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Nova Scotia Health Authority

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2015

🏥 Healthcare

🏛️ Government

Healthcare • Government

Nova Scotia Health Authority is the provincial organization responsible for delivering public healthcare services across Nova Scotia, Canada. It operates hospitals, clinics and health programs, manages physician and staff recruitment, and provides public-facing information and services through its website. The authority is a government-run healthcare provider focused on patient care, workforce recruitment, and administration of regional health services.

📋 Description

• Work within collaborative inter-professional clinical teams supporting people living with concurrent disorders • Provide direct and indirect clinical care for adults living with concurrent disorders • Provide clinical decision support to physicians and clinicians on concurrent-disorders care and treatment • Conduct patient-centred comprehensive assessments • Provide consultant physician support in MHAP clinics, including Community Mental Health and Addictions and Recovery Support Centres • Inform psychiatric assessments, psychosocial and laboratory investigations, and pharmacological and psychosocial interventions • Provide case formulation and working diagnosis and establish goals of care with patients, clinical teams, and families with consent • Make pharmacotherapeutic recommendations as part of overall care plans • Facilitate connections to additional services and supports • Support patient participation and decision-making using a trauma-informed, culturally relevant approach • Participate in occasional community outreach for integrated and transcultural care • Develop recommendations for evidence-informed concurrent-disorders care • Develop and deliver education and training • Provide clinical teaching and mentorship to team members • Operate within Nova Scotia Health Authority bylaws, rules, and regulations • Participate in quality-improvement and evaluation activities

🎯 Requirements

• Eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS) • Specialists must be eligible for certification with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) • Coverage with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA), or proof of alternative coverage • Must hold, or be willing to obtain, active credentials and privileges with Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) • Experience working in a variety of Addiction Medicine settings • Experience working within an interdisciplinary team to provide care and treatment for persons with moderate to severe psychiatric disorders is an asset • Previous academic experience is an asset • Fellowship in Psychiatry, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or equivalent, such as MRCPsych with Certificate of Completion of Training in General Adult Psychiatry or American Board of Psychiatry certification by examination as determined by the Department of Psychiatry

🏖️ Benefits

• Incentives designed to relieve relocation pressure, cost, and difficulty • Health and dental benefits • EMR grants • Funded locum coverage • CME funding • Parental leave • Other benefits package offerings