Job Description

Req ID: 119192
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Northern Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Department: PH SSP Health Protection
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Oct-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.

Job Information

Nova Scotia Health (NSH) provides sustainable safe and high quality health services that are accessible, people-centred, promote health and wellness and optimize the health of all Nova Scotians. This is accomplished across four geographic management zones which are responsible for the operation of acute care health centres and the provision of a variety of inpatient, outpatient services including academic, tertiary, quaternary care and community based programs and services including continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

Public Health plays a vital role in the health system with a focus on health protection, primordial prevention, and healthy communities. This requires people and systems in place to monitor health status and factors affecting health and develop and implement measures at multiple levels (local, provincial, national and international).

Nova Scotia's public health system requires inter-disciplinary collaborative public health teams with supports that enable those teams to design and implement optimal public policy and programs. The provincial Public Health Standard, Protocols and the Workforce Development Strategy speak to the need to ensure that the public health work force has the capacity to achieve its mandate to protect and promote the health of the population.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Science and System Performance, (SSP) and working across the public health system and with the health protection staff in the Department of Health and Wellness (DHW), the Manager of Health Protection provides an expert level of advice and strategic leadership to the operational planning, development, implementation and evaluation of programs, standards and protocols for health protection work within the NSHA.

The Manager, Health Protection - Training and Quality Assurance (SSP) provides an expert level of advice and oversite to the planning, development, implementation of training and evaluation of program standards, evidence and best practice related to public health's health protection standards and protocols.

The Manager provides leadership and advanced knowledge to support the development and implementation of a coordinated provincial training program to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, supports the implementation of publicly funded immunization programs, and protect the public from health hazards and ensure public health preparedness for emergencies. The Manager must also ensure that routine and enhanced surveillance is conducted across the province, in collaboration with partners, and that reports are completed as required.

The Manager sets conditions for the public health system to succeed by developing key internal and external partnerships, leveraging resources, developing processes, measuring results and working collaboratively across zones, networks, communities and organizations.

All Public health professionals embrace a core set of attitudes and values which form the context within which the work is practiced. These include a commitment to equity, social justice and sustainable development, the recognition of the importance of the health of the community as well as the individual, and respect for diversity, self-determination, empowerment and community participation. These values are rooted in an understanding of the broad determinants of health and the historical principles, values and strategies of public health and health promotion.

The position works with public health leaders, staff and other stakeholders, including provincial government departments, to support action at local, zone and provincial levels to protect the health of Nova Scotians as defined by the Health Protection Act (HPA) and regulations under the HPA.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have:

Baccalaureate degree in nursing , public health sciences, environmental health or other relevant field

Masters degree preferred (public health, nursing, community health or other relevant field)

Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Eligible for registration with a professional body as appropriate

A minimum of five years experience in relevant leadership position.

3 years relevant practice experience in the area of health protection

Proficiency in the Core Competencies for Public Health

Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders using a variety of methods.

Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions, and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners to support health protection work.

Demonstrated judgment, decisions making, and problem solving skills

Demonstrated planning, organization and time management skills. Ability to deal with competing priorities

About You Continued...

Knowledge of applicable legislation and regulations including the NS Health Protection Act, NS Health Authorities Act etc.

In depth knowledge of Public Health programs, practice including the health protection mandate and functions in Nova Scotia. Experience in the planning, development and evaluation of public health programs, services and intiatiaves based on surveillance data, epidemiology, community assessment and best practice models.

Innovative systems thinking with an understanding of working with communities to protect against communicable diseases, health hazards and emergencies.

Proficiency in LEADS

Demonstrated high standards of ethics, integrity, respect, accountability and upholding the public interest, and ability to use them effectively in decision-making.

Leadership skills consisting of team building, conflict resolution, goal setting, coaching, mentoring, delegation, change-leadership

Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application. Additionally, candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.

Hours

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

Additional Location Information

The site/location will be determined based on the successful candidate, once identified

Compensation

$42.00 - $55.80 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 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. 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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