Manager Policy and Nursing Enhancement

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Halifax; On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Nova Scotia Health Authority is seeking a Manager for Nursing Practice and Clinical Supports in Halifax. The successful candidate will lead policy discussions, oversee nursing operations, and ensure high-quality service delivery. Candidates must possess a Master’s degree and significant leadership experience in healthcare settings.

Benefits

Enhanced benefits and wellness programs

Access to training and mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in a clinical role plus two years related management experience.
• Demonstrates understanding of diversity, inclusion, and cultural competence.
• Proven communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing practice and manage human resources for the Nursing Practice, Policy office.
• Develop and oversee operational and capital budgets.
• Ensure teams work within the Family Centered Care Model.

Skills

Leadership

Critical Thinking

Communication

Team Building

Organizational Skills

Education

Master’s Degree

Current registration and license to practice from the Nova Scotia College of Nursing

Job description

Req ID: 159427
Department/Program: Nursing Practice and Clinical Supports , Interprofessional Practice
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: 07/02/2023
Union Status: Management , Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $ 46.5318 - $ 58.1645 /hour
Closing Date: June 22, 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia . People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values , and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Director of Interprofessional Practice & Learning, the Manager is responsible for leadership and operation of the Nursing Practice, Policy office and Nursing Enhancement. The successful applicant will effectively lead policy discussions and initiatives, lead nursing practice as well as participate in interdisciplinary consults and development, and support Flow and Access Ops Managers. Responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to human resource management, fiscal management, professional/staff development, leadership, quality service delivery and program service development. Essential components of this position include a high degree of evidence based decision-making, creativity, interpersonal skills, self direction, initiative, critical thinking, professional development and informational roles to perform a wide variety of technical, human, conceptual, leadership and financial management functions and behaviors.

• Ensures teams/staff work within the Family Centered Care Model and the Mandate/Vision of the IWK Health to achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Works with interdisciplinary care teams to identify and prioritize service delivery based on population needs of the patients/families.
• Manages the development, implementation and maintenance of an active human resource plan including recruitment, selection, interviewing, hiring, orientation and retention of appropriate staff complement.
• Takes a lead role in the performance management process for all staff within the portfolio including attendance.
• Applies the collective agreements and non-union agreements and establishes/maintains staffing guidelines that are consistent with operational needs and contractual requirements.
• Develops, prepares, submits and administers operational and capital budgets and collaborates with Director with the budget process.
• Monitors financial information and analyzes utilization of resources, relevant financial and clinical data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Provides leadership and direction to staff to ensure the goals and objectives of the service/program are continually met.
• Promotes and enables an environment that supports and encourages research to support evidence-based practice and professional development.
• Manages and enhances communications within team/service/departments by providing ongoing leadership and direction to staff, patients, physicians, and volunteers as required.
• Leads the resolution of key clinical practice issues.
• Leads ongoing change management to ensure successful changes are made within the organization that support the achievement of goals and objectives
• Collaborates with other Managers to lead and/or participate in centre wide initiatives.
• Works in collaboration with Patient Safety Improvement Consultant and ensures that quality improvement and risk management activities are coordinated in an efficient and effective manner.
• Leads the development of the service planning for the portfolio, in collaboration with the Director.
Collaborate and supports the development and ongoing practice conversations with One Patient One record.
• Collaborates with the Consultants at the Nova Scotia College of Nursing around professional practice questions, concerns, and changes in practice.
• Establishes an ongoing relationship with the Schools of Nursing at the Atlantic Universities and the NSCC.
• Works Collaboratively with provincial partners around supports for nursing as well as changes in nursing practice and care team design.

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours weekly, On–Call based on rotational schedule

Your Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required, (In progress will be considered).
• Minimum five (5) years in a clinical role plus two (2) years related management/leadership experience.
• Previous experience in a complex healthcare organization preferred.
• Demonstrated excellent leadership and team building skills required.
•Demonstrates understanding of and commitment to patient and family centered care. Demonstrated understanding of diversity, inclusion and cultural competence.
•Demonstrated high degree of independent decision-making, creativity, self-direction, motivation, change management knowledge, and team building/leadership skills.
• Proven communication, critical thinking, organizational and time management skills.
• Current registration and license to practice from the Nova Scotia College of Nursing.

T hank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

I f you are an employee of IWK Health , please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.

About the company

The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada.

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