Palliative Care Navigator
Req ID: 182109
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Northern Zone, Aberdeen Hospital
Department: OPNZ Palliative In Patient
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 29-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. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Health Services Manager, Palliative Navigator, through an intake process, identifies clients/family needs, develops recommendations, and evaluate the most appropriate services and programs that will assist in meeting the frail elderly/complex case individual/family's goal in living in their own community for as long as possible. Works collaboratively with the client's family physicians, multi-disciplinary health care team and community supports/agencies. Supports access to the services and programs that enables successful pain for the client/family. The ultimate goal is to enable the client to live with support to successfully meet personal goals of care.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Degree in a healthcare discipline (e.g., nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work)
- Registered or eligible for registration with correspondence college or governing body
- Three (3) years' experience working with Palliative care and community organizations and services. Experience working in health care system
- In-depth knowledge and experience with community practice and frail elderly population
- In-depth knowledge of Nova Scotia Health Authority services/programs and specifically in the community and health care facilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to develop and maintain community networks.
- Ability to use data in the evaluation and improvement of the Geriatric Navigator.
- Able to be innovative and creative to develop strategies that successfully meet the needs of diverse client, family, and provider populations.
- Competency in computer-based programs (Microsoft Office Programs)
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Long Assignment, Full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- This position is approximately 24 months in length
- Dates are subject to change
Compensation and Incentives
$33.97 - $42.89 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.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
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.
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