Consultant - Planning and Evaluation- Mental Health

**Req ID**:167890**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** Zone, **Nova Scotia Hospital**
**Department**:MHA OpNote**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:24-Nov-23**

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 Planning & Evaluation Manager, Mental Health and Addictions Program, the Consultant is responsible for supporting the development, implementation and critical appraisal of core MHA services, standards, and best practices to improve the continuum of prevention and treatment services for individuals living with mental illness and addictions. The Consultant works to facilitate the implementation plan associated with health services planning and contributes to quality improvement initiatives, including but not limited to developing and implementing new models of service delivery and supporting workforce development initiatives.

The Consultant provides leadership, consultation and expertise within MHA and stimulates intersectoral action, establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with external stakeholders including the Office of Addictions and Mental Health, Department of Health and Wellness, Department of Justice, and other community partners, as well as those within NS Health, including but not limited to IMIT, Health Information Services, One Person One Record, Public Health, Primary Care.

The Consultant designs, organizes, facilitates, documents and reports on project related initiatives by conducting literature reviews, jurisdictional scans, utilizing logic models and frameworks, business case exercises, as well as conducts critical appraisal of evidence including information available from both internal and external sources. The Consultant also works to support initiatives that support collection of information leveraging clinical document architecture via electronic platforms.

The Consultant provides analysis and advice on issues impacting mental health and mental illness across the lifespan, as well as on reducing the harms associated with substance use and gambling on the lives of Nova Scotians. The Consultant makes recommendations to the NSHA MHAP Leadership at all levels, for operational performance improvement, continuous quality improvement as well as to advance a vision of excellence within Mental Health and Addictions.

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

- Undergraduate degree in health-related discipline or related field
- Masters level preparation considered an asset
- 3-5 years relevant experience including applied analytic activities related to strategic planning, health service planning, program development and evaluation, and continuous quality improvement
- Demonstrated knowledge of the health system. Work experience in Mental Health and Addictions is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge and skills related to data analysis, statistical manipulation, interpretation, and knowledge translation, drawn from multiple source systems to effectively prepare information to meet the needs of the various levels of leadership and to monitor quality and performance indicators and benchmarks
- Experience querying and working with relational databases using SQL (or other approaches), linking multiple datasets to address complex requests is considered an asset
- Expert knowledge to critically analyze evidence-based practices and available data to inform strategy development and organizational planning.
- Demonstrated high degree of independent decision-making, self-direction, motivation, change management knowledge and team building/leadership skills
- Ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships and partnerships with stakeholders.
- Critical thinking and analytical problem solving.
- Experience engaging teams, leaders, medical staff, clinicians, patients/families/clients/public and stakeholders in a collaborative, participatory manner.
- Experience and demonstrated expertise in translating data into meaningful information; excellent report writing and presentation skills

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.