Job Description

Req ID: 210569
Location: Central Zone, Centennial Building - QEII
Department: OPCZ Med/Surg/Cancer Care VG
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly PT long-assignment (50%) x 1
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 8-Oct-25
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 a 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.
About the Opportunity
Under the direction of the Program Manager, the Health Care Social Worker (Masters), Team Lead coordinates, monitors and evaluates the efficient provision of social work practice as it relates to his/her clinical team area. Coordination includes facilitating the orientation of Social Workers, program planning and evaluation including developing and utilizing outcome measures, supporting clinical quality initiatives, liaising between the team and departmental committees and fostering team processes that progress a continuum of client care. The team lead works closely with other team leads to ensure consistent, equitable, timely and coordinated care is provided to the clients.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Master's Degree in Social Work from a recognized university
• Registered with the NSCSW
• Three (3) years of clinical experience as a clinical Social Worker required
• Previous leadership experience considered an asset
• BCLS
• Strong counselling and communication skills
• Capacity to achieve a high degree of autonomous practice
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team context
• Knowledge of issues related to family violence, sexual abuse, addictions, grief and loss, end of life, disability, crisis intervention, caregiving and continuum of care and intervention skills that come from knowledge of theoretical frameworks/approaches to practice
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

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

• Part Time Long Assignment; 37.5 Hours bi-weekly
• Approximately 16 month term; Dates are subject to change

Compensation and Benefits
$47.78 - $57.10 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
?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.
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, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

Skills Required