Manager, Primary Health

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:159590
**Department/Program**:Primary Health, Healthy Populations & Provincial Initiatives
**Location**: Halifax
**Type of Employment**:Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Union Status**: Management, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $41.479**:

- **$51.8489 /hour
**Closing Date**: June 25, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
The Manager Primary Health is responsible for the development, implementation, operation, coordination and evaluation of primary health care programs and services within the Primary Health portfolio.
Reporting to the Director, Healthy Populations & Provincial Initiatives, the Manager oversees, and is responsible for all aspects of the strategic and operational planning including the implementation, monitoring and controlling processes of programs as well as assigned projects and initiatives. The Manager leads an interdisciplinary team, and works with partners and vendors to support day to day operations, as well as specific initiatives and projects. The Manager ensures that the programs and services meet quality standards, are culturally sensitive, align with existing IWK and provincial Primary Health Care Frameworks, and are developed in partnership with the IWK community and a variety of inter-sectoral and community partners.

Key elements of the portfolio include:

- Community Health Teams: Through a partnership with NSH Central Zone Primary Health Care, the IWK partners to provide navigation supports and community based group education.
- You’re In Charge: The IWK provides a program for youth (age 13 to 15) and their parents to prepare for the transition from pediatric to adult care and build youth’s self-management skills.
- School Health Partnership: Through a partnership between Department of Education, NSH and IWK, SHP nurses support the health care needs of students to enable them to participate safely in school.
- Nova Scotia Insulin Pump Program: This program provides funding towards the purchase of insulin pumps and supplies for residents living with Type 1 diabetes who are less than 26 years of age.
- Community Pediatric Clinics: The IWK provides limited administrative support and funding to two community based pediatric clinics in partnership with NSH Central Zone Primary Health Care.

**Hours of Work**:
Monday to Friday; 37.5 hours weekly

**Your Qualifications**:

- Baccalaureate degree from a regulated health discipline (e.g. nursing, nutrition, social work, etc.)
- Master’s degree preparation preferred in a related field
- Registered, or eligible to be registered, with the applicable professional licensing body in Nova Scotia
- Minimum five (5) years management experience or an equivalent combination of education and leadership experience may be considered
- Demonstrates high degree of independent decision-making, self-direction, motivation, change management knowledge and team building/leadership skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Effective interpersonal and leadership skills with proven communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills
- Proven organizational ability and effective time management skills
- Awareness of current best practices and the leading edge developments in health care service delivery
- Demonstrated fiscal and human resource management

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of cre

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