Manager Health Services - FACT Unit & CNSCF - Mental Health & Addictions

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Location: Central Zone, East Coast Forensic Hospital
Department: MHA CZ MIOU & Offender Health
Type of Employment: Permanent, Hourly FT (100%)
Position Posting Closing Date: 3-Jan-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.

About the Opportunity
The Forensic Assessment & Corrections Treatment (FACT) unit is a 24-bed unit that provides psychiatric assessments to individuals remanded by the courts of the NS justice system to determine if an individual is not criminally responsible and/or unfit to stand trial related to criminal charges they are facing. Depending on the outcome of the court proceedings, individuals can be found Not Criminally Responsible (NCR) or unfit to stand trial and may begin the process of rehabilitation in one of the hospital's other programs.

The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility (CNSCF) Health Services is responsible for the provision of primary care services, mental health and addictions services, and dental services, within the CNSCF. The delivery of health services includes nursing assessments and interventions, diagnostic services, physician clinics, health promotion and prevention, emergency care, dental clinics, psychiatric and psychologist services, and special programs (e.g. Immunizations, Infectious Disease, Opiate Agonist Therapy).

The Health Services Manager (HSM) is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the interprofessional health services teams at both FACT and CNSCF. The HSM will be responsible for day-to-day clinical operations, standards of care, and maintaining a safe and respectful work environment.

Reporting to the designated Director, Central Zone MHAP, and working as part of a collaborative leadership team, the HSM will contribute to policy development, quality initiatives, service standardization, and resource management. The HSM will support the team in achieving the Accreditation Standards and adherence to organizational policies and procedures.

The HSM will build a positive relationship with the Department of Justice Correctional Services and work collaboratively to resolve operational issues to ensure safe and timely care for patients and Persons in Custody. The HSM will also be required to engage with a wide range of services and programs across Nova Scotia Health and community healthcare providers.

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

1. Bachelor's Degree from a health-related discipline
2. Master's degree or Leadership certificate an asset
3. Minimum five (5) years 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
4. Minimum five (5) years recent clinical experience in a position included in this portfolio
5. Must be registered with the relevant health discipline college/association
6. Previous leadership/management experience an asset
7. 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
8. Experience and expertise in process planning and redesign work
9. Requires a high level of sound judgment, initiative, and self-direction
10. Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision making, motivation, creativity, flexibility, adaptability, and change management knowledge
11. Proven and highly developed leadership skills including vision, self-awareness, relationship and team building skills, and communication skills
12. Travel may be required
13. 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

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+ and self-identify.