EOI – Specialty Site Lead – Surgery – St. Martha’s Regional Hospital

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 is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Specialty Site Lead – Surgery, for St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in the Eastern Zone. The Specialty Site Lead (Surg) is accountable to the Department Head, Surgery. The Specialty Site Lead (Surg) works with the local physicians to ensure a high standard of patient care is maintained by the medical staff, in accordance with the law, the Bylaws, the Rules and Regulations, licensing and accreditation standards. The Specialty Site Lead brings a clinician perspective to all relevant operational and administrative issues with particular focus on quality and patient safety.

Role Accountabilities

1. Ensures that medical staff of the Department are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA; 
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, approving and managing vacation, and utilizing locums;  
6. Chairs, regular department meetings and attends other committee meetings as required, or assigned by the Zone Medical Executive Director or Zone Department Head;
7. 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;
8. Participates in any clinical services planning for the Department;
9. Participates in respectful workplace responsibilities as needed in conjunction with relevant Department Head;
10. Participates in recruitment/retention activities for the Department; this includes providing an up-to-date roster of Department medical staff;
11. Participates in new hire and onboarding processes as needed in conjunction with the Department Head;
12. Participates in Leadership development and shows a commitment to lifelong learning and acquisition and refinement of leadership capabilities;
13. 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

To Apply: 

• Application Deadline:  Open until filled Application Requirement: Please submit your expression of interest with cover letter and CV outlining your experience in relation to the accountabilities for the position to Denise Fraser Denise.Fraser@nshealth.ca 

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.