Public Health Emergency Response Specialist

4 weeks ago

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time
About the Opportunity

This role is responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive Public Health emergency response plan that integrates with Nova Scotia Health's broader all-hazard disaster and emergency response plan. The successful candidate will provide technical expertise, consultative services to zone stakeholders and NSH partners, and advisory support to all zones for public health emergency preparedness, training, response, and recovery activities. This includes participating in the incident management group for public health outbreak and emergency responses, providing technical and advisory support to the public health leadership team, and contributing to decision-making regarding the allocation of public health human resources and reassignment of human resources to support emergency responses.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain a Public Health emergency response plan that is integrated into NSH's broader all-hazard disaster and emergency response plan.
  • Provide technical expertise, consultative services to zone stakeholders and NSH partners, and advisory support to all zones for public health emergency preparedness, training, response, and recovery activities.
  • Participate in the incident management group for public health outbreak and emergency responses.
  • Provide technical and advisory support to the public health leadership team.
  • Contribute to decision-making regarding the allocation of public health human resources and reassignment of human resources to support emergency responses.
Requirements
  • Minimum of 3 years in emergency planning and health emergency planning.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in planning and executing emergency preparedness activities, including writing of plans, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and exercise-related training.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in the Core Competencies for Public Health, LEADS, and Incident Management System.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience working with vulnerable populations and applying a health equity lens in the development and implementation of plans.
  • Demonstrated success in building strategic partnerships, networks, coalitions, and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners.
  • Two or more years experience completing needs assessments to identify stakeholder learning needs and the development of training plans.
  • Demonstrated planning, organizational, and time management skills.
  • Demonstrated innovative systems thinking with an understanding of working with Public Health emergency preparedness and response.
What We Offer

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package, which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage, as well as a defined benefit pension plan. Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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