Team Leader Pediatric Department

Provide direction, connect people, and help build the healthcare of tomorrow!

Do you want to make a difference for children and their parents/caregivers through your leadership? Do you get energy from developing people, strengthening collaboration, and continuously improving care? Then the position of Team Leader Pediatrics at St Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk is a wonderful opportunity to utilize your qualities.

• You are a visible and accessible leader who knows what is happening on the work floor.
  You bring people together, provide direction and clarity, and encourage employees to take responsibility and further develop themselves. In doing so, you combine attention for people with clear frameworks and decisive decision-making.

• Together with your team, you work towards a professional, safe, and inspiring work environment in which trust, open communication, and continuous improvement are a matter of course. You keep an eye on daily practice as well as the broader goals of the hospital. In this way, you contribute to a department where employees work with pleasure and children and their families can rely on high-quality care.

• You work closely with the team leaders within the Mother & Child Center (MCC), which also includes the maternity and neonatal departments, and with the Pediatrics department. You report directly to the head of VMKC, advise upon request and unsolicited, and are co-responsible for the implementation of the department policy. In your collaboration, you are a critical and firm interlocutor who dares to address others and works together toward the best care for children and their families.

• Additionally, you play an active role in the further development of the Pediatrics department. You contribute ideas regarding improvements in the organization and quality of care and involve employees in this process. An important component is the further development of the urgent care clinic and the collaboration with the Emergency Department (ED).

• You know how to connect various interests—of children and families, employees, medical specialists, and the organization. Even when interests diverge or the environment changes, you maintain an overview, set priorities, and dare to make clear choices.

You are an enthusiastic and connecting leader who provides confidence, moves people, and maintains course at the same time. You have an eye for what employees need and know how to translate this into concrete results.

You dare to make your patterns discussable.

• A completed management education at HBO level.

• Demonstrable leadership and coaching experience and experience in managing medium-sized teams.

• Knowledge of personnel policy, absenteeism guidance, sustainable employability, and team development.

• Strong communication skills and an open, transparent way of leading.

• The ability to connect daily issues to organizational goals and to carefully weigh different interests.

• A clear vision on leadership, quality of care, and professional collaboration.

• Organizational sensitivity, decisiveness, even in the face of conflicting interests, and the skill to guide changes and decisions in a positive manner.

With your energy, humor, and positive attitude, you know how to motivate employees and achieve results together. You offer space where possible, provide direction where necessary, and address people in a respectful manner regarding made agreements.

• A one-year contract for 32-36 hours per week with the intention to convert this into a permanent contract. The location is Harderwijk. 

• Through the St Jansdal academy, you can work (online) on your personal and professional development. There are also regular fun initiatives, including workshops, to keep you healthy and vital. 

At Pediatrics, it is about more than just good care. It is about collaborating, continuous learning, and looking every single day at how things can be better for children, their families, and our employees.

Please apply via the application button. You can address your application letter to Irma Plas, head of the Woman, Mother and Child center, of which the pediatrics department is a part. If you would prefer more information about this position first, you can contact Irma Plas via email: ij.plas@stjansdal.nl

Requesting a VOG (certificate of good conduct) is part of the application procedure for external applicants. Upon hiring, we will arrange the application digitally. The costs for this will be reimbursed. Inquiring about recent references may be part of the procedure.