About this role
Competition # : 49878 Department: Health and Wellness Location: HALIFAX Type of Employment: Permanent Union Status: Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG Closing Date: 27-Sep-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) About Us
The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we're committed to continually improving our health care system. With a focus on continual improvements within the Health System, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery.
One of the Department of Health and Wellness's (DHW) mandates is to ensure the delivery of collaborative health care to communities through Emergency Health Services, including medical communications, medical first response, ground and air ambulance, and other programs. DHW is responsible for setting standards, developing policies, funding, and regulatory oversight of the EHS system and the vendor contracted to operate the EHS system.
About Our Opportunity
Reporting to the Director, Emergency Health Services, the Manager, Emergency Health Services is responsible for managing program resources for Emergency Health Services (EHS) including contract management, procurement, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, and monthly forecasting and service delivery assessment. The Manager contributes and provides leadership to EHS projects and programs by ensuring that legislation, regulation and policy development supports implementation. The Manager supports the Director in the process of providing leadership, management and direction to the province's integrated, out-of-hospital emergency system.
Primary Accountabilities
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