Company Description

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 centers, 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.

Job Description

Nova Scotia Health is seeking expressions of interest for the role of Medical Site Lead for Strait-Richmond Hospital in Evanston, Cape Breton, NS. The Medical Site Lead is appointed by and responsible to the Zone Medical Executive Director (EZ) for any Medical Staff practice-related matters arising from the operation of the NSHA within the applicable site. 

The Medical Site Lead works with the local physicians to ensure a high standard of patient care is maintained by the medical staff, in accordance with the law, the Bylaws, the Rules and Regulations, licensing and accreditation standards.

The Medical Site Lead works in a dyad with the administrative Site Director to bring a clinician perspective to all relevant operational and administrative issues with particular focus on quality and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that medical staff within the site are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA
• Brings forward issues and perspectives of Medical Staff at the applicable site to the Zone Executive Director for consideration and/or resolution
• Serves as Physician Lead for Emergency Preparedness activities
• Assists in managing site overcapacity issues by being the point of contact for medical staff
• Attends regular department meetings and other committee meetings as assigned by the Zone Medical Executive Director
• Participates in the monitoring of standards, quality, and utilization of resources of the site in the zone
• Participates in any clinical services planning for the zone
• Participates in recruitment/retention activities for the department for the zone
• Provides support in site orientation to new medical staff, and medical learners
• Participates in leadership development and shows a commitment to lifelong learning and acquisition and refinement of leadership capabilities
• Attends meetings of the Access and Flow Network Council and contributes to the Network by sharing local context and by participating in the development of strategies, policies and procedures that promote increased access and flow of patients
• Acts as the champion at the site for promoting and implementing best practices related to access and flow as determined by the Access and Flow Network. This includes working across all departments at the site and leading the implementation of policies and standards as well as evaluating their impact
• Working with co-lead, responsible for developing and implementing a plan focused on improving access and flow for the regional site as well as surrounding area community hospitals

Expected Hours

• Part-time (0.1FTE)

Remuneration

• $21,200 + HST/per year

Qualifications

• MD licensed in Nova Scotia and privileged with Nova Scotia Health
• Evidence of past and ongoing leadership roles and training.

Additional Information

Practicing in Nova Scotia

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine. 

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.