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Wellness Navigator
3 weeks ago
**Req ID**:207939**
**Location**:Northern** Zone,**Aberdeen Hospital**
**Department**:PHC NZ PC LA**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent**Hourly FT** (**100%**) x**1**
**CUPE** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:5-Sep-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 Health Services Manager, the Wellness Navigator demonstrates flexibility and innovation in supporting citizens of the communities that the One Door Chronic Disease Management Centre serves in accessing the services, programs, and/or resources that can support health enhancing behaviours. The Wellness Navigator provides guidance and support for clients, including providing information about appropriate supports and programs that will meet health and wellness needs and social supports that can assist with daily living. Developing and facilitating emotional wellness programming and facilitating other health and wellness programs using a person-centred and family focused approach is a crucial part of this role. The Wellness Navigator promotes active involvement of the participant and family in establishing person-centred goals using the principles of behaviour change and self-management.
The Wellness Navigator is team focused and will collaborate with the CHT staff, family physicians, other health care providers and community groups to maintain awareness of existing supports within the community and in the surrounding areas through a community development, population health and collaborative approach. This individual also works collaboratively with the team and partners to develop, implement and evaluate the community-based wellness navigation model that guides their work. The incumbent is a member of an inter-professional team and collaborates with colleagues to determine team goals and objectives, participates in the evaluation of team effectiveness, solves problems, and shares responsibilities. Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills are required.
**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Bachelor's degree required from an accredited institution in one of the following health care disciplines: Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Registered Nurse, Recreation Therapy, Physiotherapy or Masters of Counselling
- Registration with respective professional regulatory association required
- Minimum of 3 years related experience working in Mental Health or Primary Health Care setting/community-based team/community setting required
- Facilitation/education skills utilizing adult education, self management supports, and motivational enhancement principles (both individual and group settings)
- Experience working with people living with a chronic condition(s)
- Experience in partnership development, stakeholder collaboration, and community development
- Understanding of population health, health promotion strategies, and behaviour change principles
- In-depth knowledge of local health authority and community based services
- Demonstrates person-centred/family-focused, diversity relevant approaches to are Well developed interpersonal, teamwork, oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and willingness to change
- Demonstrates innovation in program planning, implementation and evaluation, and quality improvement
- Annual CPR-AED certification and annual WHMIS training and certification
- Valid driver's license and daily access to a reliable vehicle for travel for work
- Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
**Hours**:
Permanent Full-Time (75 hours bi-weekly)
Shifts may include evenings ,weekends and holidays
**Compensation and Benefits**:
$38.43 - $49.74 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 Healthcare 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 clari
