Manager – Acute Inpatient Care and Clinical Assistant Progams-Mental Health and Addictions

Job title: Manager – Acute Inpatient Care and Clinical Assistant Progams-Mental Health and Addictions

Job description: Req ID: 165981

Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital

Department: MHA EZ Inpat/Clinical Assistant Prog-CEZ

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Status: Management/Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date: 6-Dec-23

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.

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About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Director, Mental Health and Addictions, and in close collaboration with the Manager(s) Mental Health & Addictions, the Manager of Acute Inpatient Care and Clinical Assistant Programs is responsible for all administrative and clinical operations of this portfolio Units 1B, C and D including Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) . The Manager monitors clinical service delivery on a day-to-day basis to ensure service provision is in accordance with Nova Scotia Health Authority’s policies and procedures and is compliant with evidence-based practice, provincial standards, and accreditation requirements. Working closely with the Zone Director, Chief of Psychiatry, MHA Managers, relevant staff, physician & academic leaders, the Manager provides strategic & operational leadership that supports excellence in service delivery, integration of MHA service provision & collaboration with other program areas.

*Please note this position supports Adult Units 1B, C and D

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Master’s Degree in a recognized mental health and/or addiction health discipline or related field with five (5) years’ experience in a mental health and addictions system preferred; OR Bachelor Degree in a recognized mental health and addiction discipline, with five (5) years’ experience in mental health or addictions, one of which should be in professional practice/leadership capacity and two (2) additional years’ experience in clinical practice for a total of seven (7) years’ experience.
• Registered/eligible for registration and a member in good standing of the relevant regulatory body.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in working in the mental health and addictions field.
• Membership in the Canadian College of Health Leadership with CHE designation, or equivalent, is an asset
• Formal leadership experience in the health care field, Mental Health & Addictions preferred
• Judgment and decision making skills demonstrated through analysis and synthesis, problem solving, systems thinking and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to define a vision and guide individuals and groups toward the vision while maintaining group cohesiveness, motivation, commitment and effectiveness.
• Management skills demonstrated through planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluating
• Ability to manage human resources/intellectual capital, financial resources, capital/material assets and information.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with evidence of their use in establishing partnerships and respectful, productive, collaborative internal/ external stakeholder relationships;
• Sound knowledge of population health and primary health care and programming related to the target population Sound knowledge of programming related to the target population
• The ability to understand and apply the principles of knowledge exchange and change management to support change within the service;
• 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

• Permanent Full Time position; 75 hours bi weekly
• Travel to various sites may be required

Compensation and Incentives

$43.91 – $58.34 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.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

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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