Manager Health Services and Site Lead – Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital

Job title: Manager Health Services and Site Lead – Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital

Job description: Req ID: 121413
Company: Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
Location: Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital
Department: Restorative Care and Long Term Care
Type of Employment: Permanent, Full-Time
Posting Closing Date: 29-Oct-21

About Nova Scotia Health

Nova Scotia Health (NSH) 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.

NSH 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 NSH 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.

About the Opportunity

The Health Services Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to multi-disciplinary teams within the site including Restorative Care, Veterans Care, and Long Term Care units with a patient-centred approach.

Working collaboratively and consultatively with patients/clients, families, management, staff, physicians, community partners, and service providers, the Manager applies strategic and analytical thinking to integrate care and seek opportunities fr improvement to achieve the ultimate goal of high quality, safe and cost effective services to better support patient experience/outcome.

The Manager exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the framework and objectives of the Health Services Program and the Mission and Vision and Strategic Directions of NSHA, and incorporates into daily practice the Core Competencies and Values of NSH.

About You

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in a health related discipline
• Minimum five (5) years recent clinical experience in a position included in this portfolio
• Minimum five (5) years recent experience in a leadership and/or management position with responsibilities related to program planning, evaluation, human resource and financial management within a unionized environment
• Experience developing and facilitating strategies consistent with the principles of Organizational Health
• Demonstrated proficiency in program planning, financial and human resource management, oral and written communication and interpersonal effectiveness
• Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, problem solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to successfully change, adapt, overcome, and cope with unexpected challenges
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strategic partnerships and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners across the healthcare continuum
• Demonstrated commitment to employee and self-development and continuous quality improvement
• Proficiency with computer applications including Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, internet, email, and the ability to utilize health information systems for decision support
• Demonstrated regular attendance in current and previous employment
• Physical and mental capabilities to perform the duties of the position such as managing multiple priorities, time-sensitive deadlines, stressful situations, working flexible/extended hours and travelling within and outside NSH as necessary
• Valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License and access to reliable vehicle

Salary and Incentives

$41.9986 – $55.8035 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.

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