Assistant Manager - Primary Nursing Care/ Emergency/ Long Term Care
Req ID: 191906
Location: Central Zone, [[location_obj2]]
Department: OPCZ Primary/Emergency MVH
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 13-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.
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About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Health Services Manager, the Assistant Manager is accountable for the nursing units that report to the Health Services Manager (Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital and Musquodoboit Valley Home for Special Care (Braeside).
The Assistant Manager will enable full scope of practice; promote a supportive work environment and service that encompasses ethics, organizational health, population health, quality, risk and safety as part of the program accountabilities. The Assistant Manager supports the Health Services Manager in all aspects of program service delivery, ensuring through effective individual and team performance compliance with Quality Standards, and all relevant legislation, policies and standards related to health care, Accreditation and professional nursing services.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing
- Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Registered Nurses (NSCN)
- Five (5) years recent clinical nursing experience required, at least one year in a rural setting preferred
- Two years of experience in a supervisory, leadership and/or management role preferred.
- Completion of or willingness to complete a leadership development program
- Demonstrated commitment to the Home First philosophy while fostering client independence
- Strong human resource management, interpersonal, and communication skills
- Demonstrated organizational skills and a high degree of initiative and self-motivation are required
- Ability to identify and report budgetary pressures to the manager and assist the manager in identifying mitigation strategies to keep spending within budget
- 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
- Long-Assignment Full-Time, 75 Hours Bi-weekly
- Beginning as soon as possible with an expected end date of May 25, 2026 (approx. 18 mo.)
*Dates are approximate and may be subject to change
Compensation and Benefits
$40.15 - $53.35 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+ to apply and self-identify.