Professional Practice Leader – Primary Health Care – NZ

Job title:

Professional Practice Leader – Primary Health Care – NZ

Company

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Job description

Req ID: 183981
Location: Northern Zone, Flexible within the Zone
Department: Interprofessional Practice & Learning
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 3-Dec-24This is a re-posted position. Current applicants are not required to re-apply.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 to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team facilitates and advances person-centered care through evidence-based professional practice and learning strategies and programs that are designed provincially and implemented locally to enhance collaborative learning and practice. The Interprofessional Practice and Learning team takes a leadership role in creating a culture of collaboration with a focus on team-based care, evidence-informed practice, and learning and professional development to improve health outcomes for patients, families and communities. Through strong partnerships with the academic sector, regulators, and government, the Interprofessional Practice and Learning team has an integral role in influencing and operationalizing health system priorities.About the OpportunityReporting to the Interprofessional Practice and Learning Primary Health Care Manager, the Professional Practice Leader (PPL) facilitates and advances excellence in quality person centred care and practice through the integration of a variety of services aimed at supporting and enhancing professional practice. The PPL takes a collaborative leadership role in fostering a culture of learning with a focus on clinical practice, clinical leadership, inter/intra professional collaboration and the development, implementation and maintenance of a model for inter/intra professional practice and standards consistent with health professional regulatory bodies and associations. The PPL serves as a consultant to the organization with respect to professional practice issues at the individual, team, program and system level. The PPL works with all members of the interprofessional team including physicians to promote evidence-based practice, reflecting best practices and a culture of person centred care.Please note this position requires periodic travel to facilities within Northern Zone.About YouWe would like to hear from you if you have the following:

• Health profession education at Master’s level or higher relevant to interprofessional practice and learning required
• Active practicing licensure and in good standing or eligible for licensure as a health professional in Nova Scotia
• Minimum of five (5) years clinical experience in related health professional discipline with operational or practice leadership experience
• Minimum of three (3) years progressive leadership experience such as, clinical nurse specialist, Nurse Practitioner, clinical educator or professional practice coordinator
• Experience in planning and delivering competency-based education and clinical learning programs within a complex, integrated service model in collaboration with multiple partners and stakeholders
• Expert knowledge to critically analyze evidence-based practices to inform innovative, flexible and responsive learning and educational programming and quality improvement initiatives
• Knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory frameworks applicable to the practice of health professions
• Experience in engaging, mentoring, developing and empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives an organization
• Experience working with diversity of learners, staff and stakeholders, with knowledge of cultural competence, diversity and social inclusion
• Experience in human resource management related to scope of practice, scope of employment, and within the legislative framework for health professionals

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.HoursPermanent Full-Time; (75 hours biweekly)Compensation and Benefits$45.45 – $60.39 hourly
$88,629 – $117,761 annuallySuccessful 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 AppliedThank 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.

Expected salary

$45.45 – 60.39 per hour

Location

Truro, NS

Job date

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:41:22 GMT

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