Job Description

Req ID: 138777
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
Department: OPEZ Ambulatory Care/Reg Med & SMRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 4-Nov-22

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

Responsibilities

St Martha's operates in the Catholic tradition, by the spirit and legacy of the Sisters of St. Martha.

• We hold as fundamental values:
• Respecting life in all its stages
• Welcoming the diversity of people
• Caring for all without discrimination
• Excellence in the delivery of health services
• Collaborating with our community partners
• Healing and wellness of the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
• Assuming the responsibility for the weak and vulnerable
• Being responsible stewards of our human and financial resources
• We commit to caring for our patients, their families and each other with respect and compassion.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Acute Health Services, Eastern Zone; the Director Integrated Health, in collaboration with Site Medical Leads is responsible for operational planning, management and leadership of acute care services to ensure care is integrated and reflects best practice evidenced based standards. This includes ensuring that the services and programs meet clinical, teaching (and if applicable research standards), within the established standards of care criterion. Working in a co-leadership model, the Director has shared accountability in setting priorities and implementing strategies that support a family centered care environment, across a continuum of care. The Director working with physician leads ensure that programs and services are quality focused, with measurable outcomes, and reviewed regularly, using a family centered care approach. The Site Lead will provide day to day leadership for the acute care staff and services. The incumbent will assist the Executive Director and Eastern Zone Program Directors in supporting front line managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a Health Related Discipline
• Eligible for registration in a health care discipline in Nova Scotia
• Master's degree in Health Administration or equivalent
• 5 years' of relevant senior leadership experience with progressive accountabilities for supply chain management, financial, strategic and people management
• CHE Designation an asset
• Experience working in matrix model health care management services
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, decision making negotiating, communication, conceptualization & evaluation
• Specific experience with strategic and operational planning and implementation and related management functions
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective change agent using interpersonal, communication and team building skills
• Proven relationship and team building skills (including external partners)
• Demonstrated organizational and priority setting skills
• Critical thinking and Analytical Skills
• Continuous Quality Improvement and Risk Management skills
• Motivated, self-starter
• Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

Please ensure that your resume is up-to-date and includes all relevant education, experience, training and certifications.

Hours of Work

Permanent, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Salary Information

$53.42 - $70.97 hourly

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify.

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