Placement Coordinator

**Req ID**:139946**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Northern** Zone, **Colchester East Hants Health Centre**
**Department**:CC Continuing Care Placement CEH**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:6-Sep-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 Placement Coordinator is responsible for supporting the process of Placement in a Long Term Care Facility on behalf of the Nova Scotia Health. Reporting to the Provincial Manager, Continuing Care Placement, the Placement Coordinator liaises with home care, acute care, and long term care facilities to facilitate appropriate and effective long term care placements. The Placement Coordinator receives long term care assessments for clients who are referred for Placement, communicates with client/Substitute Decision Maker on placement issues, manages the waitlist for Long Term Care ensuring that clients are admitted to long term care as per the Department of Seniors and Long Term Care policy, coordinates admissions to Long Term Care facilities; coordinates transfers of residents between facilities; maintains records and provides written and statistical reports as identified by Nova Scotia Health. The Coordinator also serves as a representative for Continuing Care with the public on matters related to admission to long term care facilities.

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

- Bachelor’s Degree in a health related discipline/field
- Must be currently registered or eligible for registration with applicable professional association.
- Minimum 5 years clinical experience
- Two
- three years’ experience in the Continuing Care environment preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet) required
- Computer proficiency
- Experience in long term care assessment/placement would be an asset
- Knowledge of the health system
- Strong client focus and ability to build solid client relationships
- Demonstrated commitment to customer service

**Additional Qualifications**:

- Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
- Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
- Demonstrates excellent written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrates judgment, decision making, and accountability skills
- Demonstrates conflict resolution skills, strong facilitation skills and excellent negotiation skills
- Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork skills and leadership abilities
- Demonstrates planning, organization and time management skills
- 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; 70 hours bi-weekly

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$32.82 - $41.44 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.

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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