Manager Health Services - 4.2 Burns and Plastics

 Req ID: 197214
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII 
Department: OPCZ CRIT Med Surg ICU, Heart & Cardiac
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 13-Apr-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 www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Health Services Director, Critical Care, the Health Services Manager is responsible for the planning and coordination of services and daily operations of people-centered programs within the Central Zone of Nova Scotia Health.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership and direction for staff to ensure the goals and objectives are continually met
• Promoting and emphasizing people-centered care in partnership with the patient, family, and healthcare team
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining an active human resource plan including recruitment, selection, interviewing, and hiring
• Preparing and analyzing all relevant financial and clinical data, reporting trends and identifying where corrective action is required for budget variances, implements changes as required and evaluates the effectiveness of the changes
• Establishing and maintaining creative and efficient communication processes across clinical teams, geographically different sites, other disciplines, and other stakeholders within NSH as required
• Managing process improvements for quality patient care and enhancing capacity
• Representing their discipline or service/program by active and effective participation in meetings and on committees
• Based on standards for critical care, directing the development and implementation of clinical practices
• Monitoring and working with the team and colleagues to identify areas for staff improvement and overall unit performance

About You

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in a health-related discipline.
• 5 years of recent and relevant clinical experience
• 5 years of recent experience in a leadership and/or management position with responsibilities related to program planning, evaluation, human resource, and financial management within a unionized environment
• Experience developing and facilitating strategies consistent with the principles of Organizational Health
• Demonstrated proficiency in program planning, financial and human resource management, oral and written communication, and interpersonal effectiveness
• Excellent leadership, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills, with the ability to successfully change, adapt, overcome, and cope with unexpected challenges
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strategic partnerships and collaborative working relationships with a variety of internal and external partners across the healthcare continuum
• Demonstrated commitment to employee and self-development and continuous quality improvement
• Proficiency with computer applications including Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, internet, email, and the ability to utilize health information systems for decision support

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

Hours

• Permanent full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

$45.45 - $60.39 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. 

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.