Quality and Project Manager - Rehabilitation & Supportive Care Services - Jobs in Halifax, NS

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Req ID: 147111Company: Nova Scotia HealthLocation: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Summer Street Entrance - QEIIDepartment: OPCZ Dir Clinical Services RehabType of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union PositionPosting Closing Date: 8-Jan-23Nova 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 theres 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 an Nova Scotia Health role means youll 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 OpportunityThe Quality and Project Manager focuses on the system and cultural changes required to fulfill and maintain quality performance in the CZ Rehabilitation & Supportive Care (RSC) portfolio, specifically Acute Care Network and Ambulatory Networks that provides allied health disciplines (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, recreation therapy, social work, spiritual care) supports to most programs and services at the QEII and DGH. This includes both current and future health care needs involving collaboration with programs and zone leadership to ensure alignment with system level goals and resources. Using a systems approach and the CZ Quality Framework, the Quality and Project Manager works collaboratively with the CZ Rehab & Supportive Care leadership team, staff and citizens and stakeholders to lead, support and foster a culture of people-centred care, safety, and performance excellence.Proactive and strategic thinker to implement projects and initiatives that achieve portfolio/organizational priorities and meet project timelines under the direction of the Director. This role will be responsible for coordination and implementation of existing initiatives, ensuring projects progress within set timeframes to achieve stated deliverables and outcomes. This position will support multiple projects within Rehabilitative and Supportive Care portfolio, with a special focus on those projects in acute care and ambulatory care that use data for quality improvement and system performance planning and reporting those initiatives as well which are overarching and zone/provincially set.Collaboration and communication are key to this role. The project manager will be working directly with rehabilitative and supportive care providers, health system leaders, community partners and patients in designing, executing and evaluating implementation efforts. The ideal candidate will also possess strong skills in implementing system level quality improvement initiatives, in collaboration with provincial stakeholders as appropriate.About YouWe would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate degree in a health specific related field and/or equivalent in education and experience
• Undergraduate degree in a health care profession - Clinical background in Rehabilitation & Supportive Care discipline is preferred
• Project Management education program and/or equivalent education and experience
• Five to seven years of relevant clinical experience
• Three years leadership experience in a health care setting
• Experience in strategic planning, project management, program development, program evaluation or quality management principles
• Two years planning, evaluation or quality initiative experience in a health care environment including health care reengineering.
• Experience in working with formal leadership and front-line staff in collaborative/partnership activities
• 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

Compensation and Incentives$37.66- $47.07 HourlySuccessful 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 Youve AppliedThank 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.As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.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.Follow Us!https://www.facebook.com/NovaScotiaHealthAuthority/https://www.instagram.com/novascotiahealthauthorityhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/nsha/https://twitter.com/healthnsQuick Apply

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