• Job Description

  Req#: 170848
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  Req ID: 170848
  Company: Nova Scotia Health
  Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha's Regional Hospital
  Department: OPEZ Ambulatory Care/Reg Med & SMRH
  Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
  Status: Management/Non Union P osition
  Posting Closing Date: 31-Jan-24

  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 www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

  Responsibilities

  St Martha’s operates in the Catholic tradition, by the spirit and legacy of the Sisters of St. Martha.
  
  • We hold as fundamental values:
  • Respecting life in all its stages
  • Welcoming the diversity of people
  • Caring for all without discrimination
  • Excellence in the delivery of health services
  • Collaborating with our community partners
  • Healing and wellness of the whole person - body, mind and spirit.
  • Assuming the responsibility for the weak and vulnerable
  • Being responsible stewards of our human and financial resources
  • We commit to caring for our patients, their families and each other with respect and compassion.
  
  Reporting to the Executive Director, Acute Health Services, Eastern Zone; the Director Integrated Health, in collaboration with Site Medical Leads is responsible for operational planning, management and leadership of acute care services to ensure care is integrated and reflects best practice evidenced based standards. This includes ensuring that the services and programs meet clinical, teaching (and if applicable research standards), within the established standards of care criterion. Working in a co-leadership model, the Director has shared accountability in setting priorities and implementing strategies that support a family centered care environment, across a continuum of care. The Director working with physician leads ensure that programs and services are quality focused, with measurable outcomes, and reviewed regularly, using a family centered care approach. The Site Lead will provide day to day leadership for the acute care staff and services. The incumbent will assist the Executive Director and Eastern Zone Program Directors in supporting front line managers.

  Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a Health Related Discipline
  • Eligible for registration in a health care discipline in Nova Scotia
  • Master’s degree in Health Administration or equivalent
  • 5 years' of relevant senior leadership experience with progressive accountabilities for supply chain management, financial, strategic and people management
  • CHE Designation an asset
  • Experience working in matrix model health care management services
  • Demonstrated skills in leadership, decision making negotiating, communication, conceptualization & evaluation
  • Specific experience with strategic and operational planning and implementation and related management functions
  • Demonstrated ability to be an effective change agent using interpersonal, communication and team building skills
  • Proven relationship and team building skills (including external partners)
  • Demonstrated organizational and priority setting skills
  • Critical thinking and Analytical Skills
  • Continuous Quality Improvement and Risk Management skills
  • Motivated, self-starter
  • Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred
  
  Please ensure that your resume is up-to-date and includes all relevant education, experience, training and certifications.

  Hours of Work

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

  Compensation and Benefits

  $55.019 - $73.104 Hourly

  Once You've Applied

  Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
  
  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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• About the company

  The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada.

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