Product Coordinator - Operating Room

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Nova Scotia seeks a Product Coordinator to ensure the Dartmouth General Hospital OR has the right supplies. Responsibilities include managing supply inventory, supervising staff, and collaborating with key stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree in health care, significant OR experience, and leadership skills. This position offers a competitive hourly wage of $38.36 to $50.97 and potential benefits, promoting a supportive environment for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Long-term disability insurance

Life insurance coverage

Qualifications

• Ability to influence others in adapting to change.
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong understanding of budgeting and fiscal management principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplies and equipment for the operating rooms.
• Supervise and manage Supply Technicians in the ORs.
• Provide leadership to OR supply inventory management.

Skills

Leadership/management skills

Analytic skills

Problem-solving ability

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate degree from a health care profession program

Registered Nurse with a minimum five years O.R. experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Click here to apply as an internal applicant.

Req ID: 215677

Location: Central Zone, Dartmouth General Hospital

Department: OPCZ PERI DGH Operating Room Orthopedics

Type of Employment: Temporary, Hourly FT long‑assignment (100% x 1)

MGMT/NON‑Union: Management/Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date: 19-Feb-26

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About The Opportunity

The Product Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the Dartmouth General Hospital OR’s have the right supplies when needed. They provide leadership to OR supply inventory management, identify opportunities for standardization, and review budgets and costs to help address our deficit in collaboration with key stakeholders such as nurses, physicians, managers, and the Materials Management Department. Under the direction of the OR Manager, the Product Coordinator manages supplies and equipment for the operating rooms, coordinates and evaluates all new supplies, contributes to business case justifications, identifies standardization opportunities while balancing clinical requirements, and ensures appropriate person‑centred health care. The Product Coordinator directly supervises and manages Supply Technicians in the ORs.

About You

• Undergraduate degree from a health care profession program or equivalent
• Registered Nurse with a minimum five years O.R. experience
• Registration with the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia, or eligible for registration
• Leadership/management experience an asset
• Ability to influence others in adapting to change
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment
• Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision making, self‑direction, motivation, change management knowledge and team‑building/leadership skills including proven communication and time management
• Strong analytic skills (financial analysis related to purchase of new product)
• Exhibits creative problem‑solving ability and willingness to consider uncharted or novel ideas related to trends in health care
• Must understand basic budgeting and fiscal management principles and processes
• Sound knowledge base of vendor/buyer guidelines and protocols
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook
• Ability to supervise staff in an unionised environment
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Successful Applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any associated costs as a condition of employment

Hours

• Long Assignment Full‑Time; 75 Hours Bi‑weekly
• Approximately 12 months
• Monday to Friday days, with flexibility for evening and weekend as needed

Compensation And Benefits

$38.36 - $50.97 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. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000.

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

Nova Scotia Health’s Employee Career Advice (ECA) Program supports internal employees in their career development and progression with résumé‑building, interview skill development, resources and advice for optimizing job searches, and more. Employees can book a one‑on‑one meeting or view upcoming workshops on the ECA Intranet page or via email at [e-mail].