Job Description

Req ID: 143103
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Camp Hill Veterans' Memorial Building - QEII
Department: OPCZ Restorative Care Occt Therapy
Type of Employment: Casual Casual Relief (3% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 1-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.

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Responsibilities

Please Note: This position will be on-site

The Geriatric Assessor (QEII Site) will report to Health Service Manager for V3East and 9Lane and the Geriatric Medicine Division Head. The Assessor is responsible for developing collaborative relationships with geriatricians, other physicians, health team members, patients, families and to facilitate Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and the admission of appropriate patients to the geriatric services in the Centre for Health Care of the Elderly (CHCE). The Assessor has a thorough understanding of the assessment and rehabilitation approach for frail older adult patients with functional and cognitive impairment.

The Geriatric Assessor is responsible for screening, assessing, planning and coordinating referrals to the QE11 Geriatric Medicine Consult Service for geriatric assessment and consideration for transfer to Geriatric Restorative Care, Progressive Care Unit and the Geriatric Assessment Unit. The Assessor completes a functional screen on referred patients by reviewing past medical history, collaborating with the referring interdisciplinary team and contacting the family if appropriate. The Assessor triages the referrals to the appropriate consulting geriatrician. The Assessor communicates regularly with the medical students and residents and the geriatricians who rotate through the consult service to review and prioritize patient referrals. The Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization (PATH) inpatient consults at the QEII, and occasionally the Emergency Department geriatric medicine consults, are also coordinated by the Assessor. There are approximately 125 consults per month received by the Geriatric Medicine Consult Service at the QEII Site.

The Geriatric Assessor maintains the waitlist for all inpatient services (Geriatric Restorative Care, Progressive Care Unit and Geriatric Assessment Unit) and coordinates patient admissions in collaboration with the charge nurses and managers. The Assessor is aware of organization bed pressures and provides input on patient flow as needed at Bed Huddles and C3 Operations meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant health care discipline or an acceptable equivalent
• Registration within appropriate professional association
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years clinical experience in the field of geriatrics required.
• Understanding of the knowledge and principles of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and rehabilitation of frail older adults with cognitive impairment
• Ability to work with an inter-disciplinary team with excellent communication skills at all levels patients, family, staff and administration.
• Familiarity with functional and cognitive assessments such as the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE), Clock Drawing Test (CDT) with Shulman Method Scoring, the Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS).
• Working knowledge of WORD, PowerPoint, Internet, Mircrosoft Access and Excel, STAR, One Content, Clinical Portal, MOVEit, Faxcom, Zoom and Microsoft Teams

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

Hours of Work

Casual Relief

Salary Information

$36.02 - $43.86 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 Healthcare 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. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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