EOI - Site Specialty Lead - Hospitalist Medicine, St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Eastern Zone

Company Description

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 centers, 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.

Job Description

Nova Scotia Health (NSH) is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Site Specialty Lead for Hospitalists at the St. Martha's Regional Hospital in the Eastern Zone. Interested applicants are asked to apply by April 24th, 2026.

Reporting to the Eastern Zone Department Head of Hospitalist Medicine and the Site Lead at St. Martha's Regional Hospital, the Site Specialty Lead (Hospitalist Medicine) carries overall responsibility for the delivery of hospitalist clinical services at St. Martha's Regional Hospital in collaboration with the Department Head of Family Medicine.

Role Accountabilities

1. Ensures that medical staff of the Department are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSH
2. Brings forward issues and perspectives of Department Medical Staff at the applicable site to the Zone Executive Director and/or Zone Department Head for consideration and/or resolution
3. Serves as Physician Lead for Emergency Preparedness activities
4. Assists in managing site overcapacity issues from Department’s perspective by being the point of contact for Department medical staff
5. Ensures service continuity is maintained through Department scheduling practices, including but not limited to establishing an equitable on-call schedule, and approving and managing vacation
6. Liaise with Zone Hospitalist Educational Lead to ensure that sufficient teaching coverage is provided by the SMRH
7. When sufficient coverage not attainable, notify Department Head. Early identification of predictable potential shortages is important, as is prompt notification of unexpected/unpredictable shortages.
8. Chairs, regular department meetings and attends other committee meetings as required, or assigned by the Zone Medical Executive Director or Zone Department Head
9. Participation in the Zone Leadership Council to represent the SMRH perspective during allocation of ZSF funds at the zonal level
10. Organization of regular SMRH hospitalist meetings to allocate ZSF funds at a site level
11. Participates in the monitoring of standards, quality, and utilization of resources of the Department in the zone; including all the necessary reporting and auditing as required
12. Completion of biweekly paysheets, submitted to department head within 24 hours of the end of a paycycle
13. Participates in any clinical services planning for the Department
14. Participates in respectful workplace responsibilities as needed in conjunction with relevant Department Head
15. Participates in recruitment/retention activities for the Department; this includes providing an up-to-date roster of Department medical staff
16. Participates in new hire and onboarding processes as needed in conjunction with the Department Head
17. Participates in Leadership development and shows a commitment to lifelong learning and acquisition and refinement of leadership capabilities
18. Leads the incident review process for the site, in liaison with Quality and Patient Safety representatives, including all required family meetings

Qualifications

• MD licensed in Nova Scotia and privileged with Nova Scotia Health
• Evidence of past and ongoing leadership training.

Additional Information

Practicing in Nova Scotia

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine. 

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.