Team Lead - Halifax, Canada - Nova Scotia Health Authority

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Verified Company

Halifax, Canada

5 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Req ID:117632**
Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location:
Central
Zone, Nova Scotia Rehabilitation and Arthritis Centre - QEII**
Department:OPCZ Assistive Tech Orthotics/Pros Other**
Type of Employment:Permanent
Hourly PT
(50%
FTE) x 1
position(s)
**Status: NSGEU
Healthcare

Position
Posting Closing Date:6-Feb-24Nova 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.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Assistive Technology (AT) Program Manager, the AT Team Lead provides leadership, innovation and support to the Assistive Technology Department (primarily the Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics areas) with the goal of developing, managing, monitoring and evaluating clinical processes, production and workflow to meet clinical outcomes, service and production standards.

The AT Team Lead, in collaboration with the Manager, is responsible for developing, implementing and supporting the patient and workflow tracking system, ensuring patient throughput occurs in a timely manner and staff workload is balanced to achieve optimal quality and productivity.

The AT Team Lead acts as a mentor and coach for peers, staff and learners and develops, implements and evaluates strategies to address program/unit/team specific learning and best practices and assists in bridging any identified learning needs or gaps in practice.

The AT Team Lead works closely with the program manager, professional practice coordinators, managers, physicians, referrers, patients, staff and other stakeholders to ensure timely, coordinated quality care is provided to the patients and families and any products dispensed through the department are meet criteria for production quality, timeliness and appropriateness.

Qualifications:

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

Bachelor's degree, typically in the health sciences related to Rehabilitation
Registered or Certified in good standing with a professional organization such as Orthotics Prosthetics Canada or College of Pedorthics of Canada
Professional training in an AT health profession and registration in good standing with the appropriate professional college or credentialing organization
Three to five years of clinical experience ideally in a hospital setting required
Demonstrated experience and understanding of Assistive Technologies
Lean Six Sigma Training, preferred
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered by the employer
Demonstrate success in collaborating with others

Additional qualifications:

Project Management experience
Leadership qualities such as ability to engage and motivate others, selfawareness, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Strong problemsolving, change management and clinical reasoning skills
Superior level of communication
Demonstrate sound judgement, common sense, flexibility and compassion
Understanding and appreciation of high quality, innovative, efficient services
Understanding of privacy and confidentiality legislation, policies and practices and understanding of infection control procedures
Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

Successful applicants are required to provide a criminal record check (including Vulnerable Sector Search) to People Services before starting employment and assume any additional costs as a condition of employment.

Hours of Work:

Permanent, Parttime (50%) position; 37.5 hours biweekly

Salary Information:

$ $46.36 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 Healthcare 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.

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