Health Care Social Worker B (BSW) – Primary Health Care

Job title:

Well being Care Social Employee B (BSW) – Major Well being Care

Firm

Nova Scotia Well being Authority

Job description

​Req ID: 177155
Firm: Nova Scotia Well being
Location: Western Zone, Multi-site at Valley Regional Hospital Diabetes Centre, Troopers Memorial Hospital Diabetes Centre and Annapolis Group Well being Centre Diabetes Centre
Division: PHC WZ, Diabetes and Persistent Illness Administration
Kind of Employment: Everlasting Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 place(s)
Standing: CUPE Healthcare Place
Posting Closing Date: 17-Apr-24Nova Scotia Well being is the biggest supplier of well being providers in Nova Scotia, with some specialised providers additionally provided to purchasers all through Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to realize excellence in well being, therapeutic and studying by means of working collectively, which is mirrored within the hospitals, well being centres and community-based packages we function throughout the province. Our passionate staff of pros gives a wide range of high-quality inpatient and outpatient providers together with tutorial, tertiary, and quaternary care, in addition to persevering with care, major well being care, public well being, and psychological well being and addictions. Be a part of a various staff of innovators, collaborators and inventive thinkers immediately.Nova Scotia Well being employs professionals in all corners of our lovely province. We imagine there’s a spot right here for everybody to name dwelling, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint cities with picturesque trails. The work-life stability that comes with a Nova Scotia Well being position means you may have the time to discover, uncover, and take part in that coveted Atlantic life-style. Go to us immediately and take a look at to see why extra individuals from throughout the globe are transferring right here.Concerning the AlternativeReporting to the Well being Providers Supervisor, Persistent Illness Administration and Wellness Major Well being Care, the Social Employee (BSW) is a member of a collaborative interprofessional staff or groups, and performs an vital position within the supply of Major Well being Care. The Social Employee takes a participatory method, designed to optimize well being good points, to screening, evaluation, counselling, supporting persistent illness misery, group facilitation, navigation, care planning and advocacy. Motivational interviewing and temporary answer centered questions are commonplace approaches. Scope of position consists of information of community-based providers and referral to acceptable packages/providers locally together with, however not restricted to Group Providers and neighborhood primarily based psychological well being providers. The Social Employee liaises with different packages and providers and develops in depth relationship constructing and bridging with each inside and exterior to Nova Scotia Well being packages and providers.The collaborative household follow staff works collectively to develop and ship providers to the whole inhabitants locally cluster, together with outreach to distant areas and providers to fulfill the wants of precedence populations. This place requires work at a number of websites and journey between varied neighborhood places all through the realm. As properly, the social employee will hyperlink with, and in some instances collaborate with, collaborative household follow groups built-in wellness and persistent illness packages and providers provided by major well being care and others locally well being community.The Social Employee reveals sound skilled judgment and initiative whereas working inside the Mission, Imaginative and prescient and Strategic Instructions of Nova Scotia Well being.About YouWe’d love to listen to from you if in case you have the next:

• Bachelor’s Diploma in Social Work (BSW) from an accredited and authorised Faculty of Social Work/College Program
• Present registration (or eligibility for registration) and a member in good standing with the Nova Scotia Affiliation of Social Staff
• Minimal two years of expertise as a registered Social Employee, ideally inside a neighborhood primarily based health-care setting; if no candidates meet the two-year expertise required, candidates with lower than two years’ expertise could also be thought-about.
• Current, related expertise working with neighborhood businesses/sources, volunteers and assist teams
• Demonstrated means to finish preliminary and ongoing shopper assessments (medical and diagnostic reasoning), interviewing and client-centered drawback fixing, care planning, case administration, analysis of shopper competence in self-care and different relation outcomes in a Major Well being Care atmosphere
• Skill to prepare and preserve shopper well being information inside an EMR together with steady studying round EMR functionalities thought-about an asset
• Understanding of or willingness to study well being teaching methods and interventions, together with temporary and short-term answer centered remedy and motivational interviewing, inside the timeframe prescribed on graduation of place
• Demonstrated means to speak successfully with sufferers, households, public, neighborhood companions, major care staff members and different professionals and businesses utilizing verbal, written and laptop communication means
• Reveals traits of heat, empathy, humor, and a non-judgmental philosophy of care
• Demonstrated crucial pondering abilities inside scope of follow together with medical judgment and problem-solving abilities and the flexibility to combine and consider pertinent knowledge (from a number of sources) to problem-solve successfully
• Demonstrated sturdy moral requirements and a dedication to skilled growth and life-long studying

About You Continued

• Expertise in assist and counseling for persistent illness administration misery is an asset
• Demonstrated dedication to range, fairness, inclusion, reconciliation and accessibility
• Skill to advertise client-focused care that demonstrates look after and with purchasers and vital others, delicate to numerous cultures and preferences, shopper advocacy and social justice issues Robust understanding of well being promotion, inhabitants well being, and the determinants of well being idea and follow
• Skill to transmit info grounded in habits change and principals of self-management meant to instruct purchasers and others about matters important to well being care and well-being
• Manages time and sources, implementing actions to advertise cooperation amongst related others, collaboration throughout disciplines and associated actions
• Demonstrated means in making use of new and revolutionary applied sciences and techniques for schooling and affected person counselling.
• Expertise facilitating teaching programs and group conferences
• Data and expertise with Microsoft Workplace Packages, together with Outlook
• Legitimate driver’s license and/or entry to dependable transportation required
• Touring between websites inside the native community and to conferences in different localities as required
• Competencies in different languages an asset, French most well-liked. Skill to work with language company to ship care to sufferers in different languages is taken into account an asset

Please guarantee your resume is updated and consists of all related schooling, expertise, coaching, and certifications.Hours

• Everlasting Full-Time place; 75 hours biweekly
• Shifts could embrace evenings, weekends
• Numerous journey to numerous websites could also be required

Compensation and Incentives$33.97 – $42.89HourlyProfitable candidates could also be eligible for our advantages bundle which incorporates well being, dental, journey, long-term incapacity, and life insurance coverage protection in addition to an outlined profit pension plan.As soon as You have UtilizedThanks in your curiosity on this place. Solely these candidates chosen for an interview will probably be contacted.​It is a Healthcare bargaining unit place. Desire is given to bargaining unit workers for unionized positions. Staff are inspired to view their seniority hours and dates of their SuccessFactors on-line profile. Profitable candidates altering unions, bargaining models or employment standing, are suggested to hunt clarification concerning their seniority, advantages, and trip entitlement and/or utilization, previous to accepting the place.Nova Scotia Well being is dedicated to being a workforce that is freed from discrimination, values range and is consultant, in any respect job ranges, of the individuals we serve. We encourage all certified candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Individuals of Color, International Nationals/Newcomers, Individuals with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to use and self-identify.Observe Us!

Anticipated wage

Location

Kentville, NS

Job date

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:11:30 GMT

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