Manager, Mental Health

**Req ID**:212374**
**Location**:Western** Zone,**Flexible within the Zone**
**Department**:MHA WZ Recovery Support Centers**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent**Hourly FT** (**100%**) x**1**
**Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:7-Nov-25**

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 of Mental Health and Addictions, the Recovery Support Centres (RSC) and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (OUDT) Program Manager monitors service delivery for the MHA RSC and OUDT program on a day-to-day basis to ensure service provision is in accordance with Nova Scotia Health’s policies and procedures and is compliant with evidence-based practice, provincial standards and accreditation requirements. This position is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, supervising and evaluating the RSC and OUDT program. The Manager collaborates with Mental Health and Addictions’ staff and managers, other departments, care providers and stakeholder agencies, patients, and families to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of quality services. Demonstrating a commitment to continuous quality improvement, vision, leadership and strategic thinking, the Manager exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the framework and objectives of the Mental Health & Addictions’ Program and NSH’s Vision, Mission, Values and Strategic Directions.
- **About You**:

- We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Master’s Degree in a recognized mental health and/or addiction health discipline or related field with five (5) years’ experience in a mental health and addictions system preferred; OR Bachelor Degree in a recognized mental health and addiction discipline, with five (5) years’ experience in mental health or addictions, one of which should be in professional practice/leadership capacity and two (2) additional years’ experience in clinical practice for a total of seven (7) years’ experience
- Registered/eligible for registration and a member in good standing of the relevant regulatory body
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in working in the mental health and addictions field
- Formal leadership experience in the health care field, Mental Health & Addictions preferred
- Judgment and decision making skills demonstrated through analysis and synthesis, problem solving, systems thinking and emotional intelligence
- 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 changes
- Demonstrated commitment to employee and self development and continuous quality improvement
- Demonstrated ability to define a vision and guide individuals and groups toward the vision while maintaining group cohesiveness, motivation, commitment and effectiveness
- Ability to manage human resources/intellectual capital, financial resources, capital/material assets and information
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with evidence of their use in establishing partnerships and respectful, productive, collaborative internal/ external stakeholder relationships
- 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; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Travel is required- ** Compensation and Benefits**:

- $46.36 - $61.60 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.