Interprofessional Practice Learning Leader - Mental Health & Addictions
Req ID: 214198
Location: Provincial Zone, Flexible within the Province
Department: IPPL IPV Ldrshp Sane/Domestic Violence
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 5-Jan-26
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 www.novascotia.com 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 Opportunity
Reporting to the Interprofessional Practice and Learning Manager, the Interprofessional Practice Learning Leader (IPLL) facilitates and advances excellence in quality person centred care and practice through the integration of a variety of services aimed at supporting and enhancing interprofessional practice. The Leader 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 IPLL serves as a consultant to the organization with respect to interprofessional practice issues at the individual, team, program and system level. The IPLL works with all members of the interprofessional team including physicians to promote evidence-based practice, reflecting best practices and a culture of patient centred care. In particular, the IPLL will support work on concurrent disorders and other projects as needed.
Please note this is a provincial position requiring periodic travel within the province. Access to reliable transportation is required.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Undergraduate degree in a health-related discipline or equivalent required.
- Master's degree in Adult Education, Master of Education preferred.
- Membership in a related association at the local or national level.
- Active practicing licensure and in good standing with relevant college required
- Minimum of five years clinical experience with operational or practice leadership experience.
- Previous management and/or demonstrated leadership experience in an advanced practice role ie: clinical nurse specialist, NP, clinical educator or professional practice coordinator for 3 years.
- Minimum of five years of experience in designing and implementing adult learning initiatives in complex organizations.
- Minimum of five years of experience as a consultant preferred.
- Experience in group facilitation, change management, coaching and educating adult learners.
- Demonstrated success in collaborating with others
- Ability to manage conflict and foster conflict management strategies
- Experience in initiating, managing and evaluating projects
- Demonstrated knowledge of concurrent disorders
- Demonstrated success in working with teams and fostering team development
- Demonstrated aptitude for progressive, creative and innovative thinking. A high degree of judgement and initiative.
- Demonstrated ability to be an effective change agent with strong interpersonal, relationship building and team building skills.
- Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality in terms of employee sensitive information
Please ensure your resume and cover letter are up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Long Assignment Full-time; 75 Hours Bi-Weekly
- Anticipated Start Date January 5, 2026, until March 31, 2028
- *Dates are approximate and subject to change
Compensation and Benefits
$43.80 - $58.19 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 Management/Non Union 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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