Provincial Education & Evaluation Coordinator - Early Psychosis - Mental Health & Addictions
Req ID: 197703
Location: Central Zone, Abbie J. Lane Memorial Building - QEII
Department: MHA CZ Early Psychosis Program
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
NSGEU Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Mar-25
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.
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About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Health Services Manager, the Provincial Education & Evaluation Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination of education opportunities and evaluation of the Early Psychosis Intervention Nova Scotia (EPINS) services across the province of Nova Scotia. The PEEC ensures fidelity to models of care, program planning, evaluation, implementation, and capacity building at the provincial level. The PEEC works in collaboration with the EPINS Provincial Coordinator and Clinical Director, Zonal Clinical Directors (NSH/IWK), Health Service Managers (NSH/IWK), the EPINS leadership team and is a clinical resource for Zonal Facilitators and early psychosis teams (NSH/IWK) and other relevant community agencies.
The PEEC provides leadership to the entire development and implementation of systematic program evaluation including evaluating service delivery, clinical outcomes measures, quality improvement, and research initiatives which have an impact on care and service provision with the provincial Early Psychosis service (EPINS).
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Bachelor's Degree in a health professional discipline (e.g. Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing)
- License/Registration with relevant discipline
- 2 years related experience required
- Previous experience working with early phase psychosis is an asset; understanding of essential components of Early Psychosis Intervention Services
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills including ability to work sensitively and effectively with clients, families, various professional and community agencies and partners in a collaborative team environment
- Demonstrated competency in team building, collaboration, negotiation and interpersonal effectiveness, and applying these skills to work collegially and directionally with service members, partners, and clients.
- Providing services & education to clients over the lifespan (Child, Youth, Families, and Adults)
- Good awareness of community resources (province wide)
- Proven leadership capabilities
- Experience with program development, evaluation, and implementation an asset
- Training in CBTp an asset
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Demonstrated verbal, written, presentation, interpersonal, problem solving and decision making skills
- Well developed organization and daily planning skills
- Effective research and analytical thinking skills
- Ability to understand and anticipate the impact of decisions at departmental level and provincial level
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
Permanent, Full-Time / 75 Hours Bi-Weekly
Compensation and Benefits
$35.56 - $45.28 Hourly
Successful 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 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.
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.
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