Director - Primary Health Care (Central Zone)

 Req ID: 214620
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII 
Department: PHC CZ LA Family Practice & CDM 2
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1 
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 26-Jan-26

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 Vice President, the Director, Primary Health Care is accountable for providing the operational and strategic leadership across the zone related to primary health care and family practice as well as community health teams, chronic disease ambulatory programs and care by design. 

The Director, in consult with the Primary Healthcare Network is responsible for leading operational planning and delivery for an integrated approach to health promotion, primary care, disease prevention and chronic disease management that will enable integration of health and social care services.  Leads primary health care team integration of care delivery with health and social programs and services. 

The Director is responsible for the delivery of evidence based programs and services in primary health care and integrated chronic disease management.  

The Director leads efforts to achieve the gold of operational excellence, focusing on efficient and sustainable resource allocation, patient/family satisfaction, and quality care in accordance with NSHA and Central Zone Mission, Vision and Values and Strategic Directions. 

The Director will have a focus on resource requirements including infrastructure; to maintain quality of care for clients and to enable strengthening, expansion, and integration of primary health services across the care continuum of the zone while ensuring an equity lens is applied.

The Director works in collaboration with key provincial stakeholders, primary care, acute and tertiary care, specialty program and continuing care physicians and other health providers and administrative leaders, universities/education, and other experts to develop and implement an operational plan that will enhance a strengthened community-based system thereby improving care provided across NSHA and for the community it serves.

About You

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

• Baccalaureate degree from a health discipline/health science field 
• Master’s degree in business administration, Health Services Administration or other Masters Management program
• Minimum seven to ten years’ experience: 
  • A minimum of 7 years in a health care/primary care/community setting
  • Minimum five years progressive experience in management and administration in a health care/community setting, with evidence of financial and human resource management
• Experience in planning, coordinating, delivery and evaluation of primary health care and community-based initiatives
• Demonstrated ability with business plan management, resource allocation and budget preparation
• Specific experience with strategic and operational planning and related management functions
• Knowledge of disease prevention, health promotion, chronic disease management, and population health
• A high level of judgement, group management skills, group facilitation skills, and an ability to effectively deal with a wide range of individuals, organizations and diverse cultures
• Ability to develop and sustain coalition, alliances, and partnerships with the members of the health care sectors and external agencies
• Leadership skills consisting of building a vision, team building, conflict resolution, goal setting, coaching, mentoring, delegation, change-leadership
• Innovative systems thinking with solid understanding of clinical practice will be expected to develop extensive district-wide and external contacts related to Primary Care. The prospective candidate will be expected to seek collaborative funding partnerships to enable these primary care initiatives to proceed.
• 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
• Beginning February 27, 2026, until October 3, 2027 (approximately)

Compensation and Benefits

$58.09 - $77.19 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which include 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. 

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.