Secretary Ii

**Req ID**:150703**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Eastern** **Zone, **St. Martha's Regional Hospital**
**Department**:PH HP Communicable Disease Prevention EZ**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Admin Professionals** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:7-Jun-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 Health Protection Manager, the Secretary II provides support to all Public Health Teams across the Eastern Zone, NSH. The secretary is responsible, as part of a team, for the effective and efficient operation of the office on a day-to-day basis.

The Secretary II ensures that the principles and practices that guide NSH such as the vision, mission, values, strategic directions, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the support that is provided by 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:

- Successful completion of a medical office administration program required.
- Extensive experience in electronic communication (including but not limited to) Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Outlook required
- Demonstrated competence in verbal and written communication and strong public relations skills required.
- Minimum two (2) years' experience in a health care setting required; experience working in a multi-disciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated ability to respect and maintain confidentiality of all health care information.
- Ability to manage stressful situations and work as a team member.
- Ability to prioritize workload in order to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work as a proactive member of a multi-disciplinary Public Health team.
- Understanding of the principles of Public Health.
- Customer service orientated, ensuring all staff, patients, and members of the public are treated courteously, professionally and with respect.
- 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.

**A skills test will be included as part of the selection process**

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full-Time position; 70 Hours Bi-weekly

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$20.36 - $23.14 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.

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