Secretary F - Team Lead - Primary Health Care
Job details
Job description, work day and responsibilities
Req ID: 201841
Location: Central Zone, Mumford Professional Centre
Department: CNS Strat-Retool Need Family PracticeMGR
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-May-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 Manager- Planning and Development, the incumbent is the team lead for the Need a Family Practice Registry for planning, coordinating, implementing and evaluating clerical activities at Mumford Professional Centre- Primary Health Care. The incumbent provides day-to-day administrative support to the Manager to oversee the day-to-day activities of clerical support staff by ensuring appropriate distribution of workload to maximize efficiency and effectively meet needs; scheduling and rearranging resources during periods of staff absence; supporting timesheets and payroll deadlines; orientation of support staff and ensuring collaborative teamwork. The incumbent is responsible for processing requisitions for supplies and services for the Need a Family Practice Registry-Primary Health Care; maintaining records of same and helping to ensure cost effective utilization of resources. The incumbent is also responsible for working with the Manager to ensure appropriate collection and monitoring of relevant statistical and other data related to clinic operations including advanced access, scheduling and workflow.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
Grade XII plus completion of a one-year secretarial diploma or equivalent
A minimum of three years' experience in a leadership role required
Experience in a family practice setting is preferred
Possess excellent computer skills
Efficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook, and PHC electronic patient record systems such as TELUS, Med Access, etc
Completion of medical terminology course is an asset
Minimum typing speed of 60 wpm is an asset
Experience in unionized environment preferred
Current knowledge of concepts/trends in office management
Above average co-ordination, organization, multitasking and decision making abilities required
Excellent communicator with highly developed interpersonal skills , tact and judgment required, confidentiality and discretion.
Complex scheduling experience is an asset
Above average ability to work collaboratively with support staff and management team.
Ability to prioritize workload and work under pressure with frequent interruptions and conflicting deadlines
Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, without direct supervision
Excellent time management and organization skills. Accuracy is essential, strong attention to detail
Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
A skills test will be administered.
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
Full-time long assignment; 70 hours bi-weekly
Approximately 18 months
Shifts could include days, evenings and weekends
Compensation and Benefits
$28.80 - $31.76 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 Admin Professionals 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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Offer ID: #1093202,
Published: 1 week ago,
Company registered: 5 months ago
