Wellness Facilitator (Physiotherapist), Hants Health and Wellness Team, Primary Health Care

​Req ID: 192162
Location: Central Zone, Hants Community Hospital  
Department: PHC CZ WH CDW HHWT
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (80%) x 1 
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 4-Dec-24

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.

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About the Opportunity

The Hants Health and Wellness Team (HHWT) is an integrated rural health model aimed at providing a sustainable solution to the provision of primary health care in the communities of the West Hants Network.  The model  includes ongoing development of an integrated chronic disease management and wellness model, which works in a coordinated and synergistic manner with the West Hants Network. The model is grounded in collaboration with other provider and community partners/ groups and/ services to offer programming and supports to citizens, providing them with the self-management skills and confidence to live well with their chronic condition and to achieve optimal health and wellness.

Reporting to the Health Services Manager, the Wellness Facilitator is the lead support for physical activity programs offered within the community and how to integrate physical activity across programs and service offered by the HHWT.  The individual is responsible for exercise program development, implementation and evaluation and must possess excellent leadership skills.  He/she is outcome-focused, incorporates evidence based best practice, and emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention.  The incumbent is a member of an inter-professional team and collaborates with colleagues to determine team goals and objectives, participates in the evaluation of team effectiveness, solves problems, and shares responsibilities. Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills are required.

About You

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

• Bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from an accredited university
•  Membership with the Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists
•  Must be eligible for membership with the Canadian Physiotherapy Association
• One year related experience required working in a Primary Health Care setting/community based team/community setting and experience with individual and group education/facilitation utilizing adult education, self-management supports, and motivational enhancement principles; experience working with people with chronic disease in an exercise program or setting
•  Valid driver's license and access to a reliable car for travel for work
• ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) Exercise Specialist Certification preferred
• Preferred experience in partnership development, stakeholder collaboration, and community development
• Experience working with people living with a chronic condition
• Understanding of population health, health promotion strategies, and behaviour change principles
• In-depth knowledge of local district health authority and community-based services.
• Demonstrates person-centered / family-focused, diversity relevant approaches to care
• Well-developed interpersonal, teamwork, oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and willingness to change
• Demonstrates innovation in program planning, implementation and evaluation, and quality improvement, planning skills
• Computer skills (MS Office, e-mail and internet)
• Annual CPR-AED certification and annual WHMIS training and certification
• Competencies in other languages preferred, French an asset

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

Hours

• Permanent part-time/ 60 Hours Bi-weekly 
• Shifts may include evenings, weekends and holidays

Compensation and Benefits

$33.97 - $42.89 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 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.

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.