• Job Description

  Req#: 161902

  Req ID: 161902
  Company: Nova Scotia Health
  Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Summer Street Entrance - QEII
  Department: Research, Innovation and Discovery
  Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
  Status: Management/Non Union Position
  Posting Closing Date: 14-Nov-23

  *This is a reposted position. Current applicants are not required to re-apply*

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

  Nova Scotia Health’s Research, Innovation and Discovery portfolio is transforming health care delivery and improving the health of all Nova Scotians by leading initiatives that deliver high-impact health care solutions and developing strategic partnerships with clinical champions, industry, healthcare foundations, governments and academic partners. By pairing leading researchers, innovators, and clinicians with entrepreneurs through our newly formed Health Innovation, Research and Discovery Hub, their creative solutions are improving health and health care while also contributing directly to Nova Scotia’s economy.

  About the Opportunity

  Research and Innovation provides support for all Nova Scotia Health (NSH) researchers and employees across Nova Scotia. Although much of research takes place in Central Zone, Research & Innovation facilitates research projects across the province.

  Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) 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.

  Reporting to Dr Karen Cross and the Director of Innovation, the Research Associate will develop an active research program in the context of the Nova Scotia Wound Care Centre of Excellence. The Associate will also collaborate on educational opportunities and support relevant interdepartmental residents/staff in the area of research methods.

  Specific Accountabilities:

  Development of Research Program in Wound Care COE:

  • Evaluate research potential
  • Develop research program objectives

  • Deign and Execute clinical trials
  • Design, execute and summarize research projects consistent with program objectives
  • Identify and apply for external sources of program funding
  • Develop linkages with other wound care programs
  • Develop linkages with other researchers in area of wound care

  Education & Information Dissemination / Teaching of Residents & Staff in Research Methods:

  • Support the development of scientific publications

  • Data Analysis; comprehend results for manuscript publication
  • Advocate for and collaborate on opportunities to translate evidence-based research into clinical practice

  About You

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

  
  • PhD in Epidemiology or another health-related field Required
  • University Faculty Appointment with privileges to teach and supervise at graduate level is considered an asset

  • Interested in building a Centre of innovation excellence

  • Work Autonomy and interest in building programs is an asset
  • Minimum of three years related experience in a research environment (Preferred) including:
  - staffing, budgeting and reporting,
  - applying for external sources of funding
  - dissemination of research study results, in various forms, to various audiences
  - graduate level teaching
  - graduate thesis supervision and examination

  
  • A comprehensive and thorough knowledge of all aspects of running a research program will be considered an asset, including:
  - thorough understanding of research project conception, execution, and summary
  - ability to identify and apply for external sources of project funding
  - program administration including staffing, budgeting, and reporting
  - effective communicator both within and external to research environment
  - teaching and supervision at the graduate level
  - demonstrated time management and organizational skills.
  - ability to work independently as well as within a multidisciplinary team environment.

  Your Application

  Successful Applicants are required to provide a Criminal Record Check 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.

  Salary Information

  $46.54 - $58.17 Hourly
  $90,737 - $113,4210 Annually

  Successful candidate may be eligible for:

  - Relocation reimbursement with a Return of Service Commitment

  - Benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

  Hours of Work

  Temporary (1 year), Full-Time (75 hours biweekly) assignment with potential to extend.

  Anticipated Start Date of November 30, 2023

  *Date is Subject to change*

  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 Recruitment - Incentives

  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.

  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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