Clinical RAI Specialist (Program Admin Officer 3)

**Competition # :** 50407 **Department:** Seniors and Long-Term Care **Location:** HALIFAX **Type of Employment:** Term **Union Status:** NSGEU - NSPG **Closing Date:** 22-Nov-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time) **About Us** ------------ The Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care 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, the Department of Health and Wellness, training institutions, long-term care facilities and other sector leaders, we’re committed to continually improving the support system for seniors and those requiring continued and long-term care. In addition, the department supports the social and economic well-being of older adults ensuring policy formulation and effective decision-making as well as policy coherence across government departments as it relates to aging. The newly formed department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery for Nova Scotia’s senior population. To do this, we need leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference. **About Our Opportunity** ------------------------- Do you want to be a part of the exciting work happening at the Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care? Reporting to the SEAscape Manager as part of the Planning and Accountability division of Seniors and Long-Term Care, the Clinical RAI Specialist, Program Administration Officer 3 is a key contributor to Home Care and Long Term Care client-centered best practice by providing support services which promote clinical health practice through the integration of electronic resident assessment instruments. It is an opportunity as a subject matter expert, to provide expertise and advisory services to department staff and inter-governmental health care stakeholders, to assist and support all Nova Scotia Seniors. **Primary Accountabilities** ---------------------------- As the Program Administration Officer 3/Clinical RAI Specialist you will be responsible for delivering training, answering support questions, problem solving, system administration changes, updating operational documentation and other tasks in a team environment. Within a typical day you will also be responsible for: * Promoting the use of computer technology to effectively manage client information for individual care planning and for overall business decision support. * The Clinical RAI Specialist significantly influences the on-going development and enhancement of the interRAI Home Care and Long-Term Care applications and ensures that application processes align with provincial operational requirements and policy. * Reviewing and ensuring procedures are followed and data is entered and completed correctly. * Working within a multi-disciplinary team the Clinical RAI Speciali