Health Services Manager

5 months ago


Dartmouth, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:162867**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** **Zone, **Nova Scotia Hospital**
**Department**:MHA CZ Connections Dartmouth & Sackville**
**Type of Employment**:Temporary** **Hourly FT long-assignment** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status: MGMT/NON-Union** **Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:24-Aug-23**

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 Director, Mental Health & Addictions, and working as part of a collaborative leadership team, the Health Services Manager will contribute to policy development, quality initiatives, service standardization, and resource management. The HSM will support the team in achieving the Accreditation Standards and adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

The Health Services Manager (HSM) is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for interprofessional health services team. The HSM will be responsible for day-to-day clinical operations, standards of care, and maintaining a safe and respectful work environment.

The Health Services Manager exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the framework and objectives of the Mental Health and Addictions Program and the Mission and Vision and Strategic Directions of Nova Scotia Health, and incorporates into daily practice the Core Competencies and Values of Nova Scotia Health’s Excellence, Integrity, Respect, Accountability and Leadership.

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

- Bachelors Degree from a health related discipline
- Master's degree or Leadership certificate an asset
- Minimum five (5) years recent experience in a leadership and/or management position with responsibilities related to program planning, evaluation, human resource and financial management within a unionized environment
- Minimum five (5) years recent clinical experience in a position included in this portfolio
- Must be registered with the relevant health discipline college/association
- Previous leadership/management experience an asset
- Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, problem solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, strategic thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to successfully change, adapt, overcome, and cope with unexpected challenges
- Experience and expertise in process planning and redesign work
- Requires a high level of sound judgment, initiative, and self-direction
- Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision making, motivation, creativity, flexibility, adaptability, and change management knowledge
- Proven and highly developed leadership skills including vision, self-awareness, relationship and team building skills, and communication skills
- Travel may be required
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

**Hours**:

- Long Assignment Full Time position; 75 hours biweekly
- Approximately 12 months

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$43.91 - $58.34 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 Management/Non Union 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.

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