Community Liaison-Community Health Team -Primary Health Care (Designated)

Req ID: 187666
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Shopping Center
Department: PHC COMMUNITY HEALTH TEAM PORTABLE-CCZ
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly PT (60%) x 1 
Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 25-Sep-24

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

Please Note: This is a designated position.  The successful candidate must self-identify as an Immigrant /Newcomer and must be fluent in speaking and writing Arabic.

 

The Community Health Team (CHT) is a community-based health initiative that focuses on wellness programming and wellness navigation and working with community partners.  The CHT works in collaboration with other groups/organization in the community to offer programming and support.  CHT wellness programming includes risk factor management, healthy eating, physical activity, mental wellness and parenting.

The Community Health Team Community Liaison will provide support to advance the strategic priorities in the Primary Health Care, and Chronic Disease Management specifically related to the health and wellness of the Newcomer/Immigrant/Arabic speaking population.    They will have responsibility support the coordination of planning, ongoing development and implementation of programs, services and initiatives   assigned through CHT leadership. that will include working with community groups, community leaders and citizens.

The scope of practice for the PHC Coordinator will include collaborative work with Newcomer/Refugee/Arabic communities' leaders and Communities and to liase with health care providers to support change management strategies that are inherent in the services plan for primary health care. The PHC Coordinator has responsibility for supporting the overall coordination of the planning, development and implementation of the activities assigned under the direction of the leadership team.

The PHC Coordinator is responsible for supporting the ongoing development and implementation of the Community Health Team quality program. The PHC Coordinator activities are guided by PHC priority areas, multiple stakeholders and by community needs therefore, requires a professional approach. This work requires recognition and application of best practices and application of evident informed decision making. The PHC Coordinator serves as a resource to other team members in Primary Health Care and the Department of Family Practice as well as within Nova Scotia Health as required.

Travel within the greater Halifax area is required.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

•    Baccalaureate degree preferably from a health discipline/health related science
•    Current registration with professional association if applicable
•    Two years' of recent related experience required

•     Ability to speak and write Arabic fluently is required

•    Experience working in primary health care and or/ community groups and partners asset
•    Experience working with Newcomer/Refugee/Arabic communities  considered an asset
•    Coordination and Project Management S