Step into a leadership role where your actions directly support secure, high‑quality care in a complex and ever‑changing correctional health environment. As an Assistant Health Care Manager, you’ll work collaboratively with the Health Care Manager to coordinate key clinic functions, support primary care and psychiatry services, oversee nursing staff and ensure the timely ordering of medical supplies and medications. You’ll play a hands‑on role in operationalizing and advancing the electronic medical record system, liaising with Infection Prevention and Control partners, and supporting occupational health initiatives—requiring adaptability, sound judgment, and strong clinical awareness as you help address the unique physical and mental health needs of patients in an institutional setting.

This role is well suited to a people‑centred leader who leads through influence, service, and trust. You’ll inspire and empower staff, support recruitment and retention efforts, and foster a respectful, inclusive workplace grounded in collaboration and psychological safety. With a growth mindset and a commitment to excellence, you’ll balance accountability with empathy, bringing strong organizational and analytical skills to guide decision‑making and day‑to‑day operations. For leaders who value mentorship, continuous learning, and the opportunity to shape team culture during a period of meaningful change, this role offers a rewarding next step with real impact—for patients, staff, and the broader health care system.

Northern Attraction Incentive Program (NAIP)

This position qualifies for the Northern Attraction Incentive Program (NAIP).



NAIP is a pilot recruitment program that offers financial incentives to new hires in specific positions in designated institutions and probation and parole offices in Northern Ontario. This includes both external candidates to the Ontario Public Service and existing employees who agree to work for a term of three years.

All applicants will receive more information on the program once the job advertisement closes. If you would like this information prior to applying, you may contact:

As a leader, you’ll shape a team culture that sparks innovation, supports collaboration, and champions inclusion. You’ll help build a workplace that is diverse, anti‑racist, and accessible, where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to thrive.

Leadership is about impact, and in this role, you will:

- Lead and coordinate daily clinical operations by supporting nursing and non‑regulated staff, organizing primary care and psychiatry clinics, and ensuring health services are delivered safely and efficiently within a secure correctional environment.
- Provide people‑centred leadership and mentorship by coaching, supporting, and empowering staff to excel, fostering collaboration, psychological safety, and a respectful, inclusive workplace culture.
- Support staffing, recruitment, and workplace administration by assisting with scheduling, attendance support, training needs, performance conversations,



and contributing to recruitment and retention efforts in alignment with collective agreements and ministry expectations.
- Promote quality, safety, and professional standards by assisting with monitoring service delivery, gathering statistical and operational data, and ensuring compliance with legislation, policies, IPAC standards, and professional practice requirements.
- Coordinate resources and interdisciplinary partnerships by working with physicians, pharmacy services, external providers, and the broader interprofessional team to ensure operational and patient care requirements are met.
- Support safe systems and continuous improvement initiatives by assisting with medical supply and medication management, contributing to EMR implementation and updates, participating in occupational health initiatives, and supporting problem‑solving and risk management activities.

Your ability to align your team’s efforts with broader organizational goals will be key to your success, and to the success of the people we serve.

Meet Your New Team

The Thunder Bay Jail is a long‑standing provincial correctional facility in Northwestern Ontario, known for its critical role in housing adults on remand or serving short sentences, but also for the significant pressures created by aging infrastructure and chronic overcrowding—conditions that have at times pushed the combined jail and correctional centre population to around 320 inmates and required transfers to other jurisdictions. As the province undertakes the development of the recent 345‑bed Thunder Bay Correctional Complex—which will replace the existing jail and introduce modern security, improved inmate management systems, and expanded rehabilitative and healthcare services—this transformation

📌 Assistant Health Care Manager (Northeastern Ontario)
🏢 Ontario Public Service Leadership | Leadership dans la fonction publique de l’Ontario
📍 Northeastern Ontario