Primary Health Care Coordinator

**Req ID**:201771**
**Location**:Northern** Zone,**North Cumberland Collaborative Practice**
**Department**:Primary Health Care**
**Type of Employment**:Casual**Hourly FT long-assignment** (**100%**) x**1**
**Admin Professionals** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:30-Apr-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 Manager of Primary Health Care, the Primary Health Care (PHC) Coordinator will provide support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management and Wellness and Department of Family Practice portfolio. The PHC Coordinator will have responsibility for coordination of the planning, ongoing development and implementation of programs, services and initiatives.

The incumbent works closely with Primary Health Care leadership, providers, teams and stakeholders to ensure localized support for planning, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of PHC projects/initiatives. The Coordinator is responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with health care staff, Provincial and other Zonal and NSH departments, external individuals and partner agencies.

The incumbent will support the Northern Zone's quality improvement initiatives for collaborative family practice and chronic disease management and wellness teams in Primary Health Care.

The Primary Health Care Coordinator will work collaboratively with family physicians and other health care providers and teams to support change management strategies that are inherent in the services plan for primary health care.

Please note this position requires travel to facilities within Cumberland County. A valid driver’s license and access to transportation is required.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelor's degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science field required or an equivalent degree and experience may be considered
- Two years' of recent related experience required
- Organizational and project management skills. Superior time management skills in order to prioritize and complete assignments
- Chronic Disease Management experience preferred
- Coordination and Project Management Skills
- Broad knowledge of the health system with high level understanding of population health approaches, community development, primary health care, health prevention and promotion, and disease management
- Experience in Practice Facilitation including coaching, facilitation, change management strategies, and quality improvement is an asset
- Experience working in a family practice setting with family physicians an asset
- Sound knowledge and skill working in an interdisciplinary setting
- Ability to analyze information to identify priorities and emerging issues
- Superior communication skills - written, oral, presentation
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Access, PowerPoint, Excel). Desktop publishing an asset
- Demonstrated high degree of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation and team building/leadership skills
- Understanding of Behavior Change Techniques
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver’s License
- 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**:
Long Assignment, Full-Time (75 hours bi-weekly)

Approximately 12 months

**Compensation and Benefits**:
$34.79 - $42.06 Hourly

**Once You've Applied**

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.