Health Services Manager - Thoracic Surgery

 Req ID: 207749
Location: Central Zone, Centennial Building - QEII 
Department: OPCZ Thoracic
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT short-assignment (100%) x 1 
MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 7-Aug-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, the Health Services Manager is responsible for the planning and coordination of services and daily operations of people-centered programs for Thoracic Surgery within Nova Scotia Health.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing leadership and direction for the units and staff to ensure the goals and objectives are continually met
• Promoting and emphasizing people-centered care in partnership with the patient, family, and health care 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, reports trends and identifies 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
• Active and effective participation in meetings and on committees

About You

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

• Baccalaureate degree from a health discipline
• Master's degree an asset
• Must be registered with the relevant health discipline college/association
• Five years of relevant clinical experience
• Previous leadership/management experience an asset
• Experience and expertise in process planning and redesign work
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of issues and trends impacting the publicly funded health care system
• Requires a high level of sound judgment, initiative, and self-direction
• Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision making, motivation, creativity, flexibility, adaptability, and change management knowledge
• Proven and highly developed leadership skills including vision, self-awareness, relationship and team building skills, and communication 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

• Short assignment, full-time position; 75 hours biweekly
• Approximately 5 months (Assignment Length subject to change)

Compensation and Benefits

$46.36 - $ 61.60 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.