Clinical Manager - Halifax, Canada - IWK Health Centre

IWK Health Centre

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Halifax, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Company:

IWK Health**:

Req ID:164053

Department/Program:
Rehabilitation Services, Children's Health Program

Location:
Halifax

Type of Employment:
Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 12 months x 1 position(s)

Start Date:

ASAP

Union Status:
Management, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit

Compensation:
$43.9075**:

- **$ /hour

Closing Date: 4 September 2023 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults, and families each year across the Atlantic region.

We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers, and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes.

We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs.

We are proud to support our patients, families, and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

The Opportunity:

Reporting to the Director, Children's Medical, Critical Care and Rehabilitation Services, the Manager in collaboration with other rehabilitation services managers is responsible for the planning, coordination, evaluation, and improvement of patient and family-centred services for specific care services at the IWK while striving to ensure a collaborative continuum of care with internal and external partners.

Major responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to human resource management, fiscal management, professional/staff development, leadership, quality service delivery, and program service development.

Essential components of this position include a high degree of evidence-based decision-making, creativity, interpersonal skills, self-direction, initiative, critical thinking, professional development, and informational roles to perform a wide variety of technical, human, conceptual, leadership, and financial management functions and behaviors.

As a leader, mentor team members by supporting, role modeling, and coaching in an effective manner; ensuring completion of all aspects of performance management; coordinating the performance evaluation review every two years for each employee; managing performance issues on an ongoing basis; collaborating with physicians, physician leaders, professional practice chiefs and support staff to resolve key clinical practice issues and improve operations; completing quarterly variance reports and other reports, as required; managing attendance; managing day to day operational expenditures, including coordination of capital expenditure, auxiliary amenities, and supply purchases; participating in the development of the service plan for the care area(s).

This position operates in a shared leadership model with another Clinical Manager within Rehabilitation Services. The Manager is required to collaborate and co-lead with the other Manager to accomplish the above requirements.

The Rehab Clinical Managers will be aligned on models of service delivery, and operational management principles, to ensure a consistent and effective service is offered to clients.

Hours of Work:

Monday - Friday (37.5 hours per week). Flexible work hours required at times.

Your Qualifications:

Baccalaureate Degree in a healthrelated field is required. Equivalent experience and/or alternative education may be considered.
Current registration with the appropriate licensing body of Nova Scotia is preferred. Equivalent experience and/or alternative education or leadership experience in healthcare may be considered.
Master's Degree in a healthrelated field required. (Progressing towards will be accepted)
Minimum five (5) years in a clinical role plus two (2) years related management/leadership experience preferred.
Previous experience in a complex healthcare organization preferred.
Knowledgeable in the concepts of programbased care and patient/familycentered care required.
Demonstrated excellent leadership and teambuilding skills required.
Demonstrated excellent communication (written and oral) and organizational skills required.
Must be proactive, solutionfocused, analytical, and innovative.
Ability to work as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team.
Excellent time management, organization, and problemsolving skills.
Demonstrates ability to develop and sustain internal/external partnerships.
Competency in other languages is an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing.

If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation.

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