Health Care Social Worker (Masters) – Integrated Palliative Care Service Bereavement Coordinator

Job title: Health Care Social Worker (Masters) – Integrated Palliative Care Service Bereavement Coordinator

Job description: Req ID: 136994
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance – QEII
Department: OPCZ Palliative Care Social Work
Type of Employment: Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 15-Aug-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.

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About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Health Services Manager, the Bereavement Coordinator provides leadership to health care professionals within Nova Scotia Health to meet a broad range of bereavement support needs. The Bereavement Coordinator consults with and facilitates education to health care professionals who are caring for dying adults and their families in the Central Zone Integrated Palliative Care Service. The Bereavement Coordinator develops and coordinates a bereavement program for the Integrated Palliative Care Service. The Bereavement Coordinator develops a bereavement education program for Integrated Palliative Care Service staff and volunteers on grief and related topics.

Key Duties/Responsibilities

Coordinates and implements a bereavement follow-up program for families in the Integrated Palliative Care Service.

Coordinates and facilitates adult bereavement groups for families in the Integrated Palliative Care Service.

Contributes to the development of standards for bereavement care for the Integrated Palliative Care Service.

Contributes to the development of policies and procedures for bereavement care for the Integrated Palliative Care Service.

Develops and coordinates education for professionals and volunteers in the area for grief.

Collaborates with and is a resource to educators and other staff in the area of grief.

Researches and identifies unmet grief needs and develops, coordinates and implements educational programs and services to addresses identified gaps.

Develops information and a communication plan to increase the public’s knowledge of anticipatory and post death grief in the context of normal and healthy responses to loss

Identifies and builds effective relationships with applicable community agencies, ensuring a positive approach and ongoing partnership relationship.

Collaborates with community agencies in promoting grief awareness, educational opportunities and available resources to Nova Scotia Health staff and volunteers.

About You

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

• Master’s Degree in Social Work
• Registered or eligible for registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW)
• Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience in a Palliative Care setting
• Degree, certification courses or workshops pertaining to grief care or thananthology an asset
• Experience in grief and Bereavement
• Demonstrated skill as a communicator and group facilitator
• Evidence of extensive knowledge of community resources
• Evidence of ability to work independently with a multidisciplinary team as well as with both hospital and community based services/agencies
• Demonstrated use of innovative problem solving and application of evidence based practice to patient services
• Valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation
• 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

• Long Assignment Full-time Position; 75 hours bi-weekly
• Approximately 12 months

Compensation and Incentives

$36.04 – $47.38 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 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.

​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. Our priority groups are Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify.

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