EOI Department Head - Internal Medicine (Northern Zone)

Nova Scotia Healthcare System; Nova Scotia; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nova Scotia is seeking a part-time Department Head for Internal Medicine. This role requires overseeing the operations of medical staff and ensuring adherence to regulations. Responsibilities include leading performance management, conducting meetings, and supporting research agendas. Qualified candidates must possess an MD with certification in Internal Medicine and demonstrate strong leadership skills. This position also allows for flexibility in work location across the Northern Zone.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed in Nova Scotia with certification in Internal Medicine.
• Demonstrated leadership skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage operations of the Internal Medicine Medical staff.
• Ensure compliance with NSHA Bylaws and regulations.
• Lead and oversee performance management for department members.
• Oversee recruitment/retention and onboarding for physicians in the zone.
• Ensure compliance with NSHA bylaws and regulations and drive quality and standards.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Education

MD (with College Certification in Internal Medicine)

Evidence of past and ongoing leadership training

Job description

EOI Department Head - Internal Medicine (Northern Zone)

• Part‑time
• Expected Hours: Part‑time hours (0.3 FTE)
• Zone: Northern Zone
• Type of Remuneration: Other
• Incentive Programs Available: No

Nova Scotia Health is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Department Head for Internal Medicine in the Northern Zone. Reporting to the Zone Medical Executive Director, the Department Head is responsible for the operations of the Internal Medicine Medical staff and to ensure that department members are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA. The role provides leadership to the Internal Medicine site specialty leads as well as performance management and physician resource planning for members of the department.

The Zone Department Head for Internal Medicine represents more than 15 physicians working in Truro, Amherst, and New Glasgow, and oversees the provision of internal medicine services across the Northern Zone.

The successful applicant may work at any site in the zone.

Service deliverables:

• Ensure that department members are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA.
• Hold regular department meetings and provide the Zone Medical Executive Director with meeting minutes.
• Attend relevant committee meetings as assigned by the Medical Executive Director.
• Work with Specialty Site Leads to ensure service continuity is maintained through Department scheduling practices, including but not limited to vacation requests, on‑call scheduling, and locum utilisation.
• Participate in the monitoring of standards, quality, and utilisation of resources of the department in the zone.
• Provide performance management for all department members.
• Provide complaint and discipline management for department members.
• Support the research agenda within the department.
• Participate in any clinical services planning for the Zone/NSHA.
• Lead recruitment/retention for the department for the Zone.
• Ensure that new hire and onboarding processes are completed with support from the Specialty Site Lead as required.

Qualifications:

• MD (with College Certification in Internal Medicine) licensed in Nova Scotia.
• Evidence of past and ongoing leadership training.

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team‑based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine.

Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) 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. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self‑identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.