goes out every Tuesday morning to over 40,000+ healthcare readers, including 'C' level administrators, nurses, senior managers, researchers, policy makers and more in healthcare.

2. Longwoods.com web traffic is pretty dynamic:

Circulation per month

Number of pages visited per month

598,914

Number of hits per month

2,683,757

Number of visits per month

208,425

Number of unique visitors per month

60,632

3. It is an ideal place to recruit nurses. All members of the Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) have free online access to the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership (CJNL), the Longwoods weekly eletter and the Longwoods JobSheet at Longwoods.com/jobs

Want to know more? Contact Susan Hale by email or call 416-864-9667 x 104.


CURRENT CAREER POSTINGS

Today's Jobs are sent to +40,000 people, including Canada's student nurses, each week.

Director, Privacy - Cancer Care Ontario
Senior Health Professions Executive - Alberta Health Services. Edmonton. AB
Regional Manager - Saint Elizabeth Health Care North York, ON
Workflow Redesign Specialist - St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON
UHN Rehabilitation Solutions - University Health Network, Toronto, Mississauga, Cambridge, ON
Manager, Portfolio Management - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
President and CEO - CNIB, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track - CHSPR at UBC, Vancouver, BC
VP, Finance & Administration - Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Manager, Drug Reviews - CADTH, Ottawa, ON
Manager, Research (COMPUS) - CADTH, Ottawa, ON
Clinical Reviewer - CADTH, Ottawa, ON
Sr. Knowledge Transfer Advisor - CADTH, Ottawa, ON
Exciting Opportunities - Thames Valley Family Health Team, London, ON
Manager, Health Services, General Medicine - Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC
Director, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing - Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Assistant Professor - The University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
Senior Research Planning Advisers - Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
Medical Director -Delta Hospital, Delta, BC
Medical Director -Peace Arch Hospital, White Rock, BC
Vice President, Quality & Clinical Innovation - Confidential Company, Markham ON
Doctors Without Borders - Medical and Non-Medical Volunteers
Nursing & Leadership Opportunities with the Provincial Health Services Authority of BC


RECRUITMENT PORTALS

For more than 60 participating healthcare recruitment centres, click here.

Featured Portal
Career Opportunities at Strata Health


FEATURED ARTICLES

Repairing and Renewing Nursing Workplaces
Michael Decter and Michael Villeneuve
The aftermath of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center has profoundly changed New York City and its people. Normally cynical and sarcastic, David Letterman came close to tears declaring that he would never again take firemen..

Check out this blog: The HR Capitalist
Recent posts include:
Hey Managers!! Stop Whining and Start Coaching...
My Avatar is Just More Engaged than Your Avatar...


TRANSITIONS | last two weeks

November 4, 2008
Leona Aglukkaq to Minister of Health, Government of Canada
Dr. Paula Rochon to Vice-President Research for Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON
Sarah Kramer to inaugural CEO of eHealth Ontario
Anne Lloyd, chief executive of the NHS in Wales, to lead a major project on tackling waiting times for hospital appointments and treatments.
Steve Banyai to President and CEO ofConsolidated Health Information Services (CHIS), and Chief Information Officer of CKHA and Windsor Regional Hospital.
Sharon Pfaff to Deputy Chief Information Officer, Cancer Care Ontario.

October 28, 2008
Bill Richard to Board Chair, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Maureen Ball to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Timo Hytonen to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Jan Montgomery to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Donna Segal to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
Tom Buchanan to member of the board, Kingston General Hospital, ON
See: KGH announces new Board of Directors (PDF)
John Thompson to Chancellor, University of Western Ontario.
Elizabeth McGregor to senior research associate for Trent University, ON
Rodney Burns to Regional Chief Information Officer and e-Health Lead, North Simcoe Muskoka Hospitals/CCAC and LHIN 12, ON
Mark Given to Director of Professional Practice, Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists

For a three-year searchable history of leadership transitions and appointments across the country, organized by date, click here. Or visit Longwoods Transitions in Healthcare Blog for recent healthcare transitions.

Send your promotions, appointments, retirements and other transitions to publisher@longwoods.com.