Health Promoter

1 month ago

Berwick, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:184106**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Western** Zone, **Western Kings Memorial Health Centre**
**Department**:PH School Aged Children & Youth**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:1-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.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Public Health Manager, Healthy Communities, Western Zone, the Health Promoter, works in collaboration with other Healthy Communities Team Members to ensure policies and programs are planned and implemented towards improved population health, reduced health inequities and, in a way that addresses local population health needs.

The Health Promoter works with community partners across multiple levels to take action and advocate for policy and system change to create supportive social, economic, and physical environments that protect and promote health. The Health Promoter focuses on upstream determinants and applies comprehensive, evidence informed strategies. Seek and advocate for policy and system change to create supportive social, economic, and physical environments to protect and promote health.

The Health Promoter provides leadership and advanced knowledge in health promotion and community development theory and practice to promote and support the development of policies and physical, social and built environments to reduce health inequities, address the determinants of health, and prevent chronic disease and injury. The Health Promoter uses health promotion approaches which support empowerment, participation, partnerships and equity to perform their work in healthy public policy, community health assessments, community development and mobilization.

The Health Promoter shares a core set of public health attitudes and values, applies public health core competencies to all of their work and is accountable to provide competent, safe and ethical professional practice.

The Health Promoter ensures that the principles and practices that guide the Nova Scotia Health such as the vision, mission, values, strategic directions, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and inter-professional collaboration are integrated within the work that they do and through the messages they deliver.

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

- Masters' degree in Public Health or Health Promotion and 1 year experience required, or Bachelor of Health Promotion and 3 years’ experience required
- Demonstrated understanding of a population-based approach
- Demonstrates the core competencies for public health as outlined in the job analysis
- Knowledge of the Health Protection Act and other relevant Regulations, Legislation & Acts
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, including team building, negotiation, conflict management
- Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary setting with a strong focus on citizen/community
- Ability to use computer software programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook
- Demonstrated accountability and responsibility
- Demonstrated ability to plan and be self-directed
- Demonstrated judgement and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated leadership abilities
- Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
- Demonstrated commitment to health and safety
- Exemplary work history as demonstrated in current and past employment
- Travel will be required
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver's License and access to a reliable vehicle
- Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full Time/100% FTE / 70 Hours Bi-weekly
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$35.09 - $44.09 Hourly

**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

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