Manager - Access and Flow
Req ID: 194202
Location: Northern Zone, Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Department: OPNZ Access and Flow - Colchester County
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 8-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.
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 Director of Access and Flow, the Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to multi-disciplinary teams within a patient-centred, collaborative practice model for patient care units, and to manage the movement of patients throughout the sites.
Working collaboratively and consultatively with patients/clients, families, management, staff, physicians, physicians' offices, community partners, and service providers, the manager applies strategic and analytical thinking to address challenges to achieve the ultimate goal of high quality, safe and cost effective services to better support the patient experience/outcome, and to better support patient flow.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Bachelor's Degree in health-related field required.
- Master's degree an asset.
- Minimum 5 years recent clinical experience in nursing or other allied health profession.
- Minimum 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.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Intermediate level computer skills (MSOffice; Patient Flow Tableau system; & the ED tracker system, and SharePoint). Experience with Tableau an asset
- Strong understanding of bed management, utilization and patient flow methodologies as they relate throughout the continuum of care
- Excellent conflict resolution skills to investigate and resolve problems.
- Demonstrated evidence of innovative leadership and critical thinking, with proven ability to foster a collaborative team approach to decision making
- Understanding of continuous quality improvement tools and methodologies as it relates to system thinking as it involves public/culture, staff as clients, staff as employees, physicians, other government sectors, contracted services, etc.
- Strong process knowledge and process thinking abilities.
- Ability to work collaboratively with and engage others within an inter-professional practice environment.
- 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
- Full-time Long Assignment, 75 hours biweekly
- Approximately 15 months
- Shifts include evenings, weekends and holidays
Compensation and Benefits
$42.94 - $57.05 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. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)
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.