Clinical Practice Lead

**Req ID**:180352**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Provincial** **Zone, **All Locations**
**Department**:MHA NS Central Intake**
**Type of Employment**:Casual** **Hourly FT long-assignment** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:9-Jul-24**

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 Provincial Manager - Intake Mental Health and Addictions Program (MHAP), the Clinical Practice Leader is responsible to support interdisciplinary collaborative practice by working across disciplines and service locations to provide leadership and mentorship on the development of clinical skill sets that are as identified as priorities within the MHAP. The Provincial Clinical Practice Leader provides supportive leadership, clinical oversight, consultation, job orientation, education, quality assurance and initiatives for clinical staff within Provincial MHAP Intake in liaison with the zone clinical team leads. The Clinical Practice Lead remains knowledgeable of resources to ensure the best care.

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

- Current registration or eligibility with the applicable licensing board required
- Masters in Social Work, Psychology, Nursing or Occupational Therapy required
- Five years recent/continuous job related experience required
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the DSM V diagnostic classification system
- Supervisory experience
- Adult Education training experience
- Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated organizational and time management skills
- Demonstrated ability in team building and working from an interdisciplinary approach. Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of Clinical Nursing Practice, with an integrated focus on safety, quality care and clinical excellence
- Demonstrated experience in policy development and implementation
- Demonstrated effective decision-making, critical thinking and problem solving skills in a pressure situation required
- Demonstrated leadership abilities with commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health.
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention certificate or equivalent required or willing to complete
- 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 position; 75 hours biweekly
- May required occasional evening shifts until 8pm and daytime holiday hours
- Travel within the province is required
- Location flexible within the province

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$44.36- $51.73 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 clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

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