Vice President, Clinical Care, Learning and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE)
About the role
The Opportunity
To advance excellence in care and support system-wide transformation, IWK Health is seeking a Vice President, Clinical Care, Learning and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) to lead the delivery of high-quality, patient- and family-centered care across key clinical programs.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for Children’s Health, Mental Health & Addictions, Women’s & Newborn Health, Interprofessional Practice, and Learning & Development. With executive oversight of more than 1,700 staff and a $224.5 million budget, your leadership will shape care for women, children, youth, and gender-diverse individuals across Nova Scotia and the Maritimes.
You will guide a broad range of health professionals and provide professional leadership for IWK’s nursing workforce. A key part of your role includes advancing health human resources and workforce development through learning and development strategies that equip teams to deliver safe, innovative, and inclusive care. In close collaboration with fellow clinical Vice Presidents and provincial partners, you will help drive system alignment and quality improvement, contributing to IWK’s vision and supporting priorities outlined in the province’s Action for Health plan.
Key Areas of Responsibility
As Vice President, you will have oversight and accountability for:
- Strategic leadership
- Quality service delivery and system performance
- Health human resources, talent management, employee engagement and learning
- Responsible stewardship
- Provincial leadership, partnerships and relationships
The Ideal Candidate
As the ideal candidate, you are a values-driven health system leader with a strong record in senior clinical and operational roles in complex healthcare settings. With a nursing degree and a graduate degree in a related field, you bring deep knowledge of care across the continuum, ideally in maternal, newborn, pediatric, or mental health, and have led major initiatives that drive system change and improve outcomes.
A skilled collaborator, you build strong relationships across government, health authorities, academia, and communities. You champion professional practice excellence, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-informed care. Focused on people and performance, you foster high-performing teams and lead learning strategies that support a resilient workforce.
Passionate about innovation, you are committed to advancing IWK Health as a learning health system where data, research, and feedback improve care. Most importantly, you are inspired by IWK’s mission and believe deeply in the importance of specialized care for women, children, youth, and families. You’re ready to lead change and shape the future of care across the Maritimes.
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations
Vice President, Clinical Care, Learning and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE)
About the role
The Opportunity
To advance excellence in care and support system-wide transformation, IWK Health is seeking a Vice President, Clinical Care, Learning and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) to lead the delivery of high-quality, patient- and family-centered care across key clinical programs.
As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for Children’s Health, Mental Health & Addictions, Women’s & Newborn Health, Interprofessional Practice, and Learning & Development. With executive oversight of more than 1,700 staff and a $224.5 million budget, your leadership will shape care for women, children, youth, and gender-diverse individuals across Nova Scotia and the Maritimes.
You will guide a broad range of health professionals and provide professional leadership for IWK’s nursing workforce. A key part of your role includes advancing health human resources and workforce development through learning and development strategies that equip teams to deliver safe, innovative, and inclusive care. In close collaboration with fellow clinical Vice Presidents and provincial partners, you will help drive system alignment and quality improvement, contributing to IWK’s vision and supporting priorities outlined in the province’s Action for Health plan.
Key Areas of Responsibility
As Vice President, you will have oversight and accountability for:
- Strategic leadership
- Quality service delivery and system performance
- Health human resources, talent management, employee engagement and learning
- Responsible stewardship
- Provincial leadership, partnerships and relationships
The Ideal Candidate
As the ideal candidate, you are a values-driven health system leader with a strong record in senior clinical and operational roles in complex healthcare settings. With a nursing degree and a graduate degree in a related field, you bring deep knowledge of care across the continuum, ideally in maternal, newborn, pediatric, or mental health, and have led major initiatives that drive system change and improve outcomes.
A skilled collaborator, you build strong relationships across government, health authorities, academia, and communities. You champion professional practice excellence, interprofessional collaboration, and evidence-informed care. Focused on people and performance, you foster high-performing teams and lead learning strategies that support a resilient workforce.
Passionate about innovation, you are committed to advancing IWK Health as a learning health system where data, research, and feedback improve care. Most importantly, you are inspired by IWK’s mission and believe deeply in the importance of specialized care for women, children, youth, and families. You’re ready to lead change and shape the future of care across the Maritimes.
About Nova Scotia Health Authority
We are Nova Scotia Health. We are rural and urban. We are in hospitals, health centres and community. We serve individuals and communities from Yarmouth to Cape Breton, from Amherst to Halifax, and everything in between.
We are researchers and learners, looking for new ways to prevent and treat disease and maintain health. We are partners – with community groups, schools, government, foundations and auxiliaries, community health boards and, most importantly, with you.
Most of all, we are a community of caring, compassionate people who care deeply about health, healing and learning. Together with you, we will create a healthier Nova Scotia.
Mission: Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning
Vision: Healthy people, healthy communities – for generations