Job Description

\xe2\x80\x8bReq ID: 164033
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre - QEII
Department: OPCZ Person Centered Ambulatory
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (40% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 12-Sep-23

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

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Clinical Leader provides leadership, innovation and support to their clinical program area, with the goal of providing interprofessional collaborative person centred care to patients and families. The leader works closely with the team/program managers, professional practice coordinators, physicians, and other team members, to promote person centred, inter-professional collaborative care by employees within the Rehabilitation & Supportive Care Portfolio.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Post-secondary Bachelor\'s degree in Physiotherapy
• Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists
• Three (3) years of clinical experience with related leadership skills
• Basic Cardiac life support (BCLS) certificate
• Success in collaborating with others
• Strong understanding of person-centered health
• Strong problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
• Strong communication skills
• Demonstrates sound judgement, common sense, flexibility and compassion
• Coaching ability and diplomacy when dealing with co-workers and persons in the community
• Demonstrates initiative, self-motivation
• Establishes good working relationships with patients, colleagues, management, community agencies, academic settings, students and volunteers
• 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

• Permanent, Part-time (40%) position; 30 hours bi-weekly.

Compensation and Incentives

$37.88 - $46.13 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.

\xe2\x80\x8bThis 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.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

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.

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