Health Services Leader – Primary Health Care

Title: Health Services Leader – Primary Health Care

Company: Nova Scotia Health Authority
Location: Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Job Type: FullTime, Shift, Weekends

Description:

Nova Scotia Health is seeking a Health Services Lead, Primary Health Care to join their team at the Sydney River Health Centre. The successful candidate will work with a diverse team to advance patient-centered, community-based primary health care programs and services within the Nova Scotia Health Zone.

The Health Services Lead will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of collaborative family practice, wellness, chronic disease teams, and youth health centers in the Sydney area. They will work closely with healthcare professionals to manage operational requirements, performance standards, and quality improvements.

The ideal candidate will have a Baccalaureate degree in a health discipline or related field, along with three to five years of progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting. Experience in primary health care, family medicine, and working with various healthcare professionals is considered an asset.

The Health Services Lead must have strong interpersonal and communication skills, experience in budget and resource management, and a demonstrated ability to work with stakeholders to establish and sustain collaborative family practice teams. They should also possess organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills, as well as experience in quality improvement and change management initiatives.

Successful candidates will work full-time with travel to various sites required. Shifts may include days, nights, and weekends. The compensation for this position is $40.95 - $54.42 hourly, with benefits such as health, dental, travel, long-term disability, life insurance coverage, and a defined benefit pension plan available.

If you meet the qualifications and are interested in this position, please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications. Only selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to diversity and encourages all qualified applicants to apply, especially those who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, or 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.

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Title: Health Services Leader &#8211; Primary Health Care
Company: Nova Scotia Health Authority
Location: Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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Req ID: 210315 Location: Eastern Zone, Sydney River Health Centre Department: PHC EZ Network Inverness Victoria Richmo Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1 Management/Non Union P osition Posting Closing Date: 17Feb26 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 communitybased programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of highquality 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 worklife 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 The Health Services Lead, Primary Health Care is a member of the Primary Health Care leadership team and is responsible for advancing priorities of the portfolio via supporting the ongoing development and implementation of assigned Primary Health Care, Wellness, Chronic Disease Management, Department of Family Practice programs services and initiatives. The Health Services Lead works together with other members of the Primary Health Care leadership team to implement multiple Primary Health Care projects and initiatives to support advancement of patient centered, community based primary health care programs and services within their Zone of Nova Scotia Health.

Presently, the Health Services Lead will be responsible for supporting the daytoday operations of the collaborative family practice, wellness, chronic disease teams and youth health centres spanning multiple sites in the Sydney area. The Health Services Lead will work closely with Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and other interprofessional teams to manage operational requirements, performance standards and support quality improvements.

The Health Services Lead is knowledgeable of provincial and zone governance structures, communitybased agencies and organizations, and the community based collaborative team approach to care. The Health Services Lead is responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with health care staff, other Zone based NSH departments and teams,

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

Baccalaureate degree from a health discipline or related field
 Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years' recent and related progressive leadership experience in a health care setting.
 Experience in primary health care specifically family medicine will be considered an asset.
 Experience working with physicians, nurse practitioners and registered nurses, among other health professionals an asset
 Experience working with First Nations Communities would be an asset
 Current registration with professional association (if applicable)
 Demonstrated knowledge of primary health care, health promotion, health determinants, and dynamics of health needs in community
 Strong interpersonal and communication (oral, written and presentation) skills including the ability to work collaboratively with various professional and community individuals, demonstrating a high level of judgement, tact, creativity, diplomacy, discretion, and confidentiality.
 Demonstrated experience with budget and resource management
 Demonstrated experience in program development, project management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in community settings
 Demonstrated ability to work with physicians and other stakeholders across multiple governance structures to establish and sustain strong collaborative family practice teams
 Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships and partnerships with stakeholders and clients
 Strong organizational, time management, and problem solving skills
 Demonstrated experience in quality improvement and change management initiatives

About You Cont.

Demonstrated selfmotivation, selfdirection, leadership, team development, organizational and facilitation skills.
 Strong human resource management and financial management skills
 Physical and mental capabilities to perform the duties of the position such as working irregular hours and under pressure to meet strict deadlines; ability to keep projects operating concurrently
 Demonstrated regular attendance in current and previous employment.
 Experience in a unionized environment will be considered an asset
 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

Permanent fulltime position; 75 hours biweekly
 Travel to various site will be required
 Shifts may include days, nights and weekends (or other specific hours of shifts)

Compensation And Benefits $40.95  $54.42 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, longterm 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 selfidentify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and selfidentify.

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