Job Description

Req ID: 163594
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Variable within the Zone
Department: IPPL STRAT-BC IMPLEMENT IPPL-CNS 400860
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 25-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.

The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Zone IPPL Director, and working in partnership with the Senior Director, and the IPPL Provincial Leadership Team, the Professional Practice Leader (PPL) takes a leadership role in facilitating and promoting a culture of excellence in quality person centred care and advancing interprofessional practice and learning priorities that support clinical transformation for the achievement of collaborative and professional practice to improve health outcomes. Working closely with Senior leaders, Directors, Managers, and Clinical leadership teams, the PPL takes a collaborative leadership role in fostering a culture of learning with a focus on clinical practice, clinical leadership, inter/intra professional collaboration, transition to practice, practice progression, profession-specific and interprofessional education and the development, implementation and evaluation of a model for inter/intra professional practice and standards consistent with health professional regulatory bodies and associations, and aligned within research, innovation and discovery. The PPL serves as a consultant to the organization with respect to the practice environment, practice improvements, clinical standardization, workforce optimization, emerging evidence and addressing professional practice issues at the individual, team, program of care, clinical network and system level. The PPL works with all members of the interprofessional team to promote evidence based practice, reflecting best practices and a culture of patient centred care.

This is a zone position and can be aligned with any of the sites in the Eastern Zone. Travel required across the zone.

About You

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

• Beyond entry to practice education in health profession at Master\'s level or higher relevant to interprofessional practice and Learning (i.e. Master of Education). Consideration will be given to qualified candidates currently enrolled in a Master\'s program or with equivalent education and practice experience required
• Current registration with the relevant college/association required
• A minimum of three (3) years progressive leadership experience required (i.e., previous management and/or demonstrated leadership experience in an advanced practice role as Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Educator or Professional Practice Coordinator)
• A minimum of five (5) years clinical experience in related health professional discipline with operational or practice leadership experience required
• Demonstrated experience in initiating & managing multiple projects
• Demonstrated success in working with teams and team development
• Demonstrated aptitude for progressive. creative and innovative thinking
• Demonstrated experience with designing, implementing and evaluating traditional and nontraditional education programming; inclusive of developing learning objectives
• Possesses a vision of person centred care
• Demonstrated success in leading change
• Experience in a unionized environment preferred
• Demonstrated exceptional interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work collaboratively with professional and community individuals with high level of judgment, creativity, diplomacy, discretion and confidentiality

About You Continued

• Exhibits analytical thinking, creative problem-solving and willingness to consider uncharted or novel ideas related to trends & changes in health care
• Understands the climate/culture in the organization and the wider provincial, community, & social context
• Awareness of the broad system connection, interdependence of organizational systems and stakeholders and considering the impact on people, processes, & services
• Demonstrated interest in continued professional growth & leadership
• Demonstrated self-motivation, self-direction, leadership, team development, organizational & facilitation skills
• Promotes a culture of respect that supports safety, ethical practices, cultural awareness & organizational health
• Proficiency in computer applications and ability to use health information systems to support patient care
• Physical and mental capabilities to perform the duties such as working irregular hours & under pressure to meet strict deadlines
• Valid Nova Scotia Driver\'s License & access to a reliable vehicle
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

About Your Application

Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to Human Resources before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will be screened on the above qualifications. Applicants must clearly demonstrate how they meet the knowledge and competencies in their cover letter and resume. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application. Applicants will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or missing information.

Hours of Work

Long Assignment, Full-Time (75 hours biweekly)
Beginning September 1, 2023, until September 1, 2025
Dates are approximate and are subject to change.

Salary Information

$43.91 - $58.34 hourly
$85,620 - $113,763 annually

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

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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