Company Description

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 centers, 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 is recruiting a Diagnostic Imaging (DI) physician to provide medical leadership for the provincial DI stewardship initiative. This role can be based out of any zone in Nova Scotia and will work collaboratively with DI leadership, providers, the Diagnostic and Therapeutics Network and the DI Stewardship Coordinator in building a sustainable, impactful provincial DI stewardship service.

Responsibilities The successful candidate will provide team-oriented medical leadership in developing, implementing and monitoring provincial clinical imaging pathways, clinical decision support tools, provider education and provincial standardization that has measurable impact on DI resources, patient experiences/safety and system workflow.

The DI medical stewardship role will apply national best practice standards (ie.

Choosing

Wisely). Academic opportunities for collaboratively publishing and presenting stewardship work are included in this role.

Expected Hours

This position is 0.2 FTE Remuneration

Remuneration is based on NSH physician leadership rates





Qualifications

All applicants must be eligible for licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia (CPSNS). Applicants are required to be diagnostic imaging physicians with (FRCPC) or equivalent. Eligibility to sit for the FRCPC exams will be considered.

Additional

Information

How to Apply: Please send CV and cover letter to: Dr.

Tim Mailman, Sr.

Medical

Director, Diagnostic and Therapeutics Network. [email protected]

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.

Expected Hours: Part-time hours (0.2 FTE)

Estimated Annual Salary: To Be Determined

Zone: All Zones

Specialization: Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology)

Opportunity: Permanent

Type of Remuneration: Other

Incentive Programs Available: No

📌 Diagnostic Imaging Stewardship Medical Lead (Nova Scotia)
🏢 Nova Scotia Healthcare System
📍 Nova Scotia