Primary Health Care Coordinator

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Req ID: 153343
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, St. Martha's Regional Hospital Department: PHC EZ IVR LA
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT short-assignment ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 18-Jul-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.
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 an 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 Primary Health Care Manager, the Primary Health Care (PHC) Coordinator will provide support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, Chronic Disease Management and Wellness and Department of Family Practice portfolio. The PHC Coordinator role will be focused on supporting, reporting, optimization, efficiency and have responsibility to lead the planning, ongoing development, implementation and evaluation of services and project initiatives.
The incumbent works closely with Primary Health Care leadership, providers, teams and stakeholders across the Eastern Zone to ensure zonal support for planning, coordination, facilitation, and evaluation of PHC projects/initiatives. The PHC Coordinator is responsible for developing and maintaining strong working relationships with health care staff, provincial and other Zonal and NSH departments, external individuals and partner agencies.
The Primary Health Care Coordinator will work collaboratively with family physicians and other health care providers and teams to support quality improvement and change management strategies that are inherent in the services plan for primary health care.
About You

• Efficient in PHC Electronic Medical Records (Telus Med Access and/or QHR Accuro), Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook – smartsheets an asset
• Current registration with professional association if applicable
• Superior communication skills – written, oral, presentation
• Understanding of Behavior Change Techniques
• Organizational and project management skills
• Sound knowledge and skill working in an interdisciplinary setting
• Broad knowledge of the health system with high level understanding of population health approaches, community development, and primary health care
• Demonstrated high degree of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation and team building/leadership skills
• Ability to analyze information to identify priorities and emerging issues
• Baccalaureate degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science, consideration maybe given to applicants with equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• Experience working in a family practice setting with family physicians an asset
• Experience in change management strategies, and quality improvement is an asset
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.
• Superior time management skills in order to prioritize and complete assignments
• Two years' of recent related experience
• Coordination and Project Management Skills

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

• Approximately 6 months
• Short Assignment Full-time Position; 70 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives
$30.33 – $36.79 Hourly
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 Admin Professionals 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.
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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