Health Services Manager

**Req ID**:144122**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** Zone, **Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
**Department**:OPCZ Nursing Resource Team**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: MGMT/NON-Union** **Management/Non Union** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:4-Nov-22**

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**:
The Nursing Resource and Scheduling Manager is responsible for the planning and coordination of services and daily operations of people -centered programs within and external to Nova Scotia Health. This position reports jointly to both the Director of Scheduling Services and Director for Acute Care Services. Essential components of this position include a high degree of exercise in decision-making, creativity, interpersonal skills, professional development, communication, relationship-building, change management, and resource management, so as to provide effective leadership for continuous quality improvements in the nursing resource team, staff scheduling and employee & patient safety.

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

- Baccalaureate degree from a health discipline
- Master’s degree preferred or equivalent experience however acquired
- Registered with the relevant health discipline college/association
- Minimum of five years of relevant clinical experience
- Previous leadership/management experience an asset
- Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision-making, creativity, self-direction, motivation, change management knowledge, and team building/leadership skills
- Proven communication and time management skills
- Exhibits creative problem-solving ability and willingness to consider uncharted or novel ideas related to trends in health care
- Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines and committees to achieve excellence in patient care and ensuring healthy patient and family centered, interdisciplinary team relationships
- Demonstrated fiscal management.
- Must have a high degree of expertise in interpersonal skills, professional development, and informational roles to perform a wide variety of technical, human, conceptual, leadership and financial management functions and behaviors.
- Facilitation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work in a constant changing environment that requires adaptability and flexibility
- 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 biweekly

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$42.43 - $56.64 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 Management/Non Union 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.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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