Primary Health Care Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Truro, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:147385**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Northern** Zone, **Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:PHC NZ LA Family Practice & CDM**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:19-Jan-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 Primary Health Care Director, the Primary Health Care Coordinator will provide support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management and Wellness and Department of Family Practice portfolio. The PHC Coordinator will have responsibility for coordination of the planning, ongoing development and implementation of programs, services and initiatives.

The incumbent works closely with Primary Health Care leadership, providers, teams and stakeholders to ensure localized support for planning, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of PHC projects/initiatives. The Coordinator is responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with health care staff, provincial and other Zonal and NSH departments, external individuals and partner agencies.

The incumbent will support the Northern Zone's quality improvement initiatives for collaborative family practice and chronic disease management and wellness teams in primary health care.

The Primary Health Care Coordinator will work collaboratively with family physicians and other health care providers and teams to support change management strategies that are inherent in the services plan for primary health care.

**About You**:

- Baccalaureate degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science
- Current registration with professional association if applicable
- Two years' of recent related experience
- Organizational and project management skills. Superior time management skills in order to prioritize and complete assignments
- Chronic Disease Management experience preferred
- 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
- Sound knowledge and skill working in an interdisciplinary setting
- Ability to analyze information to identify priorities and emerging issues
- Superior communication skills - written, oral, presentation
- Efficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook - smartsheets an asset
- Demonstrated high degree of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation and team building/leadership skills
- Understanding of Behavior Change Techniques
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License
- 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 Full-time Position; 70 hours bi-weekly

**Additional Location Information**:
The constituent Union for Primary Health Care is CUPE Clerical

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$30.30 hourly - $36.79 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 regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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