Continuing Care Coordinator - Team Lead - Continuing Care

 Req ID: 191005
Location: Central Zone, Joseph Howe Centre 
Department: CC Care Coordination CCDT 2
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1 
Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Nov-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 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.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager Care Coordination, the Team Leader provides leadership, innovation, and support with assessment, authorization, service planning and collaborative case management aligned with provincial policies for continuing care programs and services. The team leader works closely with continuing care staff and managers, contracted home support, nursing and long-term care service providers, NSH clinical programs and team members, primary healthcare providers along with community agencies and organizations, to promote person-centered care. Roles and responsibilities may include:

• Fostering healthy team processes that develop a person-centered continuum of care, applying the LEADS framework in a health care environment
• Facilitating collaboration between respective program areas and their networks across the continuum of care while linking with patients, families and community organizations
•  Assisting in program planning and evaluation, ensuring practice is evidence-informed
• Participating in the orientation and mentorship of new team members
• Supporting a quality approach to service delivery
• Assisting with the development of the consistent application of policies related to continuing care programs and services
• Facilitate a culture of learning and excellence for staff and students 

This role encompasses a portion of a pre-existing Care Coordinator position. 60% of this position will require the successful candidate to work as part of a team with clients, peers and other health care professionals while exercising team leadership functions. The remaining 40% of the work time spent will remain in direct client service.

About You

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

• Currently employed as a Care Coordinator of the NSH Continuing Care Service
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nutritional Studies or Nursing (diploma in nursing may also be considered)
• Minimum five (5) years related experience
• Current registration (or eligibility) with applicable provincial licensing body required
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Ability to conduct an extensive comprehensive multi-dimensional assessment in client’s home
• Demonstrated experience developing, monitoring and evaluating complex care plans that respond to client’s changing health needs
• Ability to integrate existing service options with a non-traditional health care approach when developing care plans
• Ability to develop relationships, work collaboratively and effectively with clients, families and health care professionals
• Ability to work within a changing environment and must demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to take on new assignments
• Organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Demonstrated excellence in problem solving, interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications including Microsoft Office products i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint required
• Possess a valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle as travel within the health authority is required
• 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; 70 Hours Biweekly

• Approximately 12 Months

• Shifts may include days, evenings, weekends & holidays

Compensation and Benefits

$42.56 - 48.27 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.

​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.