Department Head

Job Description

Reporting to the Eastern Zone Medical Executive Director, the Department Head for Family Medicine is responsible for the operations of the Family Medicine Medical staff in the Zone, provides strategic and operational planning and service leadership in collaboration with relevant administrative Department leaders, and provides leadership to the Family Medicine Specialty and Community Network leads as well as performance management and physician resource planning for members of the department. The DH works with Family Medicine Site Leads to develop a schedule of physicians to ensure coverage of Family Medicine Departments and appropriate medical administration throughout the zone. 

1. Ensure that department members are compliant with the Bylaws and Rules and regulations of the NSHA;
2. Hold regular department meetings and provide the Zone Medical Executive Director with meeting minutes;
3.  Attend relevant committee meetings as assigned by the Medical Executive Director;
4. Provide co-leadership along with the Zone administrative director of the zone department for strategic and operational planning and budgeting;
5. Works with Specialty Site Leads to ensure service continuity is maintained through Department scheduling practices, including but not limited to vacation requests, on-call scheduling, and locum utilization;
6. Participate in the monitoring of standards, quality, and utilization of resources of the department in the zone;
7. Provide Performance management for all department members;
8. Provide complaint and discipline management for department members;
9. Coordinate medical students and residents in the Zone;
10. Supports the research agenda within the department;
11. Participate in any clinical services planning for the Zone/NSHA;
12. Leads recruitment/retention for the department for the Zone;
13. Ensures that new hire and onboarding processes are completed with support from the Specialty Site Lead as required;
14. Organize, along with Organization Performance, regular IMMR for the Department;
15. Participate in Leadership development.

Qualifications

• MD licensed in Nova Scotia and privileged with Nova Scotia Health.
• Evidence of past and ongoing leadership training.

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Practicing in Nova Scotia

Physicians in Nova Scotia provide fulfilling patient care which embraces family life, professional development and community involvement. That's what makes practicing medicine in Nova Scotia unique. Physicians are increasingly attracted to practices that offer team-based care to their patients and allow them to consult with their peers. The size and scale of Nova Scotia allows for better connections across the health care system. Your practice of medicine and your life is richer here. Nova Scotia is more than medicine. 

Building a Diverse Workforce

The Physician Recruitment Team at Nova Scotia Health lives and works in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. We are dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, and truth and reconciliation, and we are working to support medical communities that are reflective of and responsive to the diverse populations they serve in Nova Scotia. We welcome physicians from diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us in building healthier, more equitable communities across the province.