When Lynn Guerriero grew to become Niagara Well being’s President on Tuesday, Feb. 18, she might by no means have imagined what was in retailer.
Quick ahead three years and Guerriero is now Niagara Well being President and CEO and a proud Niagara resident. After guiding the group by the pandemic, she is now wanting towards the long run. Guerriero launched the 2023-28 Strategic Plan final month and is worked up for large issues to return this 12 months and past.
“It’s unbelievable to consider what we, as a corporation and extra broadly as a world inhabitants, have been by,” mentioned Guerriero, who marks her three-year anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 18. “The pandemic taught us a lot and has modified how we ship healthcare in some ways.”
instance of that is within the design of the brand new South Niagara hospital website, which is able to function state-of-the-art an infection prevention and management measures, together with all rooms being non-public.
Guerriero got here to Niagara Well being with an intensive background in provincial healthcare and was conversant in the area as a daily customer.
“Niagara welcomed me with open arms and this area rapidly grew to become my dwelling,” she mentioned. “From the unbelievable assortment of wineries and top-quality eating places to the parks and greenspaces, I’ve fallen in love with all the pieces Niagara has to supply.
“As we work to recruit healthcare employees from throughout Canada and from all over the world, promoting Niagara as an amazing place to stay and work isn’t tough.”
As we speak, these well being human useful resource challenges are the largest subject dealing with Niagara Well being and hospitals throughout the nation. Nonetheless, Niagara Well being continues to aggressively recruit and is hiring dozens of frontline employees every month. Guerriero mentioned the South Niagara Website and the long-term regional plans — with the redevelopment of the Welland Website as a cornerstone to these plans — will assist appeal to physicians and different frontline employees to Niagara. The regional mannequin will create new centres of excellence in advanced care and wellness in growing old, and the South Niagara Website may even be the brand new dwelling to our Regional Stroke Centre.
She’s additionally pleased with the steps Niagara Well being has taken over the previous three years within the space of Variety, Fairness and Inclusion –- launching an Indigenous Well being Providers and Reconciliation staff, for instance.
“We’re at a pivotal second in our historical past and are reworking how we ship care to the individuals of Niagara,” she mentioned. “We’re on this journey collectively and I sit up for persevering with partaking with our groups, elected officers and group companions.”
Photograph caption: Niagara Well being President and CEO Lynn Guerriero solutions questions on the launch of the 2023-28 Strategic Plan in January.
