Robin-marie Coleman named President Adjointdirector General of CIUSSS de l’estrie-chus
In 2014 The Record interviewed Robinmarie Coleman. Born and raised in Bury, the then assistant director of nursing (who just so happens to share a birthday with famous nurse Florence Nightingale), was being honoured for her achievements as an employee of the CIUSSS de l’estrie CHUS, recognized as a ‘person of heart and action’.
Five years later, Coleman has come a long way.
On Thursday, the CIUSSS de l’estriechus announced that Coleman has been named President Adjoint Director General of CIUSSS de l’estrie-chus, as announced by the Quebec Cabinet on Thursday, August 29. The appointment is effective Sept. 1.
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A nurse by training, Coleman has dedicated herself to the Estrie health and social services network for over 20 years. Over the last year, she was deputy general manager for the CIUSSS de l’estriechus’s general and specialized health program. She has accumulated dozens of years of experience in management, including four as senior executive of the institution’s Nursing Branch.
“This is an important step in Ms. Coleman’s career, and we are happy that she is taking it with our organization. The board of directors can attest to her great ability, her commitment, and her rigour for many years,” said Jacques Fortier, the chairman of the board of directors, in a recent press release. “We will have a high caliber management team,” Fortier added.
“Throughout my life, the more vulnerable people were, the more attracted I was to helping them,” she admitted in a previous interview with the Record. “I knew when I was three years old that I wanted to be a nurse.”
Coleman explained that when she began her nursing studies, her goal was to eventually work in critical care. When she completed her training, her first placement was in intensive care, which made her re-evaluate her long-term plan and pushed her to continue challenging herself.
The mother of three is also an associate professor at the University of Sherbrooke nursing school and worked on two published studies related to pain management in unconscious patients.
Coleman is known for her ability to create partnerships, her sense of responsibility and accountability, and her close monitoring of the institution’s primary goals. Her managerial decisions are always made with the needs of health and social services users and the general population in mind.
She worked nights for 12 years before working her way through the ranks of the CHUS and becoming assistant director of nursing. Her nomination as deputy president-general manager of the CIUSSS de l’estrie-chus is the culmination of over two decades of hard work.