IM/IT Manager

Req ID: 212966

Location: Provincial Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII

Department: IMIT Clinical Communication Services App

Type of Employment: PermanentHourly FT (100%) x 1

MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date: 10-Dec-25

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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority's Information Management and Technology services include clinical and business applications support, technology related project management, business services, telecom services. NSHA IM/IT is also the host organization for Clinical Applications Support across the province and in this capacity is responsible for clinical applications support for external entities/clients including IWK, primary care physicians and providers, retail pharmacies. NSHA IM/IT has a key partnership with the Internal Services Department of the Province of Nova Scotia, who provides technical/infrastructure services for itself and its clients.

Reporting to the IM/IT Director, the IM/IT Manager has responsibility for managing projects and/or services as assigned and are the responsibility of the Nova Scotia Health Authority. The IM/IT Manager oversees a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the strategic and tactical planning, design, implementation and support of all information management and technology solutions, projects and services across IWK, NSHA, and it's many external clients, in partnership with the provinces Internal Services Department and the Department of Health and Wellness.

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

• Undergraduate degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Healthcare, Engineering required. Consideration may be given to those with equivalent training and minimum of 10 years progressive leadership experience
• Master's degree an asset, particularly in health administration, health information systems, leadership, Master of Business Administration
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years' leadership experience with IT/IM Services, programs and applications required
• Experience supporting clinical and business application systems such as Clinical Workflow Solutions and Medical Devices, Clinical Information Systems, ERP Solutionsand other Business Support Solutions, and related services in a complex health care organizational environment considered an asset
• Certified Health Executive (CHE) and/or Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) designationan asset
• Comprehensive understanding of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), IT Project Management and organizational change management with ITIL. PMP, Proci certifications an asset
• Comprehensive understanding of and experience in building and managing teams and processes to provide IT operational support and deliver IT projects
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem solving skills with the ability to multi-task to meet tight deadlines
• Experience in leading teams of staff with indirect accountabilities to other operational units
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal, written communication and influencing skills
• Competencies in other languages, French preferred

Please ensure resume is up to date with all experience, education and certifications

• Permanent Full-Time Position; 75 hours biweekly

$ $61.59 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

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.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.