Product Coordinator - Supply Chain

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Req ID: 131950

Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location: Central Zone, Centennial Building - QEII Department: OPCZ PERI Supply Chain VG

Type of Employment: TemporaryHourly FT short-assignment ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Status: Management/Non Union Position

Posting Closing Date: 3-May-22

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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there’s a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you’ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About The Opportunity

The Product Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the NSHA OR’s have the right supplies when needed. Provides leadership to OR supply inventory management. Identifies opportunities that may exist for standardization and reviewing budgets and costs to identify opportunities that will help address our deficit in collaboration with key stakeholders i.e. nurses, physicians, managers, Materiels Management Department.

Under the direction of the OR Manager the Product Coordinator is responsible for the management of supplies and equipment for the Operating Rooms at the VG Hospital. In addition to the co-ordination and evaluation of all new supplies, the coordinator is responsible for contributing to business case justifications, identifying standardization opportunities (while balancing clinical requirements) and ensuring appropriate person centred health care is met. The Product Coordinator is responsible for the direct supervision and management of Supply Technicians in the ORs.

About You

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

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Registered Nurse with a minimum five years O.R. experience
• Registration with the Nova Scotia College of Nursing (NSCN), or eligible for registration
• Leadership/management experience an asset
• Ability to influence others in adapting to change
• Work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment
• Demonstrates high degrees of independent decision making, self-direction, motivation, change management knowledge and team building/leadership skills including proven communication and time management.
• Strong analytic skills ie financial analysis related to purchase of new product
• Exhibits creative problem solving ability and willingness to consider uncharted or novel ideas related to trends in health care
• Must understand basic budgeting and fiscal management principles and processes.
• Sound knowledge base of vendor/buyer guidelines and protocols.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook.
• Ability to supervise staff in an unionized environment.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
  

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Short-Assignment, Full-Time (100%) position; 75 hours biweekly
• Approximately 7 months
• Dates are subject to change
  

Compensation and Incentives

$35.27 - $46.87 Hourly

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 Management/Non Union 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.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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. Our priority groups are Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ . Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify.

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