Health Services Manager - Alternate Care, Transitional Care & Veteran's Unit

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​Req ID : 216753

Location : Western Zone, Soldiers Memorial Hospital

Department : OPWZ Long Term Care Veterans Unit

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

MGMT / NON-Union   Management / Non Union  Position

Posting Closing Date : 6-Mar-26

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 Health Services Director the Health Services Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to multi-disciplinary teams within a patient-centred, Collaborative Practice Model for patient care units within Nova Scotia Health (Western Zone) consisting of Inpatient Services – Soldiers Memorial Hospital (Transitional Care Unit, Alternate Level of Care, Veteran's Unit).

Working collaboratively and consultatively with patients / clients, families, management, staff, physicians, 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 patient experience / outcome.

The Manager exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the framework and objectives of the Health Services Programs and the Mission and Vision and Strategic Directions of NSH, and incorporates into daily practice the Core Competencies and Values of NSH.

About You

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or equivalent health related degree.
• Current registration with the NSCN or equivalent health related regulatory body.
• Minimum 5 years recent clinical experience in a position included in this portfolio.
• 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.
• Demonstrated knowledge of all the services included in this portfolio.
• Demonstrated Knowledge of the various professional scopes of practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge of healthcare structures, environments and services.
• Sound knowledge of programming related to the target population.
• Demonstrated experience in managing in a unionized environment.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, motivation, team building, conflict resolution and change management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage human resources / intellectual capital, financial resources, capital / material assets and information.
• Demonstrated abilities related to staff and program development and evaluation.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

Compensation and Benefits

$46.35 - $61.59 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.

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