Clinical Manager, Ambulatory Medical Care

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Department/Program: Childrens Ambulatory Medical Care, Clinical Care & Chief Nursing Executive
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: Management, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $ $ /hour
Closing Date: 3 February 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities that also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of transgender and non-binary people of any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but we have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

Reporting to the Director Medical, Critical Care, and Rehabilitation Services, the Clinical Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, evaluation, and improvement of patient and family-centred services for specific care services at the IWK while striving to ensure a collaborative continuum of care with internal and external partners. Major responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, human resource management, fiscal management, professional/staff development, leadership, quality service delivery, and program service development. Essential components of this position include a high degree of evidence-based decision-making, creativity, interpersonal skills, self-direction, initiative, critical thinking, professional development, and informational roles to perform a wide variety of technical, human, conceptual, leadership, and financial management functions and behaviors. As a leader, mentor team members by supporting, role modeling and coaching in an effective manner; ensuring completion of all aspects of performance management; coordinating the performance evaluation review every two years for each employee; managing performance issues on an ongoing basis; collaborating with physicians, physician leaders, professional practice chiefs and support staff to resolve key clinical practice issues and improve operations; completing quarterly variance reports and other reports, as required; managing attendance; managing day to day operational expenditures, including coordination of capital expenditure, auxiliary amenities, and supply purchases; participating in the development of the service plan for the care area(s).

Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week). Flexible work hours are required at times.

• Baccalaureate Degree in a health-related field required. Equivalent experience and/or alternative education may be considered.

• Current registration with the appropriate licensing body of Nova Scotia preferred. Equivalent experience and/or alternative education or leadership experience in healthcare may be considered.

• Master's Degree in a health-related field required. (Progressing towards or commitment to enrol within 12 months will be considered)

• Minimum five (5) years in a clinical role plus two (2) years related management/leadership experience preferred.

• Previous experience in a complex healthcare organization preferred.

• Knowledgeable in the concepts of program-based care and patient/family-centered care required.

• Demonstrated excellent leadership and team-building skills required.

• Demonstrated excellent communication (written and oral) and organizational skills required.

• Must be proactive, solution-focused, analytical, and innovative.

• Ability to work as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team.

• Excellent time management, organization, and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrates ability to develop and sustain internal/external partnerships.

• Competency in other languages is an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing), you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.