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Req ID: 192826
Location: Central Zone, Mumford Professional Centre
Department: PHC CZ MES FP Mobile Clinic
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Dec-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.
Reporting to the PHC Health Service Leader and/or Manager, the PHC Coordinator provides support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management, and Department of Family Practice portfolios. The PHC Coordinator is responsible for the planning, ongoing development and implementation of the Mobile Clinic as well as other programs, services and initiatives assigned through leadership in each respective portfolio.
The scope of practice for the PHC Coordinator will includes collaborative work with health care providers and family physician's offices to support change management strategies that are inherent in the services plan for primary health care. They are responsible for supporting the work of Primary Health Care through coordination, facilitation, practice support and continuous quality improvement.
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
• Baccalaureate degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science
• Current registration with professional association if applicable
• Two years’ of recent related experience
• Coordination and Project Management Skills
• Broad knowledge of the health system with high level understanding of population health approaches, community development, primary health care, health prevention and promotion, and disease management.
• Experience in Practice Facilitation including coaching, facilitation, change management strategies, and quality improvement is an asset.
• Experience working in a family practice setting with family physicians an asset.
• Organizational and process management skills. Superior time management skills in order to prioritize and complete assignments.
• Sound knowledge and skill working in an interdisciplinary settings.
• Ability to analyze information to identify priorities and emerging issues
• Superior communication skills – written, oral, presentation.
• Demonstrated high degree of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation and team building/leadership skills.
• Understanding of Behavior Change Techniques
• 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.
$34.79 - $43.50 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 Admin Professionals 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.
