Assistant Manager Intake & NOAT - Continuing Care

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Location: Provincial Zone, All Locations

Department: CC Continuing Care Provincial Intake

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 Management/Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date: 24-Nov-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.

About the Opportunity:

Reporting to and in collaboration with the Manager, the Assistant Manager provides clinical and professional leadership. The Assistant Manager participates in the planning and provision of care and identifies issues that have potential or actual impact on Continuing Care Intake services and keeps the Manager aware and up to date of any significant events. The Assistant Manager plans, co-ordinates and participates in the delivery of service through Continuing Care Intake. The Assistant Manager acts as a role model and patient care advocate and exhibits team building and leadership skills. The Assistant Manager demonstrates effective communication and organizational skills and acts as a resource for all team members and ensures quality care is provided in a family-centered manner.

About You:

1. Graduate of a recognized LPN program
2. Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Registered Nurses (NSCN)
3. Minimum of five (5) years recent clinical nursing experience
4. Progressive leadership and/or supervisory experience
5. Demonstrated leadership skills in a healthcare environment and ongoing professional development
6. Evidence of commitment to a healthy workplace and the use of best practices in building/sustaining staff competencies, ensuring good communication and involvement of staff and clients/residents in decisions which affect them
7. Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships and partnerships with stakeholders and clients
8. Strong human resource management, interpersonal, and communication skills
9. Ability to work within Microsoft Office
10. Demonstrated organizational skills and a high degree of initiative and self-motivation are required
11. Flexibility and creativity are required to meet the challenges in a dynamically changing environment
12. Excellent organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
13. Evidence of the ability to understand and apply the principles of knowledge exchange and change management to support change within the service
14. Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement and enhanced customer service
15. Ability to identify and report budgetary pressures to the manager and assist the manager in identifying mitigation strategies to keep spending within budget
16. Physical and mental capabilities to perform the duties of the position
17. 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: Permanent Full Time; 75 hours bi-weekly. Hours of work may include days, evening, weekends, and holidays.

Compensation and Benefits: $37.61 - $49.97 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+ and self-identify.