Clinical Leader Operations, Link Inpatient Unit

to apply as an internal applicant.

Req : 218847
Department/Program: 6 Link Inpatient, Children's Medical Care
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 12 months x 1 position(s)
Start Date: ASAP
Union Status: NSNU Nursing, Nursing Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $42.6131 - $54.0593 /hour
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled (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.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization.

There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities that also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of transgender and non-binary people of any other province or territory in the country.

We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but we have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases, and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, and 2

SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, the Clinical Leader supports the efficient and effective operation of 6 Link by assisting with the planning, organization, and directing of clinical care consistent with the philosophy, objectives, and vision of the IWK Health Centre. The Clinical Leader role models professional nursing practice, fosters the development of an environment in which the desired outcome of all activities is the enhancement of patient care while demonstrating strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: collaboration with all appropriate care team members; identifies and facilitates quality initiatives to improve care; acts as a liaison for 6 Link with other care teams and departments within the Health Centre and with external community partners; supports the preceptorship of new staff; in collaboration with the Clinical Leader, Development, supports learning opportunities for staff;

acts as a resource; in collaboration with the Manager, coordinates patient care assignments and workload for staff. Participates in the recruitment and selection of team members when required.

Hours of Work

Monday-Friday,

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required (candidates with commensurate experience and education will be considered).

• Registered, or eligible to be registered, with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN) is required.

• Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level…