Assistant Manager - Emergency Department

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Req ID: 195287

Location: Central Zone, Dartmouth General Hospital

Department: OPCZ EMG Emergency DGH

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

Management/Non Union P osition

Posting Closing Date: 21-Jan-25

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 and in collaboration with the Health Services Manager, the Assistant Manager provides clinical and professional leadership. The Assistant Manager participates in the planning and provision of care and identifies issues that have potential or actual impact on patient care and keeps the Health Services Manager aware and up-to-date of any significant events. The Assistant Manager plans, co-ordinates and participates in the care of patients within the unit and hospital. The Assistant Manager acts as a role model and patient care advocate and exhibits team building and leadership skills. The Assistant Manager demonstrates effective communication and organizational skills and acts as a resource for all team members and ensures quality care is provided in a family centered manner.

About You

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in health-related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Registered Nurses (NSCN)
• Five (5) years recent clinical nursing experience required
• Three (3) years recent Emergency Department experience an asset
• Progressive leadership and/or supervisory experience
• Strong human resource management, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership skills in a healthcare environment and ongoing professional development
• Evidence of commitment to a healthy workplace and the use of best practices in building/sustaining staff competencies, ensuring good communication and involvement of staff and clients/residents in decisions which affect them
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective collaborative relationships and partnerships with stakeholders and clients
• Strong human resource management, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Ability to work within Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated organizational skills and a high degree of initiative and self-motivation are required
• Flexibility and creativity are required to meet the challenges in a dynamically changing environment
  
  

About You Continued

• Excellent organizational, time management and problem-solving skills
• Evidence of the ability to understand and apply the principles of knowledge exchange and change management to support change within the service
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position
• Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement and enhanced customer 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

• Long assignment full-time position; 75 hours biweekly
• Approximately 12 months
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

$40.15 - $53.34 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.

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.